http://paxblog.vox.com/library/posts/tags/flickr/page/1/ When the destination is a mystery, the journey is everything. en Vox Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:10:18 -0600 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss flickr http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/my-new-fan.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/my-new-fan.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/my-new-fan.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:10:18 -0600 <p>So <a href="http://strixaluco.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00cdf7e93fbd094f" at:screen-name="Strixaluco" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up5.vox.com/6a00cdf7e93fbd094f00f48cf39bad0003-75si" >Strix</a> sends me a link to her Flickr page, saying that I apparently have a new fan.&#160; She&#39;s noting that someone had favorited a picture of me that she had taken, wearing my Renaissance garb, at an SCA even that we had attended last winter.&#160; She noted that the quality of the photograph wasn&#39;t among her best, so it must have been the, ah, content (i.e. me) that made the person favorite the photo.&#160; Here is the incriminating evidence:</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b64af00001" at:format="medium" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b64af00001.html"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b64af00001-200pi" alt="Pax in Leather" title="Pax in Leather" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b64af00001.html" title="Pax in Leather">Pax in Leather</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>So I follow the link, and sure enough, someone had favorited it.&#160; I follow that link, and it shows me the user name of the favorit<strong>or</strong>, and I have never heard of this person before.&#160; So I follow another link to see other things this person has favorited, and I find seven pages of men of various sorts wearing leather, many of the kissing each other, and most of them in homoerotic situations.</p> <p>I don&#39;t consider myself homophobic, but&#160;I am&#160;disturbed that someone has categorized a picture of myself in a purely non-sexual context along with dozens of pictures of other men kissing and groping each other and wearing chaps but very little else.</p> <p>So, should I be disturbed, infuriated, flattered, fearful, or none of the above?</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/my-new-fan.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b64b380001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> me flickr leather homophobia internet stalkers