Tuesday, March 19, 2002

 

This isn't earth-shattering news. In fact, the vast majority of the world will probably never even hear about it. But it's causing quite a stir in my little corner of the Internet, so it's news to me. What is "it?" It's Hoopty's Rack Browser, which is simply small pictures of boobs, tits, breasts, racks or whatever you want to call them linked to people's blogs. Why the big uproar? Beats me. Hoopty asked all his readers -- women and men -- to send in pictures of their racks. Quite a few of us did. We were willing participants. We are not being exploited in any way, shape or form. Hoopty doesn't have some high-tech spy camera pointed to our boobs so he could swipe snapshots to post on his site. Would I have submitted my "rack" to anyone else who asked? Probably not. So why did I send the picture to Hoopty? This post is one reason I felt comfortable doing it. Another reason is what Hoopty says on his "about the rack browser" page. I don't think he'll mind if I quote him. "The point is that these people are beautiful and I wanted to show you that they are much more than what's up front. Yeah, I'm sure you're thinking that I'm going straight for the thrills, but YOU were the one who clicked on them to see where they led. Did you find something interesting? I'd like to know if you did. These people are wonderful. That's why I did it." Believe it or not, some people are looking beyond the boobs and seeing it (them) the way Hoopty intended. They're discovering some amazing, talented, intelligent women. If you're not and you're one of the people criticizing the Rack Browser, shame on you.

posted by Anne 3/19/2002 11:08:00 PM