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People who devote an entire Twitter profile or YouTube channel to their own opinions are like that guy back in the 70s who used to hang around the barber shop but never get a haircut.

In honor of National Woman’s Rights Day, I wanted to post my thoughts on the topic, with an understanding that a lot of the pro-gender identity discourse is really just a trojan horse to roll back the historical gains of feminism:

1. Sex is sometimes relevant, but not always. The facts are that there is typically  more overlap in characteristics between the sexes than there are differences. At the extremes, though, the differences are more stark (ie, Serena Williams wouldn’t break into the world’s top 500 tennis players if she played against men).

2. Sex is an immutable scientific reality, whereas gender is a pscyho-social construct (like “being intelligent” or “being middle-class”).* For example, 50X more people identify as “trans” as are diagnosed with actual gender dysphoria.

3. People of either sex should be free to:
√ Dress & behave how they like, 
√ Express any gender identity they wish
√ Not to be confined to the stereotypes of either sex. 

4. People who disagree with these things should be encouraged to openly discuss it, in a fact-based but personally respectful, discussion.

*- “Although sex is a biological characteristic of humans and numerous nonhuman organisms and is an important category to continue to call out, gender is at the same epistemic level as other aspects of sociocultural diversity and may, in the future, be folded into diversity analysis.” (Article: A Framework for Sex, Gender, and Diversity Analysis in Research, from Science Magazine, Sept. 30, 2022)

Life has been happening this Summer. Good (even Great) things, and some things less so. So, I’ve taken a break from the nonessential activities. Blogging had to fit into that category and precious little writing was done, too.

But I aim to turn that around. If anyone was tuning in (and this was circa 1985), I’d simply say: Stay Tuned. 🙂

Oh, and on a happier note:

“That’s [Kamala’s predicament with her powers] quite a puzzle. But then—if you have lived like I have, lost what I have—you learn to find beauty in the pieces.”

—Sana, Kamala Khan’s Grandmother,
“Ms. Marvel” (2022)

I was pleased to recently hang with my friend Ron Marz (DC / Marvel / CrossGen / Dark Horse / Image …you get the idea), the comic industry writing Legend and all around Great Guy.

He was very helpful in guiding me when I wrote, edited, and produced my own comic anthology.

If there’s anyone, anywhere who spins a better Silver Surfer yarn, I don’t know who it is. And, for my money, his Justice League: Endless Winter graphic novel stacks up against any other JLA adventure.

As we posed for pics, I suggested we do a ‘Kevin Smith’ and he knew exactly what I meant.

In 1967, Paul McCartney let a stranger claiming to be Jesus Christ sit in on a Beatles recording session, saying, “Well, it probably isn’t. But if he is, I’m not going to be the one to turn him away”

Folks, I’m telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.

— Langston Hughes

Who is the most famous ‘person of color’ in human #history?

Answer: Jesus of Nazareth.

I don’t want a preacher in a pulpit telling me how to vote or a politician at a podium telling me how to pray.

Yet, strangely, I want Scarlett Johansson telling me how to do everything. Hmmm.

It’s got to break their heart.

Imagine knowing precisely what needs to be done to save everything, but no one will follow…