"This is a targeted attack, a hate crime against women."

The leaks, which distributed private photos of hundreds of actresses, have been broadly denounced by celebrities and tech figures alike, but it's still unclear what measures should have been taken to prevent them or stop the flow of the images once they were made public. In this month's Cosmopolitan, Union describes her reaction to the leaks in more detail, comparing it to her own experiences with rape. "The first draft of my statement was pretty furious — somewhere between Louis Farrakhan and Gloria Allred," Union writes. "I thought, this is a targeted attack, a hate crime against women." Later in the essay, she calls out pundits who thought the leaks might have helped the victims' careers, saying, "it's not a career boost — it's a new form of sexual abuse." Last month, Jennifer Lawrence described the leaks using similar language, calling them a "sexual violation" and saying, "it’s my body, and it should be my choice."