Comments on: What you need to know about 300 controversies http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Dane http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79234 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:56:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79234 Wait: piercings and useless fashion accessories, his head and faced shaved = perverted? That sounds awfully curmudgeonly. The funny thing is that piercings and ornamentation was pretty common in the Ancient Near East. While I haven't looked at Persia much, other older ANE cultures were all about piercings. That golden calf, that the Israelites made to piss off God and Moses at Sinai was made of the piercing jewelry of the people (men and women alike). Wait: piercings and useless fashion accessories, his head and faced shaved = perverted? That sounds awfully curmudgeonly.

The funny thing is that piercings and ornamentation was pretty common in the Ancient Near East. While I haven’t looked at Persia much, other older ANE cultures were all about piercings. That golden calf, that the Israelites made to piss off God and Moses at Sinai was made of the piercing jewelry of the people (men and women alike).

]]> by: François Peneaud http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79203 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:20:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79203 Heidi, I just wanted to thank you for linking to our article on AfterElton. Heidi, I just wanted to thank you for linking to our article on AfterElton.

]]> by: Michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79121 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:08:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-79121 You're completely missing the point of the article. You’re completely missing the point of the article.

]]> by: matt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-78998 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:30:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-78998 This is ticky tac and a non issue. Its not sold as a history lesson. This is ticky tac and a non issue. Its not sold as a history lesson.

]]> by: Thomas Gerhardt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-78964 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:07:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-300-controversies/#comment-78964 Darn. Having body piercings makes you gay? If I'd known that, I would have never ever... darn, too late. Now I am stuck with finding a male lover. Darn. And a shaved head and a shaved face makes you effiminate? Please… that whole macho image just came up in full force in the 50s. As for broad shoulders, a beard and running around almost nekkid as a sign for heterosexuality: the guy writing this has apparently never known the gay concept of the Leathermen. Darn. Having body piercings makes you gay? If I’d known that, I would have never ever… darn, too late. Now I am stuck with finding a male lover. Darn.

And a shaved head and a shaved face makes you effiminate? Please… that whole macho image just came up in full force in the 50s. As for broad shoulders, a beard and running around almost nekkid as a sign for heterosexuality: the guy writing this has apparently never known the gay concept of the Leathermen.

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