Elizabeth Wood deftly shreds MSNBC for laying the blame for a teen woman’s suicide on “sexting”:
I’m furious about the way this young woman’s story is being reported. Jesse Logan killed herself last July not because of the “dangers of sexting” but because of the dangers of sex stigma and “slut shaming.” She had sent some naked photos of herself to her boyfriend by cell phone. When they broke up he showed those photos to other people at their high school. Some of those people then viciously shamed and bullied Jesse.
(Also, I fear we need a sex panic chart. If you’re an infographic slut, get in touch, please?)