{"id":7797,"date":"2007-07-19T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/19\/7797\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:46","slug":"outfit-oratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/19\/outfit-oratory\/","title":{"rendered":"outfit oratory"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/font>\"clohanger\" <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>I said it here two years ago today and — after overhearing a few conversations recently at a restaurant — I’m going to say it again, “males don’t wear outfits<\/a>“! Indeed, in 2005, I pleaded:<\/p>\n

[N]o loopholes, ladies: neither boys, nor babies and toddlers of the male gender, wear \u201coutfits<\/a>\u201d \u2014 no matter how cute you may think their clothes look. Of course, there are times when males wear uniforms or costumes, and men may even be members of an outfit, but they do not wear outfits. See: the lyrics to \u201cOutfit\u201d<\/a> by Drive-by Truckers, from their 2003 album \u201cDecorationDay\u201d . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For examples of female people wearing outfits, check out Gianni Versaci’s Legacy<\/a>, in today’s New York Times<\/em>, where Versace’s death 10 years ago is remembered in “The Murder on Ocean Drive<\/a>” (July 19, 2007). Meanwhile, there’s murder in the hearts of many drivers in Virginia, where a “lead-footers’ rebellion” is being waged against new laws “imposing huge new fines \u2014 some as high as $2,500 \u2014 for residents caught driving 20 miles above the speed limit or engaging in other reckless driving.” (New York Times<\/em>, “High fines for speeding anger Virginians<\/a>,” July 19, 2007)<\/p>\n

\n

withering wind\u2026
\nthe scarecrow\u2019s jacket
\nfits<\/p>\n

…………………………… by ed markowski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

the accused teen
\nand his lawyer\u2026
\ndressed for spring<\/p>\n

…………………………. by barry george<\/p>\n

a shiny disco shirt
\nout of the attic trunk . . .
\nsomething scurries away<\/p>\n

…………………………………… by randy brooks from School\u2019s Out<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"spiltBucketG\"<\/font> On July 19, 2005, we also shared<\/a> three poems by Peggy Willis Lyles<\/a>,<\/p>\n

including this one from Frogpond<\/em> XXVIII:2:<\/p>\n

mops and pails\u2013
\nthe wren goes on singing
\nwith straw in its beak<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s are a few of the many poems published by Peggy since then:<\/p>\n

\n

a breeze
\nwhere paths cross
\ntangled vines<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

crisp maps
\nbeside the backpack–
\nmorning star<\/p>\n

moonrise
\na man on a treadmill
\nnods and smiles<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

time out \"spiltWine\"<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font>
\nthe setting sun
\ntakes center field<\/p>\n

\n

Sunday afternoon–
\nbutterflies sweep the slow end
\nof the soccer field<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

blue butterflies
\na knife without a handle
\non the lichened stone<\/p>\n

grey Atlantic
\na pelican crosses
\nthe rainbow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

……………………….. by Peggy Lyles<\/a>
\n“a breeze”, “crisp maps” & “moonrise” – FreeXpressSion<\/em> 2007
\n“time out” – Modern Haiku<\/em>, Winter\/Spring 2007
\n“sunday afternoon–” – Mayfly<\/em> #41, Summer 2006
\n“blue butterflies” – Roadrunner Haiku Journal<\/em><\/a>, May 2007 Issue VII:2
\n“grey Atlantic” – Mainichi Daily News<\/a> <\/em>(July 2007)<\/p>\n

\n

mid-July \u2013
\nthe weatherman explains
\ndew points again<\/p>\n

………………………. by dagosan<\/em>, July 19, 2005<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I said it here two years ago today and — after overhearing a few conversations recently at a restaurant — I’m going to say it again, “males don’t wear outfits“! Indeed, in 2005, I pleaded: [N]o loopholes, ladies: neither boys, nor babies and toddlers of the male gender, wear \u201coutfits\u201d \u2014 no matter how cute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[555,1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-21L","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12509,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions\/12509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}