What I learned when naked pictures of me were leaked online | Sophia Ankel
When I sent intimate photos to a boyfriend, I never imagined the fallout. Sadly, my experience is increasingly common• This article has won the 2018 Hugo Young Award, which champions political opinion writing among UK postgraduate journalism students
by Sophia Ankel
Mar 22, 2018
3 minutes
Three years ago, nude pictures of me made the rounds online. There were two and they had been taken in my bathroom several months earlier. One showed my stomach and my bare chest and the other was a long mirror shot of me topless, with my face on full display. I was even smiling – a gesture made for the eyes of my then long-distance boyfriend, to whom I had sent them via Facebook.
When you’re a teenager, it’s common to hear stories about other girls discovering their naked pictures on porn sites
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