HNT #12: Click-Through How-To

Someone commented on one of the other HNTers that they needed to learn that clickthrough thing, so I thought I'd share how to do that, at least for those using blogger. The process could be similar with other blog tools.



So, with blogger I add a picture, could be from a website, or could be from my computer. Elsewhere, I have the NSFW photo with its own URL. I'm using flickr (not the same account I use for family-safe photos). To get a specific URL in flickr, look at that photo, click on "all sizes" then click on the size you want. You'll find a box with a static URL for the photo that you can copy. Back in blogger, I select the front page photo, click on the add-a-link button, and paste the URL for the hidden photo.



I thought briefly about adding Snap to my blog. This is a search engine that allows you to add some html to your template, then when people hover over your links they will see a little window of the destination web page. Then I remembered the clickthrough photo....not gonna work for me. Oh, wait. Snap! I just checked out the FAQ. It does not provide previews for the same domain. Maybe I will give it a try after all.

[so I remember: anytime I don't want the snap preview, in the html for the link, before href, add this: class="snap_nopreview" ]

I was inspired by the Mystery Guest (Osbasso did a click-through) and by Tom's C to show a little, or my case big, peekaboo flash.






2 22 07

HNT #11: Thank you Heather MacAllister

I've been hiding out from Half Naked Thursday lately, but today I almost think it necessary to come out of hiding. I haven't been very involved in Fat Activism, but I appreciate and benefit from the great work they do. On February 13th a beautiful and daring woman that has inspired many died from ovarian cancer. She was younger than I am, and accomplished so much more. Heather MacAllister was the founder and artistic director of Big Burlesque and the Fat Bottom Revue. Leonard Nimoy immortalized her and the other dancers in some great nude photos you can see here.

Through some odd piece of synchronicity, I was catching up on a new blogger friend's older posts. Rachel at Terrible Wonderful World was the one who introduced me to Nimoy's photos, and pointed her readers to comments from 2005 on Big Fat Blog. We fat women rarely see our naked bodies photographed with such kindness and love. It came out in the comments that doctors will blame a woman's fatness for her ovarian cancer, and fans were worried that Heather would get that as well. Heather herself responded, "The doctors are NOT blaming my fat, which is good for me for obvious reasons and good for them b/c I am ready with a blistering critique of such malpractice bullsh*t at any time if necessary. If you have ovarian cancer and are getting that b.s. from your doc, let me know and I will try to help you out."

In response to people mentioning envy of the dancers' self-acceptance and courage, Heather said,

1. Thank You to everyone who was moved by the pictures and wrote about it. That is why we did it, really. And I was very clear w/Leonard Nimoy about our fat liberation perspective and message, and I'm thrilled he's sending that out there to the mainstream press.
2. Me and the other models fight the same fat prejudice that you do. We get scared and struggle w/self-acceptance and self-love just like you. Just want you to know that "freedom is not free"; the freedom you see us enjoying is the result of constant hard work and eternal vigilance against the "tyranny of slenderness".

Heather lived with ovarian cancer for nearly three years.

Not two days later another email friend of mine shared her grief over the pending death of the lovely Ms. MacAllister. She invited us to visit the Big Burlesque Website, video found there. Later she shared with us the obituary sent to the New York Times. I learned Heather not only revived burlesque for fat women, she worked for many non-profits, was an advocate for transgenders, and worked in anti-racism training. Heather died here in Portland. With Krissy involved here in Fat PDX, who knew I had only 1 or 2 degrees of separation from such a queen of big beautiful women? Recent story on a performance by Heather for the Cupcake dance found here.

So, in honor of Heather Macallister, I'm getting naked. Click through for the full (NSFW) views. May all fat women see ourselves as beautiful as the burlesque ladies. May we see ourselves with as much kindness and love that Heather and the other ladies inspired in Leonard Nimoy.

1. a teasing glimpse of the tattoo 2. I like the way my eyes are caught looking down and looking at you. 3. the black blur in front is the half-naked glimpse of the cat.





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