Broadcasting an unmarried girl’s bedroom violated Pakistani television taboos

Evidence

In Pakistani culture, bedrooms of single, unmarried girls are rarely broadcasted on television. In contrast, Baloch’s repertoire of video selfies consisted of several bedroom performances where she can be seen lying lasciviously in western clothing on her bed, wearing full makeup, singing in hushed tones, or whispering sweet nothings in a mix of Urdu and English. The focus of the wide-angle smartphone frame was mainly Baloch’s body, her face and cleavage, showing very little of her bedroom. In most of her video selfies shot by Baloch herself, the bedroom is displayed from the same angle, showing a plain white bare wall, a bronze-colored lamp shade, and a cushioned red velvet head rest. — Crystal Abidin and Megan Lindsay Brown (eds.), Microcelebrity Around the Globe, 981