Over the last decade, social media has become a platform for sharing experiences, and in turn, a tool for healing. Quinn Rockliff, a multidisciplinary feminist artist from Toronto who’s work focuses on nude portraiture, understands the challenges of authenticity, and managing vulnerability online. Quinn spoke candidly about reclaiming her body after trauma through the repetitive act of self-portraiture, and how she hopes to help others do the same by creating spaces for ownership, self love, and empowerment. By confronting the shame surrounding womanhood and sexuality, she advocates for the unlearning of society's misogyny, and the practice of moving through the world thoughtfully.

sM | In what ways do you think women can and have been using social media to reclaim female sexuality? What do you think is missing?

QR — We, as millennials, grew up in an interesting time because we got social media right as we were coming of age, which means that we were the first to explore learning and playing with the boundaries of ourselves, our bodies and our sexuality. That also came with a really heavy price tag, which was the expectation to look a certain way, and feed into desirability politics that I feel that women can never win at.