<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u2014 1 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0<\/em>tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that<\/strong>]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. \u00a0The gritty, realistic approach that Nolan takes with these trilogies means that dressing up for this film ends up being a lot more about accuracy and technique than I have time for (or, frankly, am interested in). \u00a0After a certain point, your black catsuit will only look as good as the amount you spent on materials. \u00a0Dressing up match the aesthetic of a quite different world, if not a specific character, is a lot more fun. \u00a0(I\u2019ve already got a bolt of tweed for\u00a0Hobbit<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/a>\u2014 2 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nBut I realize you may have expected costumes, so let me make it up to you with this fabulous cosplay video from ComicCon:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite law blog on days when I don\u2019t need a Supreme Court decision parsed quickly and accurately is <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law and the Multiverse<\/a>, and they\u2019ve had a couple great posts on the last Batman movie this week. \u00a0They\u2019ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-dark-knight-legal-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">legal responsibilities of one of Bruce Wayne\u2019s lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/16\/the-dark-knight-embezzlement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether Batman is\u00a0embezzling\u00a0from Wayne\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a movie comes out, I love arguing it over with friends (<em>Brave<\/em> was highly contentious) and reading cultural critique, but now I find myself on tenterhooks for the follow-up legal analysis that these guys provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when I do want weird and interesting thoughts on pop culture, my two favorite people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Eve Tushnet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alyssa Rosenberg<\/a>. \u00a0And Alyssa\u2019s been customarily fabulous in the run-up to the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> premiere. \u00a0While riffing on someone else\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/18\/527521\/superheroes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">she wrote the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheering for someone who we are told is a hero, even if we have no idea what they stand for and what they stand against, feels good, but it\u2019s ultimately a distraction, an experience that produces the feeling that we stand together with the people cheering alongside us in the theater even if we understand ourselves to be championing totally different things. What does Spider-Man, in his latest iteration, stand for? The idea that the police are an institution limited by both resources and perspective whose work should by the work of vigilantes, even if their agendas compete? What do The Avengers stand for? The idea that the world should not be blown up by fanatics and also that Nick Fury is better-equipped to make decisions than the council that oversees him, which has total screen-time amounting to less than the shortest fight scene in the movie? Good v. evil is a convenient distraction from having to talk about actual issues, like civilian control of superpowers as a stand-in for the military, or the impact of corporate influence on the scientific process, on which people in the audience might actually disagree. If the thing on which we can reach consensus is that it would be better not to be involuntarily turned into giant lizard-beasts and\/or devoured and conquered by them, that is a pretty low baseline from which to start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strong Female Protagonist\" src=\"https:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sfp\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"166\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is ever delightful, and I believe she\u2019s the way I found out about the webcomic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Strong Female Protagonist<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0It started only recently, but it looks really promising. \u00a0The main character used to work as a\u00a0superheroine, but has given up her cape and mask. \u00a0Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/05\/510956\/strong-female-protagnoist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the description that hooked me<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The real reason Alison quit, and the reason she\u2019s so involved in social justice work now, is a confrontation with her nemesis. Instead of fighting her, he surrendered, on the condition that he be able to tell her about a secret effort to eliminate superpowered people even more powerful than they are. People who have powers at the level that they do are a sop for the populace, a way of heating up the temperature of existing conflicts and distracting the public through media accounts of their exploits. \u201cI\u2019m not powerful enough to be a villain. And you\u2019re not smart enough to be a hero,\u201d he tells her. \u201cNobody\u2019s scared of us, or we\u2019d have a little \u2018closed\u2019 folder of our own. What are you going to do, Mega Girl? Fling poverty into the sea? Smash all of us into a better tomorrow? Nobody thinks we can change the world, and they\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 6 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batman may be the hero Gotham deserves, but if he\u2019s not the one it needs right now and Harvey Dent is [spoiler], what\u2019s a town to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jul\/17\/corigliano-dotranto-italy-philosophical-town\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corigliano d\u2019Otranto has installed a\u00a0municipal\u00a0philosopher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under Fiore\u2019s mayorship, the council has put up ceramic plaques with quotations from the likes of Saint Augustine. It has given out postcards for distribution in bars and shops that ask existential questions, such as \u201cWhy were you born?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026But it is the appointment of the municipal philosopher that has turned the spotlight of media scrutiny on the town\u2019s policies. Shortly afterwards, the mayor received an excoriating letter from the head of the psychologists\u2019 professional body in the region of Puglia, of which Corigliano forms part.