#planebae

IMAGE OF TEXT FROM ARTICLE READS: "Here’s the woman’s full statement:

I am a young professional woman. On July 2, I took a commercial flight from New York to Dallas. Without my knowledge or consent, other passengers photographed me and recorded my conversation with a seatmate. They posted images and recordings to social media, and speculated unfairly about my private conduct.

Since then, my personal information has been widely distributed online. Strangers publicly discussed my private life based on patently false information. I have been doxxed, shamed, insulted and harassed. Voyeurs have come looking for me online and in the real world.

The woman at the center of the viral “plane bae” saga earlier this month is speaking out about the incident, which she said led to unwanted attention and constituted an invasion of privacy.

“I did not ask for and do not seek attention. #PlaneBae is not a romance ― it is a digital-age cautionary tale about privacy, identity, ethics and consent,” she wrote in a statement to Business Insider, her first public comments about the viral tale, which quickly came under criticism for the way it invaded her privacy.

The woman has asked to remain anonymous because she said she has received harassment and shaming, both online and in person, from people who tracked down her personal information.

“Voyeurs have come looking for me online and in the real world,” she wrote.

"I am a young professional woman. On July 2, I took a commercial flight from New York to Dallas. Without my knowledge or consent, other passengers photographed me and recorded my conversation with a seatmate. They posted images and recordings to social media, and speculated unfairly about my private conduct.

"Since then, my personal information has been widely distributed online. Strangers publicly discussed my private life based on patently false information. I have been doxxed, shamed, insulted and harassed. Voyeurs have come looking for me online and in the real world.

"I did not ask for and do not seek attention. #PlaneBae is not a romance - it is a digital-age cautionary tale about privacy, identity, ethics and consent.

After #PlaneBae, I Owe a Lot of Apologies

Like millions of Americans whose Fourth of July holiday consisted of nothing more than watching fireworks while consoling their crazed dogs, I found myself ensnared in the alleged love story at 30,000 feet, known on social media as #PlaneBae.

Briefly, it starred Rosie Blair and Houston Hardaway, a couple traveling from New York to Dallas on Alaska Airlines Flight 3327. Separated by a row, Blair…

#PlaneBae Saga Ends With A Statement From The Woman Asking To Be Excluded From This Narrative by Buzzfeed

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#PlaneBae Saga Ends With A Statement From The Woman Asking To Be Excluded From This Narrative

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