| Title | Nude Photo Hack Victim Fights Back - With More Photos | |
| Date | Friday January 30 2015, @11:57PM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the a-point-well-made dept. | ||
We've all heard stories about nude pictures being stolen and posted on the internet, the Devastating and life altering affects it can have, and how common it has become.
The CBC has an article about a Danish student who has responded to the theft of her nude photos in a very interesting way, by releasing images of her own.
Danish student Emma Holten felt violated when a hacker raided her email and posted her private nude photos for thousands to see online.
In a surprising twist, however, she took a step which she said was empowering—though it may sound counterproductive at first blush.
"I took new photos of myself topless in everyday situations," she told CBC Radio's The Current, explaining the images were "un-sexualized," as a way to "challenge the way with which we see the female body, and accentuate the difference between consent and non-consent."
Holten wrote an accompanying essay, titled Consent, in which she argued that nudity was not the major issue.
Part of the thrill, she learned, was with the "sexualization of non-consent," in which online tormentors and attempted blackmailers "enjoyed that I was in pain and that it was humiliating for me."
"I don't see a problem with being naked on the internet, that's not where the problem lies," Holten explained. "The problem lies with the fact that my consent has been violated."
The Guardian has a video of her explaining her project [NSFW]
You can read her essay here [NSFW]
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