Dear Ms. Johansson,

I’m writing to you in regards to the despicable thing that happened to you recently on reddit. It seems that some garbage nightmare of a person stole your personal photos, and then a number of horrible human beings decided to exploit you and share them with hundreds of thousands of people online.

I’m sorry.

I’m a member of that community, and I wish I had done more. I wish I had been able to protect you from further victimization. I wish that the reddit admins had taken a stand and removed your photos. I wish that the reddit community had come to your defense and removed (downvoted) those photos, and the incredibly cruel and often dangerously sexist remarks in those threads.

You seem like an incredibly intelligent person, so I think you already know this but I want to make it clear that I know you bear absolutely none of the blame for what has happened to you. Everyone has a right to privacy. It seems terrible that the reddit community that had so valued personal privacy and human rights has now turned on you because you dared to be a beautiful woman.

I have no idea why the reddit admins haven’t removed those photos. I wish they had, but I don’t know if it would help. I hope that you’re able to find and prosecute anyone who was involved in the theft and distribution of your stolen property.

With sorrow in my heart, and disgust for the community I once called my own,

Kita