Twitch has permanently banned the body painter “Delightfully Dani.” She complains about the ban: Other female streamers show their vaginas and only receive a 3-day ban. She follows all the regulations and gets permanently banned. It cannot be that she loses her livelihood while adhering to the rules.
What was the streamer banned for? The streamer Delightfully Dani (22,700 followers) wanted to create a cosplay as a female titan from “Attack on Titan” using body painting. In doing so, a cosplayer paints her exposed body in front of an audience to resemble the model.
Twitch has permanently banned her channel for “Inappropriate Body Art.”
They then explained to her the rules for body painting on Twitch:
- “Women must cover their chest area in such a way that even the pasties (covers) of the nipples are not visible”
- “Neither the nipples nor the areola may be visible – not even as a silhouette”
- “One may not wear a combination of latex and body paint when displaying content unrelated to body art”
Which exact rules Delightfully Dani violated is not clear from Twitch’s communication. Her channel is permanently banned. Only a successful appeal can lift the ban now.
“I’m losing my job despite following the rules”
This is what the streamer says: She insists that she took all precautions, covered her chest area, and strictly adhered to the regulations. She says:
“I don’t want to be that kind of person, but a girl showed her entire vagina and only got a 3-day ban, and I’m making art and get a permanent ban.”
She refers to the appearance of MissBehavin, who accidentally streamed a striptease performance on Twitch.
The streamer says she hopes this is all just a nightmare. But she is appalled that she is losing her livelihood and job because these rules are enforced unfairly and she has followed them.
What’s behind it: Body painting is probably one of the riskiest things one can do on Twitch. There have been many bans that have been heavily discussed in the past.
The body painters wanted clearer rules from Twitch. They received them, but these new rules also leave room for controversial bans. Ultimately, these bans are difficult to trace afterward because the Twitch channels and the videos of the streams are blocked, and Twitch only vaguely comments on what exactly the violations were.
Banned individuals almost always see themselves in a victim role. They feel they followed the rules and did nothing wrong. They feel like a horde of trolls is complaining to Twitch about them, and Twitch then unfairly bans the streamer.
Especially striking is the precedent of the streamer who completely exposed herself and only received a mild 3-day suspension. If that is taken as a standard, then almost every permanent ban from Twitch now seems excessive. Twitch’s ban policy is controversial.
The company itself says it always considers the context of an action – in practice, however, the penalties often appear arbitrary.
A body painter who repeatedly clashed with Twitch was Fork Girl. She was banned by Twitch in June 2020 and was upset about the new, too vague rules:
Streamer sees herself unfairly banned by Twitch, criticizes new nudity rule
