{"id":6477,"date":"2014-11-15T23:20:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T04:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6477"},"modified":"2014-11-15T23:20:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T04:20:41","slug":"fashion-and-the-comet-kerfuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6477","title":{"rendered":"Fashion and the Comet Kerfuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ms Althouse<\/a> has some interesting remarks regarding this kerfuffle (I’m going to assume those readers aren’t hiding under baskets and know the actual subject of this particular kerfuffle, which dealt with particular details on\u00a0an engineer’s shirt during a press release after the successful landing of a satellite on a comet). Mr Reynolds (Instapundit) points that the landing on a comet by a satellite is more important than what a person wears and the “feminists” (or some feminists) were hijacking this event. Ms Althouse in an attempt to “be provocative” suggests:<\/p>\n

And I will be more provocative: In the broad span of human culture, fashion is\u00a0<\/i>more important than space travel<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She is in some ways correct, in other ways not. I will return her provocative remark by noting that which is important about fashion, is exactly the same as what is important about “space travel” or landing on comets.\u00a0What is important about fashion is man’s search for beauty. This is the central search in science, space travel, and much of engineering. The search for a beautiful solution is not far adrift from the cathedral (architectural beauty) or fashion (beatiful people\/clothing). Beautiful clothes and in general the quest for beauty is precisely what was achieved in a different field (aerospace engineering) as what is sought (and I’d offer rarely found) on the fashion runway. Fashion is not “more important” than space travel. Landing spacecraft on comets is the height of fashion for those who don’t do color and form, but instead\u00a0do maths.<\/p>\n

And I disagree that wearing that shirt is “an attack on feminism”. Feminism celebrates such displays, witness vagina displays, slut walks &c. I’ll also disagree with Ms Althouse that he intentionally “made a statement” by wearing that shirt. More likely, given the engineering culture, is that is was the top “button down” (read as ‘fancy’) shirt in his drawer or closet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ms Althouse has some interesting remarks regarding this kerfuffle (I’m going to assume those readers aren’t hiding under baskets and know the actual subject of this particular kerfuffle, which dealt with particular details on\u00a0an engineer’s shirt during a press release after the successful landing of a satellite on a comet). Mr Reynolds (Instapundit) points that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-marko"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t