cheetosfan
cheetosfan
cheetosfan

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone with some of these comments. I'm so used to agreeing with everything people say on Jezebel. Imagine a headline "Child Pornographer's Stash Rife With Photos From Instagram: Did Instagram Fail to Keep Kids Safe?" Plus, I'm all for Rihanna's nipples — but because I support her freedom

If this were a sexually explicit photo, would you say there is no issue with a person "using" the photo and disseminating it to his buddies? Where is IG to draw the line?

They are sticky, at the very least.

Women are making decisions about their own bodies — this kid isn't being given that choice. It's possible that when this kid is an adult, she wouldn't have wanted this image so widely disseminated.

I'm getting from this debate that because the above-image isn't sexually explicit, people think child pornography is not a thing.

I actually personally agree with much of what you're saying. I don't think kids are hurt simply by having their naked imaged disseminated from one pedophile to the next (ignoring, for a second, the infamy of the internet) so that they can think dirty thoughts about it. But most people think child pornography does hurt

Okay, I see you are struggling with the concept of hypotheticals and objective vs. subjective tests. I'm not a very good teacher, so I'll bow out of this one.

I doubt that there is any current etiquette guide (outside the British royals, I guess) that dictates that a woman is anything other than what she calls herself. So here, Couric is making that choice, but it's her decision, not an automatic name designated by tradition. Sources, or bullshit!

Did you use his first name too? I feel like maybe you half-read the original post, and then launched into your standard "I'm still a feminist! bio."

And why isn't her husband's name passed through his father and mother (assuming they share the same name)?

I'm getting a really weird "my kid is MINE and I do what I WANT I CONTROL their bodies" vibe from these comments.

"People like me"? Kindly, fuck right off. I didn't say there was a single thing dirty or wrong about this photo. Hopefully you don't pass on your nasty attitude to your own kids.

I'm not going to argue with you over nipples, because I'm extraordinarily pro-female nipple. I obviously see nothing wrong with this photo. That isn't the issue. Get off your anti-puritan high horse. I still think it should be up to a person — male or female — to decide whether her images pulling her shirt up go

Seattle's best. Uggggh they are the worst sports couple.

Well, read my other comments. I'm not typing it all out here again. Basically, kids are people too, and I think the best lesson would be to let a kid set his or her own boundaries when it comes to their bodies.

And people can *sue* for damages over this. Why anyone would expect Instagram to want to be a tool for pedophiles is beyond me. If IG allowed this and people share the photos they will be sued too, eventually. It makes sense to me that they have an objective ban on child nipples or whatnot instead of trying to

And my spouse can make medical decisions for me in a pinch. It doesn't mean I want him posting nudes of me online without asking me.

I'm going to go sunbathe topless in my backyard right now to celebrate your comment. I also think you're spot-on about the difference of the internet. I'm mostly squicked-out by people not having any semblance of control over their bodies or images. Even though teen sexting is actually sexually, at least at some point

So, I personally agree with this, but there are at least articulable and legal arguments that kids are hurt (beyond just the making) when they are the subject of child porn. At the very least, I think it should be up to the subject of the image to decide whether he or she wants the image out there. This kid is too

Okay, but the kid isn't learning anything here, or controlling her own image. It's not like this is an old snapshot a 12 year old is putting on her Facebook for #tbt. Or even a 12 year old posting a photo of herself playing in a bikini at the beach. I have no problem with the photo in its own right, but I think it's