{"id":17700,"date":"2013-09-19T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17700"},"modified":"2013-09-19T09:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T16:23:29","slug":"open-thread-sailer-moon-vs-wonder-woman-vogue-style-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17700","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: Sailer Moon vs Wonder Woman, Vogue Style, In Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some contests are all the more appealing because I have no idea what the hell is going on. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/watch_your_childhood_sheroes_compete_in_an_epic_vogue_battle.html\">Racewire<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Jhhd_tEaJEQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s call this an open thread.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I&#8217;ll be appearing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpuyallup.org\/library\/page.php?id=235\">Puyallup Public Library &gt;Puyallup Mini-Comic Con<\/a> in Washington state on the 28th. If you&#8217;re in the area, please come see me and introduce yourself.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2013\/09\/06\/the-best-way-to-help-the-syrian-people\/\">The Best Way To Help The Syrian People<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2013\/08\/08\/what-do-you-do-when-someone-pulls-the-pin-and-hands-you-a-grenade\/comment-page-1\/#comments\">What do you do when someone pulls the pin and hands you a grenade?<\/a> P.Z. Myers passes along a rape accusation, and starts a thousand debates.<\/li>\n<li>Related to PZ&#8217;s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/greta\/2013\/08\/12\/harassment-rape-skepticism-denialism\/\">Harassment, Rape, and the Difference Between Skepticism and Denialism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cuwomensresourcecenter.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/16\/an-open-letter-to-dc-comics\/\">An Open Letter to DC Comics.<\/a> An impassioned indictment of DC for everything they&#8217;ve done to destroy the superheroes little girls once loved.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2013\/07\/the-banality-of-richard-cohen-and-racist-profiling\/277871\/\">The Banality of Richard Cohen and Racist Profiling &#8211; Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/113957\/pennsylvania-voter-id-gop-wrong\">The Mystical GOP Faith in Voter Suppression | New Republic<\/a> And see also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/113986\/voter-id-north-carolina-law-hurts-democrats#\">Finally, Real Numbers on Voter ID | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2013\/08\/the-good-old-days\/\">Skepchick on why The Good Old Days of, er, a few years ago, weren&#8217;t very good for women.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I love these <a href=\"http:\/\/411posters.com\/2013\/09\/new-prints-by-jason-limon\/?utm_source=feedly\">New prints by Jason Limon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicsalarms.com\/2013\/09\/19\/your-national-hispanic-heritage-month-assignment-remember-the-amazing-elfago-baca-february-10-1865-august-27-1945\/comment-page-1\/#comment-91514\">Your National Hispanic Heritage Month Assignment: Remember The Amazing Elfago Baca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sett.com\/originalspin\/hold-up-forget-first-indian-american-miss-america-is-nina-davuluri-the-first-geek-american-miss-america-togowherenobeautyqueenhasgonebefore\">The new Miss America is a nerd.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/culture\/2013\/08\/slowed-down-dolly-parton.html\">Slowed-Down Dolly Parton<\/a> sounds amazing and soulful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blurppy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/1aaron_horkey_07.jpg\">Aaron Horkey<\/a> is pretty much my favorite living poster artist.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2013\/09\/12\/julie_chen_on_the_talk_i_got_plastic_surgery_to_make_my_eyes_less_asian.html\">Julie Chen on The Talk: I got plastic surgery to make my eyes less Asian.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/09\/12\/why-obama-shouldnt-care-about-backing-down-on-syria\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&amp;clsrd\">Why Obama shouldn\u2019t care about backing down on Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityandrepresentation.com\/2013\/09\/12\/holding-fast\/\">Holding Fast To My Own Experience | Disability and Representation | Changing the Cultural Conversation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/brutereason\/2013\/09\/01\/the-oberlin-hate-crimes-are-not-just-trolling\/\">The Oberlin Hate Crimes Are Not \u201cJust Trolling\u201d \u00bb Brute Reason<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laurietobyedison.com\/discuss\/?p=10449\">Ugliness in All Its Glorious Complexity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/08\/29\/immigration_and_wages_in_denmark.html\">Unskilled Immigration To Denmark Increased Wages For Low-Skilled Danish People<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2013\/08\/this-week-in-misogyny-montana-edition\">This Week in Misogyny, Montana Edition &#8211; Lawyers, Guns &amp; Money : Lawyers, Guns &amp; Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/29\/in-some-states-crime-labs_n_3837471.html\">New Study Finds That State Crime Labs Are Paid Per Conviction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofjustice.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/23\/is-a-war-on-the-undocumented-replacing-the-war-on-drugs\/\">Is a war on the undocumented replacing the war on drugs? | Friends of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/legendary-pictures-legend-of-the-red-reaper\/\">Legendary Pictures Turned Down a Movie Because Its Main Character Is a Female Action Hero | The Mary Sue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/transitiontransmission.com\/post\/58820127606\/the-emergence-danger-of-the-acceptable-trans\">Transition Transmission \u2022 The Emergence &amp; Danger of the &#8216;Acceptable Trans* Narrative&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/08\/19\/whats-causing-the-rise-in-obesity-everything\/\">What\u2019s Causing the Rise in Obesity? Everything. \u00bb Sociological Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2013\/08\/texas-voting-rights-holder\">Texas AG: We Don&#8217;t Hate Blacks, Only Black Democrats | Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/godlessness\/2013\/08\/06\/31\/\">Yes, Richard Dawkins, your statements on Islam are racist \u00bb Godlessness in Theory<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The character of &#8220;Chance&#8221; in these new Washington State Obamacare commercials is really very creepy:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/s0YzmwrszPY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some contests are all the more appealing because I have no idea what the hell is going on. (Via Racewire.) Let&#8217;s call this an open thread. I&#8217;ll be appearing at the Puyallup Public Library &gt;Puyallup Mini-Comic Con in Washington state &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17700\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17702,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17700\/revisions\/17702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}