00:00There are corners of the internet where fragments of my naked body exist.
00:05They were clipped from the live feeds by viewers who were not interested in the story I was living,
00:10but in the access the surveillance provided them.
00:13They shared images of my body in its most vulnerable moments,
00:16like changing my clothing or sleeping in the middle of the night.
00:25Hi, I'm Ms. March, Taylor Hale, and this is why I shop for Playboy.
00:30I said yes to living inside a house where cameras watched me 24 hours a day.
00:36Microphones dangled above my head as I slept while being observed.
00:39It was explicit and contractual.
00:42But even there, the psychological boundaries of consent were more fraught than they appeared.
00:47There is a difference between agreeing to be observed and being consumed.
00:52Technically, I consented to being filmed.
00:54Technically, I agreed to the possibility that anything could be seen.
00:58And when I left that house, I said yes again to a career that depends on being seen.
01:04My life is content now.
01:07Once you become visible enough, the public begins to feel like a participant in your existence.
01:11We've seen this in the paparazzi scandals of the 90s and early aughts,
01:15all the way to the creeps wearing meta-glasses to glance down girls' blouses
01:19and post their findings on the internet.
01:22Reality TV was, in many ways, an early prototype for the world we exist in now.
01:27Surveillance no longer feels oppressive.
01:29It feels ordinary, whether you're a television personality like me
01:33or any girl posting videos from her bedroom on TikTok.
01:36The more access people have to your image,
01:38the more this access is mistaken for ownership.
01:40Choosing to be photographed in this way is a direct engagement with this new reality.
01:46I am an active participant in the making of the images for this magazine.
01:50I assumed my power by becoming a co-creator.
01:53I want these images to be something that allows me ownership over my body.
01:58This moment feels so special.
02:00It's an opportunity for reclamation,
02:02for active consent in my most vulnerable form.
02:06But consent, real consent, still belongs to the person being seen.
02:11This is something none of us should take for granted.
02:14And it's something I remain committed to fighting for,
02:17even if it took me posing in my underwear for you to think twice about it.
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