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Giuseppe Luigi Palma said the use of a consulting philosopher was \u201cnot only misleading and confusing, but utterly perilous\u201d. He said his organisation was ready to take \u201call the most appropriate actions to combat any offence that may be identified\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 7 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok, never mind. \u00a0I was wrong to not do a costume. \u00a0I just discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.4376843585712.185280.1426787518&type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steampunk!Batman pictures in this Comic Con album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3908\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3908 \" title=\"steampunk batwoman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"538\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetch me my smelling salts, I may swoon. That mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more Quick Takes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 1 \u2014 I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. 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<\/a>\u2014 1 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0<\/em>tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that<\/strong>]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. \u00a0The gritty, realistic approach that Nolan takes with these trilogies means that dressing up for this film ends up being a lot more about accuracy and technique than I have time for (or, frankly, am interested in). \u00a0After a certain point, your black catsuit will only look as good as the amount you spent on materials. \u00a0Dressing up match the aesthetic of a quite different world, if not a specific character, is a lot more fun. \u00a0(I\u2019ve already got a bolt of tweed for\u00a0Hobbit<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/a>\u2014 2 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nBut I realize you may have expected costumes, so let me make it up to you with this fabulous cosplay video from ComicCon:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite law blog on days when I don\u2019t need a Supreme Court decision parsed quickly and accurately is <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law and the Multiverse<\/a>, and they\u2019ve had a couple great posts on the last Batman movie this week. \u00a0They\u2019ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-dark-knight-legal-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">legal responsibilities of one of Bruce Wayne\u2019s lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/16\/the-dark-knight-embezzlement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether Batman is\u00a0embezzling\u00a0from Wayne\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a movie comes out, I love arguing it over with friends (<em>Brave<\/em> was highly contentious) and reading cultural critique, but now I find myself on tenterhooks for the follow-up legal analysis that these guys provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when I do want weird and interesting thoughts on pop culture, my two favorite people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Eve Tushnet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alyssa Rosenberg<\/a>. \u00a0And Alyssa\u2019s been customarily fabulous in the run-up to the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> premiere. \u00a0While riffing on someone else\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/18\/527521\/superheroes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">she wrote the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheering for someone who we are told is a hero, even if we have no idea what they stand for and what they stand against, feels good, but it\u2019s ultimately a distraction, an experience that produces the feeling that we stand together with the people cheering alongside us in the theater even if we understand ourselves to be championing totally different things. What does Spider-Man, in his latest iteration, stand for? The idea that the police are an institution limited by both resources and perspective whose work should by the work of vigilantes, even if their agendas compete? What do The Avengers stand for? The idea that the world should not be blown up by fanatics and also that Nick Fury is better-equipped to make decisions than the council that oversees him, which has total screen-time amounting to less than the shortest fight scene in the movie? Good v. evil is a convenient distraction from having to talk about actual issues, like civilian control of superpowers as a stand-in for the military, or the impact of corporate influence on the scientific process, on which people in the audience might actually disagree. If the thing on which we can reach consensus is that it would be better not to be involuntarily turned into giant lizard-beasts and\/or devoured and conquered by them, that is a pretty low baseline from which to start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strong Female Protagonist\" src=\"https:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sfp\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"166\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is ever delightful, and I believe she\u2019s the way I found out about the webcomic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Strong Female Protagonist<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0It started only recently, but it looks really promising. \u00a0The main character used to work as a\u00a0superheroine, but has given up her cape and mask. \u00a0Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/05\/510956\/strong-female-protagnoist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the description that hooked me<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The real reason Alison quit, and the reason she\u2019s so involved in social justice work now, is a confrontation with her nemesis. Instead of fighting her, he surrendered, on the condition that he be able to tell her about a secret effort to eliminate superpowered people even more powerful than they are. People who have powers at the level that they do are a sop for the populace, a way of heating up the temperature of existing conflicts and distracting the public through media accounts of their exploits. \u201cI\u2019m not powerful enough to be a villain. And you\u2019re not smart enough to be a hero,\u201d he tells her. \u201cNobody\u2019s scared of us, or we\u2019d have a little \u2018closed\u2019 folder of our own. What are you going to do, Mega Girl? Fling poverty into the sea? Smash all of us into a better tomorrow? Nobody thinks we can change the world, and they\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 6 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batman may be the hero Gotham deserves, but if he\u2019s not the one it needs right now and Harvey Dent is [spoiler], what\u2019s a town to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jul\/17\/corigliano-dotranto-italy-philosophical-town\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corigliano d\u2019Otranto has installed a\u00a0municipal\u00a0philosopher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under Fiore\u2019s mayorship, the council has put up ceramic plaques with quotations from the likes of Saint Augustine. It has given out postcards for distribution in bars and shops that ask existential questions, such as \u201cWhy were you born?