Jessica Logan

Zakirah Boyd

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Jessica  Logan, was a Ohio high school senior who committed suicide after sending a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent the photo to everyone else at her school. Jesse was harassed for months by the other girls at her school. Jessie’s grades began to drop, than she started skipping school, but when she did go to school, she would hide in the bathroom to avoid being teased. Jesse Logan decided to tell her story on a Cincinnati television station. Her purpose was simple: “I just want to make sure no one else will have to go through this again.”Two months later, on July 3, 2008, Jessie went to the funeral of a boy who committed suicide, then came home and killed herself. I believe that Permanence, Immediacy, and Lack of Control played a role in this story.

Lack of Control : The moment she sent those pictures to her boyfriend (at the time) she had no control over what happened to them or what people would do with them.

Immediacy: When her ex-boyfriend sent those pictures to everyone in her school, there was no stopping it. Even if the pictures got “deleted”,everyone saw the pictures already. People could have screenshot, share, and post it on the internet for everyone else to see.

Permanence: It's nearly impossible to completely remove a picture off the internet, because there's always a chance that someone downloaded, or screenshotted the pictures.

The only advice I can give to someone that is in her situation is to think about the consequences of sending someone personal photos before sending them.