issue 02 // volume 41

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opinions // 15

 

Celebrities’ nude photo leak arouses many questions

» Why I still lack sympathy for leaked nude photos

Elliot Chan
Opinions Editor
© opinions
@theotherpress.ca

here was a time when

sharing intimate images
through digital devices was a big
no-no. Sure, it might have been
a passionate gesture, but such
exchanges have always opened
the door for betrayal, whether

to be a pornographic exhibit
or not. The scandal earlier this
month surrounding Jennifer
Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson,
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and
other female celebrities was a
clear example that the cultural

is no longer placed on those
taking the pictures, rather on

: those eager to hack networks
: and go through extreme
measures to uncover them—and :
: those who view the pictures
: afterward.

The plea now is for the

: whole Internet community

: to restrain from clicking

: on any link that showcases

: pornographic images that were
: posted without consent. While
: some might choose to boycott

: those click-baits and smutty
the subject of the picture wanted ! online channels, most have

: already entered keywords into

: the search engine in hopes of

: discovering those leaked images.
: The same way society has

: deemed it okay to take exposed

: pictures of oneself or another

: with little to no consequence,
paradigm has changed. The onus : people are also allowed to

: Google something with little

: to no consequence. The line—

: although drawn—is still faint
: and often-ignored.

Having nude pictures of

: yourself floating around on

: the Internet is humiliating,

: no doubt. And hacking into

: personal accounts is a breach

: of privacy, which is a crime.

: Not wanting to victim-blame

: oranything like that, but if

: you don’t want naked pictures
: of yourself on the Internet,

: perhaps it’s best to just refrain
: from sending those images

: initially. Don’t post naked

: pictures of yourself; that was

: what I was taught at the dawn
: of the computer age. What has
: changed? Why are we lowering
: the bar for ourselves? Why

: are we placing the blame on

: technology such as iCloud and
: people such as hackers? After

: all, hackers have always been

: around, just like muggers,
: thieves, and other criminals.

The Internet is more than

: a public place to visit now. The

: Internet is our photo albums,

: our personal documents,

: and even our safety deposit

: boxes. The Internet is how we

: communicate to our employers,
: our families, and our loved ones. !
: But we must remember, no

: matter how zealous we become
: and how tender the moment

: is, the Internet is still a public
place.

Telling hackers to stay out

: of our personal account is like

: telling the mugger with a knife

: aimed at my gut to not rob

? me. We cannot convince those

: people. The fact that they have

: gone to such extreme lengths to
: uncover private, and sometimes
: deleted, pictures of celebrities

: is proof that they are out for

: more thana casual tug. No angry
: tweet or Facebook post will

: convince them that what they
are doing is wrong.

So what are we share-happy

people going to do? Live in
: constant fear that our private
: images will end up on a Tumblr

feed? Well, at the moment is

: sure seems like it. All it takes is
: one share, one drag and drop,

: or one forwarded message and
: your intimate image is some
stranger’s desktop wallpaper.

We know the boundaries of

: the Internet, yet we still dare to

: cross them. That is why I have

: no sympathy for those who take
: nude pictures of themselves. I

: also don’t have any sympathy for
: hackers either, because if you

: take risks, you'd better handle

: the consequences yourself.

 

Standardize the rules of job-seeking

» Is it time to reevaluate the resumé as a personal marketing tool?

Patrick Vaillancourt
Contributor

The resumé remains one of
4. the most misunderstood, yet
one of the more fundamental

 

This is evident in the notion that
the best resumé practices seem
to change from one employment
counsellor to another.

Do you add an objective, a
profile, ora summary of skills to
begin your resumé? Do you list

a resumé or a curriculum vitae?
issues in your chief job-

seeking document lies in how
long it should be. Is it one

: page maximum or two? In

: what professions would it be
: acceptable to submit a longer
: resumé?

With so many questions

having varying answers, it isn’t
: any wonder why job seekers get
documents we create in our lives. : discouraged. The resumé isa

: frustrating document to write,

: and no one seems to be clear on

: the rules.

The resumé has not evolved

much in its 500-year history
: since Leonardo da Vinci (yes,
: the greatest artist of all time
“employment experience” or only : invented the resumé) presented
“relevant experience?” Is it called = his ten-point document to the

: Lord of Milan in his successful:
One of the more contentious : bid for employment. Technology :
: has standardized the aesthetic of :

: the resumé, while new fads such

: as info-graphic resumés seem to
: bea passing trend.

More troubling for job

: seekers, however, is that these

: technological advances have

: remoulded every facet of our

: society—from our economy

: to our personal behaviours.

: Yet, these changes are not

: reflected in the ways people seek
: employment.

The two-page resumé may

: have worked 20 years ago, when
: people went through their

: careers with only a handful

: of jobs. Today, a new post-

: secondary graduate can expect to :
: have more than a dozen different :

jobs and employers throughout
their lifetime. Cramming all

: of these experiences into a

: two-page resumé simply isn’t
: practical.

By the same token, there is a

: popular belief that the attention
: spans of individuals have

: also declined with advancing

: technology. We are constantly

: bombarded with advertisements
: and marketing pitches, and the

: resumé is no different. Donald

: Belliveau, a software analyst

: at Exan Group in Coquitlam,

: believes that the two-page

: resumé is much too long, given

: that a person’s “attention span is
: that of a text.”

Resumé readers—software

: now told to tailor their resumés
: for the opportunity they are

: looking for. While this makes

: sense to me, it doesn’t seem

: to be honest. People are led to

: change their skills summary or
: omit some of their professional
: experience to seek their desired
: position.

In a world made more and

: more convenient for us through
: technology, why is it that the

: resumé is so complicated? Some
: countries have standardized

: job-search documents which

: level the playing field for all

: jobseekers. Perhaps it’s time

: designed to sift through resumés :
: looking for key words and

: phrases—further complicate

: matters for job seekers, who are

to get some clarity on the

rules of writing a resumé, or
: to standardize the document
: altogether.