Nearly eight years ago I posted my first manifesto, Why I Wear Skirts. Skirts are still super awesome, but today I forge another countercultural path: the Arabian Thobe. Yet for all the wisdom and perspective gained through skirts, I find myself re-learning some of the same simple lessons all over again.Show more ›
Nâdya: Top
Accepter les erreurs, La raison des choses. Terrasser cette peur, Pour l’apothéose.Show more ›
NASA’s “Pluto Time”
Actually, the sunlight on Pluto reaches 3x the illumination of full moon on Earth. So that means other bodies like Jupiter’s moons are even more illuminated. Not at all what I expected. Could that be enough for genetically engineered photosynthesis? But wait, click now to calculate an equivalent ambient illumination experience at your Earth coordinates! Cool. NASA Pluto Time Calculator
How to Dress Masculinely in a Skirt
Alex (who runs the Beskirted Man blog) offers guidance for projecting healthy, nontoxic masculinity while enjoying the freedom of a well-chosen skirt. Here is Alex’s two-part précis.Show more ›
Environmental Nonsense
A YouTuber so arguably wrong….due to (relative) youth and short-term myopia (at the expense of long-term memory). The 10% corn ethanol had nothing to do with sustainability, global warming, or “climate change.” Going back 30+ years, it was a seasonal additive to slightly reduce big-city air pollution in the hottest months. At least that was the claim. Show more ›
What does “women’s clothing” mean?
What does it mean to label garments as “women’s clothing”? One might (myopically) say that it means clothing uniquely suited to women. But does it really mean that? Women do not have extra arms or other anatomies that require special design. After accounting for sizing, every garment works on every human.Show more ›
On Disputation
The person who cannot refute a disagreeable position holds an indefensible position, lacks pathos, or lacks acumen. —Vox
He saw it as practical
While visiting Saudi Arabia, Adam Graham offhandedly confessed his admiration for the Arabian thobe. Adam’s friend immediately took him shopping. “To be honest,” Adam writes, “it never dawned on me that I could buy a thobe. […] I was so pleased with it that I decided to wear it for the rest of the day while touring the city.” Show more ›
Fixing the Complaint Instead of Fixing the Problem
“The eternal temptation, of course, has been to arrest the speaker rather than to correct the conditions about which he complains. I see no reason why these appellees should be made to walk the treacherous ground of these statutes. They, like other citizens, need the umbrella of the First Amendment as they study, analyze, discuss, and debate the troubles of these days. When criminal prosecutions can be leveled against them because they express unpopular views, the society of the dialogue is in danger.” Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 65 (1971) Still true today, fifty-three years later!
Betty Who: I Remember
A Short Colloquy
| VOX: | I’m really tired of [this locality and these circumstances] |
| GOD: | Am I not enough for you? |
| VOX: | I withdraw my complaint |
(In other words, Do I not satisfy you? What else do you need?)
A “play on masculinity and femininity”
To quote and to paraphrase Vogue magazine, Billy Porter “defied fashion norms” at the 2019 Academy Awards by stepping onto the red carpet in an “unapologetically fabulous[, . . .] sharply tailored tuxedo jacket overtop a full-skirted velvet gown”—”a play on masculinity and femininity [that] challenged the rigid Hollywood dress code and was boundary-pushing in all the right ways.” Show more ›