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026But it is the appointment of the municipal philosopher that has turned the spotlight of media scrutiny on the town\u2019s policies. Shortly afterwards, the mayor received an excoriating letter from the head of the psychologists\u2019 professional body in the region of Puglia, of which Corigliano forms part.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Giuseppe Luigi Palma said the use of a consulting philosopher was \u201cnot only misleading and confusing, but utterly perilous\u201d. He said his organisation was ready to take \u201call the most appropriate actions to combat any offence that may be identified\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 7 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok, never mind. \u00a0I was wrong to not do a costume. \u00a0I just discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.4376843585712.185280.1426787518&type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steampunk!Batman pictures in this Comic Con album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3908\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3908 \" title=\"steampunk batwoman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"538\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetch me my smelling salts, I may swoon. That mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more Quick Takes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 1 \u2014 I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. 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I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0<\/em>tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that<\/strong>]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. \u00a0The gritty, realistic approach that Nolan takes with these trilogies means that dressing up for this film ends up being a lot more about accuracy and technique than I have time for (or, frankly, am interested in). \u00a0After a certain point, your black catsuit will only look as good as the amount you spent on materials. \u00a0Dressing up match the aesthetic of a quite different world, if not a specific character, is a lot more fun. \u00a0(I\u2019ve already got a bolt of tweed for\u00a0Hobbit<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/a>\u2014 2 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nBut I realize you may have expected costumes, so let me make it up to you with this fabulous cosplay video from ComicCon:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite law blog on days when I don\u2019t need a Supreme Court decision parsed quickly and accurately is <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law and the Multiverse<\/a>, and they\u2019ve had a couple great posts on the last Batman movie this week. \u00a0They\u2019ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-dark-knight-legal-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">legal responsibilities of one of Bruce Wayne\u2019s lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/16\/the-dark-knight-embezzlement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether Batman is\u00a0embezzling\u00a0from Wayne\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a movie comes out, I love arguing it over with friends (<em>Brave<\/em> was highly contentious) and reading cultural critique, but now I find myself on tenterhooks for the follow-up legal analysis that these guys provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when I do want weird and interesting thoughts on pop culture, my two favorite people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Eve Tushnet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alyssa Rosenberg<\/a>. \u00a0And Alyssa\u2019s been customarily fabulous in the run-up to the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> premiere. \u00a0While riffing on someone else\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/18\/527521\/superheroes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">she wrote the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheering for someone who we are told is a hero, even if we have no idea what they stand for and what they stand against, feels good, but it\u2019s ultimately a distraction, an experience that produces the feeling that we stand together with the people cheering alongside us in the theater even if we understand ourselves to be championing totally different things. What does Spider-Man, in his latest iteration, stand for? The idea that the police are an institution limited by both resources and perspective whose work should by the work of vigilantes, even if their agendas compete? What do The Avengers stand for? The idea that the world should not be blown up by fanatics and also that Nick Fury is better-equipped to make decisions than the council that oversees him, which has total screen-time amounting to less than the shortest fight scene in the movie? Good v. evil is a convenient distraction from having to talk about actual issues, like civilian control of superpowers as a stand-in for the military, or the impact of corporate influence on the scientific process, on which people in the audience might actually disagree. If the thing on which we can reach consensus is that it would be better not to be involuntarily turned into giant lizard-beasts and\/or devoured and conquered by them, that is a pretty low baseline from which to start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strong Female Protagonist\" src=\"https:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sfp\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"166\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is ever delightful, and I believe she\u2019s the way I found out about the webcomic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Strong Female Protagonist<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0It started only recently, but it looks really promising. \u00a0The main character used to work as a\u00a0superheroine, but has given up