> publishing extremely personal and private nude photographs of you without your permission for all the world to see
The photos were originally published by Hill and her husband for all the world to see.
> a tiny tattoo of a run of the mill iron cross on her hip
Given that ordinary citizens lose their jobs for the OK symbol and other such innocuous things, it feels like a throwback to another time to hear the phrase "run of the mill iron cross".
> homophobia, as the “shock” factor comes in part from her being naked with another woman.
I don't think so. Straight people, particularly men, have a strong physiological reaction to male homosexuality that doesn't really exist with female homosexuality. There's even evidence that the latter has historically been strongly selected for as a socially acceptable outlet for female sexuality (it "didn't count" as losing one's virginity or cheating). Hence it was often tolerated in countries that strongly prohibited male homosexuality (i.e. Nazi Germany), and when not tolerated was less fervently repressed. It would have been more shocking if the photos were of her and a male staffer.