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48 U.S.F. L. Rev. 221 (2013-2014)
Hey Girls, Did You Know: Slut-Shaming on the Internet Needs to Stop

handle is hein.journals/usflr48 and id is 227 raw text is: Hey Girls, Did You Know? Slut-Shaming on the Internet Needs to Stop By EMILY POOLE* Introduction A VANDERBILT SORORITY DECIDES TO THROW A PARTY.' The girls in charge elect to rent a photo booth for the soir6e.2 The rental company informs them that the booth has a special feature where the photos can be automatically uploaded to Facebook.3 Great, say the girls.4 The night of the party arrives, and everyone is drinking alcohol from red plastic cups.5 As the hours go by, inhibitions fade away.6 A boy and a girl start kissing, and passion moves them to look for a pri- vate place.7 They find the photo booth.8 Clothes come off.9 The cam- era flashes.10 Bam! The photos hit the Internet and Facebook goes crazy.1 The pictures make their way to Reddit,12 to Autoadmit,'3 and to personal * J.D. Candidate, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2014; B.A., 2008 University of Texas. Thank you to my parents for their unending support. A special thank you to Keren Vanisi for her fantastic editing skills. 1. The following story is based on real-life events that occurred to a student at Van- derbilt University in December of 2012. See Heather Rose, The Vandy Photo Booth Scandal DESPERATE FOR SOMETHING BLOG (Dec. 11, 2012, 12:37 PM), http://desperateforsome- thing.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-vandy-photo-booth-scandal.html. 2. See id. 3. See KD Formal at Vanderbilt. They Had a Photo Booth That Uploaded Directly to Facebook, REDDIT (Dec. 8, 2012), http://www.reddit.com/r/nsfw/comments/14ibop/kdformal_at vanderbiltthey-had-a-photo_booth/ [hereinafter KD Formal]. 4. See id. 5. See id. 6. See id. 7. See Rose, supra note 1. 8. See id. 9. See id. 10. See id. 11. See KD Forma4 supra note 3. 12. Reddit is a news and entertainment website where users submit posts, photos, and videos that are rated on interestingness by other users. See REDDIT, http://www.reddit.com (last visited June 15, 2013). 221