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	<title>The Persnickety Reader &#187; Friday Spotlight</title>
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		<title>Friday Spotlight (for the Week June 4 &#8211; 10): Briefed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian LeTournneau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, in Friday&#8217;s spotlight, a defense of the boxer briefs, from Slate.com. I&#8217;m confident there&#8217;s really nothing the boxer brief can&#8217;t do better. But just to make sure, I recently revisited the other underwear alternatives, to see if I was missing something. I didn&#8217;t think anyone could write a few thousand words on their underwear [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, in Friday&#8217;s spotlight, <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2143313/?nav=fo">a defense of the boxer briefs</a>, from <a href="http://www.slate.com">Slate.com</a>. </p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m confident there&#8217;s really nothing the boxer brief can&#8217;t do better. But just to make sure, I recently revisited the other underwear alternatives, to see if I was missing something. </p></blockquote>
<p>I didn&#8217;t think anyone could write a few thousand words on their underwear choice but here&#8217;s proof. Slate is a very good on-line magazine, for those of you who don&#8217;t know of it. They really do a great job covering politics, arts and culture, and, it seems, men&#8217;s underwear&#8230; </p>
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		<title>Friday Spotlight (for the Week May 28 &#8211; June 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian LeTournneau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new feature here at ianletourneau.ca: a Friday Spotlight of a weird or spectacular story. Or a story that doesn&#8217;t fit anywhere else. This week: Batwoman. Or should I say Batwomyn? Yes, that&#8217;s right. DC Comics is bringing Batwoman back and she&#8217;s a lesbian. Here&#8217;s a snippet from CBC&#8217;s profile: The move is part of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new feature here at <a href="http://ianletourneau.ca">ianletourneau.ca</a>: a Friday Spotlight of a weird or spectacular story. Or a story that doesn&#8217;t fit anywhere else. This week: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/06/01/batwoman-lesbian-diversity.html">Batwoman</a>. Or should I say Batwomyn? Yes, that&#8217;s right. DC Comics is bringing Batwoman back and she&#8217;s a lesbian. Here&#8217;s a snippet from CBC&#8217;s profile:</p>
<blockquote><p>The move is part of the comic giant&#8217;s attempt to incorporate more ethnically and sexually diverse characters into its superhero world.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not just about having a gay character,&#8221; DiDio said. &#8220;We&#8217;re trying for overall diversity in the DC universe.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m not even sure what to think about this. Here&#8217;s an exchange at <a href="http://www.bookninja.com/?p=966#comments">Bookninja</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://ianletourneau.ca/wp-content/photos/batwomyn.jpg" onclick="pp_image_popup('http://ianletourneau.ca/wp-content/photos/batwomyn.jpg',220,339); return false;" title="batwomyn"><img src="http://ianletourneau.ca/wp-content/photos/batwomyn.jpg" width="220" height="339" alt="batwomyn" class="center" /></a></p>
<p>In related news, Stephen Harper is going to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/02/harper-samesex.html">ask parliament to reopen the same-sex marriage debate</a>. No comic books for his kids, I guess.</p>
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