"The article is only one example of a pervasive issue in healthcare," Lukey told POPSUGAR. In order to make change, "you have to stand up and be counted," she continued. "It's not easy to be controversial. There are many that would say that the journal and the people who wrote the article did so with good intentions. However, blindness to this kind of sexist and backwards thinking is what perpetuates these unhealthy cultures in healthcare."
Wearing a bikini and having a political opinion, Lukey said, "doesn't make you unprofessional," and expecting otherwise "is unproductive and outdated."
"We should be focussing on the issues of professionalism that actually impact people's health such as racism, structural violence, and reproductive injustice which are still all too common in healthcare," Lukey said. "Then we can worry about what people are posting on Instagram."