her cape and mask. \u00a0Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/05\/510956\/strong-female-protagnoist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the description that hooked me<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The real reason Alison quit, and the reason she\u2019s so involved in social justice work now, is a confrontation with her nemesis. Instead of fighting her, he surrendered, on the condition that he be able to tell her about a secret effort to eliminate superpowered people even more powerful than they are. People who have powers at the level that they do are a sop for the populace, a way of heating up the temperature of existing conflicts and distracting the public through media accounts of their exploits. \u201cI\u2019m not powerful enough to be a villain. And you\u2019re not smart enough to be a hero,\u201d he tells her. \u201cNobody\u2019s scared of us, or we\u2019d have a little \u2018closed\u2019 folder of our own. What are you going to do, Mega Girl? Fling poverty into the sea? Smash all of us into a better tomorrow? Nobody thinks we can change the world, and they\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 6 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batman may be the hero Gotham deserves, but if he\u2019s not the one it needs right now and Harvey Dent is [spoiler], what\u2019s a town to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jul\/17\/corigliano-dotranto-italy-philosophical-town\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corigliano d\u2019Otranto has installed a\u00a0municipal\u00a0philosopher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under Fiore\u2019s mayorship, the council has put up ceramic plaques with quotations from the likes of Saint Augustine. It has given out postcards for distribution in bars and shops that ask existential questions, such as \u201cWhy were you born?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026But it is the appointment of the municipal philosopher that has turned the spotlight of media scrutiny on the town\u2019s policies. Shortly afterwards, the mayor received an excoriating letter from the head of the psychologists\u2019 professional body in the region of Puglia, of which Corigliano forms part.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Giuseppe Luigi Palma said the use of a consulting philosopher was \u201cnot only misleading and confusing, but utterly perilous\u201d. He said his organisation was ready to take \u201call the most appropriate actions to combat any offence that may be identified\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 7 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok, never mind. \u00a0I was wrong to not do a costume. \u00a0I just discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.4376843585712.185280.1426787518&type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steampunk!Batman pictures in this Comic Con album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3908\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3908 \" title=\"steampunk batwoman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"538\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetch me my smelling salts, I may swoon. That mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more Quick Takes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 1 \u2014 I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. 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<\/a>\u2014 2 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\nBut I realize you may have expected costumes, so let me make it up to you with this fabulous cosplay video from ComicCon:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite law blog on days when I don\u2019t need a Supreme Court decision parsed quickly and accurately is <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law and the Multiverse<\/a>, and they\u2019ve had a couple great posts on the last Batman movie this week. \u00a0They\u2019ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-dark-knight-legal-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">legal responsibilities of one of Bruce Wayne\u2019s lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/16\/the-dark-knight-embezzlement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether Batman is\u00a0embezzling\u00a0from Wayne\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a movie comes out, I love arguing it over with friends (<em>Brave<\/em> was highly contentious) and reading cultural critique, but now I find myself on tenterhooks for the follow-up legal analysis that these guys provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when I do want weird and interesting thoughts on pop culture, my two favorite people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Eve Tushnet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alyssa Rosenberg<\/a>. \u00a0And Alyssa\u2019s been customarily fabulous in the run-up to the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> premiere. \u00a0While riffing on someone else\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/18\/527521\/superheroes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">she wrote the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheering for someone who we are told is a hero, even if we have no idea what they stand for and what they stand against, feels good, but it\u2019s ultimately a distraction, an experience that produces the feeling that we stand together with the people cheering alongside us in the theater even if we understand ourselves to be championing totally different things. What does Spider-Man, in his latest iteration, stand for? The idea that the police are an institution limited by both resources and perspective whose work should by the work of vigilantes, even if their agendas compete? What do The Avengers stand for? The idea that the world should not be blown up by fanatics and also that Nick Fury is better-equipped to make decisions than the council that oversees him, which has total screen-time amounting to less than the shortest fight scene in the movie? Good v. evil is a convenient distraction from having to talk about actual issues, like civilian control of superpowers as a stand-in for the military, or the impact of corporate influence on the scientific process, on which people in the audience might actually disagree. If the thing on which we can reach consensus is that it would be better not to be involuntarily turned into giant lizard-beasts and\/or devoured and conquered by them, that is a pretty low baseline from which to start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strong Female Protagonist\" src=\"https:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sfp\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"166\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is