Naked pics: Worth the risk?

Recently there have been a bunch of scandals linked to celebs and naked or naughty pics. I had the pleasure of viewing the pics of Cassie Ventura, Rihanna, and some girl named Danger. I'm not saying that I enjoyed the pictures so pause. I am saying that I found myself amongst a social outcry on Twitter brought on by the wonderful and talented Amanda Diva herself. I have no problems with her. She's an amazing woman--talented, artistic, articulate--pretty much a chick I'd have as a friend but I could not believe that she felt that the leaked pictures of Cassie and Rhianna were in the same boat as that girl Danger (who by the way has no clue that nowadays we LANDSCAPE.)

From what I could tell the pictures of Cassie and Rihanna were for private use. Whether or not someone they trusted leaked them or they did it for attention--I'm not gonna judge. I'd rather give these women the benefit of the doubt and say they never intended those to leave the comforts of their cell phones or computers. Now I'm no celebrity but I can imagine that the constant scheduling of appearances and shows don't allow you the normal amount of time to spend with the one you love. And Soulja Boy just says "kiss me through the phone" but I already interpreted that to mean so much more lol. How can one NOT see that as an obvious way to "connect" while you're away from your special someone? Maybe I'm just a freak then because that's something that makes perfect sense to me. Long distances are best bridged by instant photos and videos lol. I mean, I'd rather my man have picture of me to keep him going than pick up some groupie or hooker. I'm just saying.

I guess, the point she was bringing up was self respect. That's a great point. But I think that self respect in this case is all relative. Like I said Paris was a slut over her tape and I was disgusted at Kim Kardashian but I felt for Vanessa Hudgeons and Adrian Bailon and Ri Ri. They are in longterm, committed relationships and just because they are celebrities doesn't mean they should have to live like animals under a microscope. That's where I see society has a fault. Fame comes with a loss of privacy but it doesn't mean these celebs don't have a right to privacy. I think we as a society tend to overlook that with our need to know more more more about them.

I don't think that in the proper context Rihanna can be judged negatively. So no, I don't think that she should have to think about how this affects her young fans, black women, or anyone else for that matter.

In conclusion--just between us girls--once it's done it's done. You may think at the moment that this is what you want but I always say regretting something you did is exponentially worse than regretting something you didn't do. Because you can't take it back once you do it or say it. You only spend your life cleaning up the mess or praying no one finds it. We're all guilty of being young and stupid at some point. The idea is to learn from it.


Stay beautiful inside and out!