Twitch has temporarily banned streamer Emma “Swebliss” Bliss (33). An outfit was apparently against the rules of the streaming platform. The streamer cannot understand this. She accuses Twitch of being sexist. If she had smaller breasts, she would not have been banned.
What outfit is it about? The streamer (212,225 followers) shares a picture on Twitter of an outfit for which she was temporarily banned from Twitch. It shows a sheer black top, underneath which a bra is visible.
The streamer shows current pictures from fashion stores like H&M, ZARA, ASOS, or Gina Tricot. In these pictures, models are dressed in similar outfits. The bras of the women are also visible, wearing a sheer top over them.
Normal and nice outfits for modern women in 2020
This is the streamer’s argument: The streamer believes these are “normal and nice outfits” for a modern woman in 2020. Twitch would not have a problem with this outfit in general.
Swebliss thinks women could stream in such an outfit as long as they do not have large breasts. The streamer therefore feels treated unequally and discriminated against.
She says: “If a woman with smaller breasts had worn the same outfit, would she have been banned? No.”
Streamer says: I am losing trust in Twitch
Swebliss says she has been streaming for 6 years, is passionate about art and fashion. She has always adhered to the rules. She is 33 years old, has never done anything sexual, no nude photos or similar, and even tapes her clothes to prevent any “accidents”.
Last year she was on air for 7 hours every day. Just as she reached 1000 viewers, something like this happens to her. Meanwhile, Swebliss is just being herself – she dresses for no one else. She was banned from Twitch for who she is.
Her apparent crime is wearing clothes from H&M that she wears every day. She has lost her trust in Twitch. Twitch said it wants to “grow into other types of streaming” in 2020, but fashion apparently is not one of those fields.
This is what’s behind it: Clothing rules and temporary bans for violations of them are a persistent problem on Twitch. There are streamers like Alinity Divine or Amouranth, who present themselves extremely sexy, and who frequently cause controversies. They encounter little or no consequences.
On the other hand, female streamers come into conflict with Twitch’s rules even though they dress as they would in everyday life. This leads to a climate where no one is really satisfied. The CEO of Twitch said that they always consider the context of the situation when it comes to bans. But Twitch continues to be accused of measuring with two different scales:
- A streamer was recently banned for a “sheer top” even though she had taken all precautions not to offend. She even demanded of Twitch to be more like Mixer, wishing for clear clothing rules.
