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Yay, optimism! Thanks to SinFest :-)

For those too lazy to click through:

Oh, right -- I'm back!

By the by -- the girl and I have returned to CA :-)

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There's occasional commentary on my friends list about how comic books are pretty severely misogynist. This is true in many ways, and of course varies by comic and writer. Characteristically, Randy Milholland, the Something Positive guy, has weighed in on this topic, and characteristically he is likely to offend all sides in doing so.

It's... striking. Go him.

Also: I am way behind on LJ and may or may not fully catch up. Feel free to point out things of importance that I might otherwise miss.

Unrelated to, like, everything

I was recently pointed at very opinionated essay on a particular flavor of societal 'honor', which the essayist represents by the Arabic word 'thar'. I can't decide whether I think it's right or not, but it's certainly a good presentation of ideas, and well-written. While I can't easily evaluate how correct it is, it does point out some of the aspects of Arabic culture I find most idealogically troubling.