After posting selfies in bras and boy shorts for months, Samm Newman's Instagram account was immediately deactivated upon posting the above photo, according toNBC4i.com. The 19-year-old, who says she used to self-harm and was bullied, found solace on Instagram when she got to college and discovered a growing body positivity movement.

Newman explains, "My Instagram, it was my safe place because when I was there, I could share anything."

She'd posted pictures very similar to the one above in the past without problem: "I didn't find them or the bra at all inappropriate," Newman says. "They covered me entirely and I've seen pictures like that all over Instagram."

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The immediate removal of her picture and account is size discrimination, Newman says. She's seen pictures of smaller women wearing much less that have never been flagged.

After the NBC report, Instagram reinstated the account and issued the following statement:

When our team processes reports from other members of the Instagram community, we occasionally make a mistake. In this case, we wrongly removed content and worked to rectify the error as soon as we were notified. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Newman isn't having it. "Fat is not a bad word," she tells NBC. "How confident can you be if you keep censoring yourself because people don't want to look at you? I'm going to make a difference in the world, regardless of whether Instagram cooperates or not."

She already is.

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