ever delightful, and I believe she\u2019s the way I found out about the webcomic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Strong Female Protagonist<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0It started only recently, but it looks really promising. \u00a0The main character used to work as a\u00a0superheroine, but has given up her cape and mask. \u00a0Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/05\/510956\/strong-female-protagnoist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the description that hooked me<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The real reason Alison quit, and the reason she\u2019s so involved in social justice work now, is a confrontation with her nemesis. Instead of fighting her, he surrendered, on the condition that he be able to tell her about a secret effort to eliminate superpowered people even more powerful than they are. People who have powers at the level that they do are a sop for the populace, a way of heating up the temperature of existing conflicts and distracting the public through media accounts of their exploits. \u201cI\u2019m not powerful enough to be a villain. And you\u2019re not smart enough to be a hero,\u201d he tells her. \u201cNobody\u2019s scared of us, or we\u2019d have a little \u2018closed\u2019 folder of our own. What are you going to do, Mega Girl? Fling poverty into the sea? Smash all of us into a better tomorrow? Nobody thinks we can change the world, and they\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 6 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batman may be the hero Gotham deserves, but if he\u2019s not the one it needs right now and Harvey Dent is [spoiler], what\u2019s a town to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jul\/17\/corigliano-dotranto-italy-philosophical-town\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corigliano d\u2019Otranto has installed a\u00a0municipal\u00a0philosopher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under Fiore\u2019s mayorship, the council has put up ceramic plaques with quotations from the likes of Saint Augustine. It has given out postcards for distribution in bars and shops that ask existential questions, such as \u201cWhy were you born?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026But it is the appointment of the municipal philosopher that has turned the spotlight of media scrutiny on the town\u2019s policies. Shortly afterwards, the mayor received an excoriating letter from the head of the psychologists\u2019 professional body in the region of Puglia, of which Corigliano forms part.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Giuseppe Luigi Palma said the use of a consulting philosopher was \u201cnot only misleading and confusing, but utterly perilous\u201d. He said his organisation was ready to take \u201call the most appropriate actions to combat any offence that may be identified\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 7 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok, never mind. \u00a0I was wrong to not do a costume. \u00a0I just discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.4376843585712.185280.1426787518&type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steampunk!Batman pictures in this Comic Con album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3908\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3908 \" title=\"steampunk batwoman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"538\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetch me my smelling salts, I may swoon. That mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more Quick Takes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 1 \u2014 I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. 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But I realize you may have expected costumes, so let me make it up to you with this fabulous cosplay video from ComicCon:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite law blog on days when I don\u2019t need a Supreme Court decision parsed quickly and accurately is <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law and the Multiverse<\/a>, and they\u2019ve had a couple great posts on the last Batman movie this week. \u00a0They\u2019ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-dark-knight-legal-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">legal responsibilities of one of Bruce Wayne\u2019s lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawandthemultiverse.com\/2012\/07\/16\/the-dark-knight-embezzlement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether Batman is\u00a0embezzling\u00a0from Wayne\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a movie comes out, I love arguing it over with friends (<em>Brave<\/em> was highly contentious) and reading cultural critique, but now I find myself on tenterhooks for the follow-up legal analysis that these guys provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when I do want weird and interesting thoughts on pop culture, my two favorite people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Eve Tushnet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alyssa Rosenberg<\/a>. \u00a0And Alyssa\u2019s been customarily fabulous in the run-up to the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> premiere. \u00a0While riffing on someone else\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/18\/527521\/superheroes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">she wrote the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheering for someone who we are told is a hero, even if we have no idea what they stand for and what they stand against, feels good, but it\u2019s ultimately a distraction, an experience that produces the feeling that we stand together with the people cheering alongside us in the theater even if we understand ourselves to be championing totally different things. What does Spider-Man, in his latest iteration, stand for? The idea that the police are an institution limited by both resources and perspective whose work should by the work of vigilantes, even if their agendas compete? What do The Avengers stand for? The idea that the world should not be blown up by fanatics and also that Nick Fury is better-equipped to make decisions than the council that oversees him, which has total screen-time amounting to less than the shortest fight scene in the movie? Good v. evil is a convenient distraction from having to talk about actual issues, like civilian control of superpowers as a stand-in for the military, or the impact of corporate influence on the scientific process, on which people in the audience might actually disagree. If the thing on which we can reach consensus is that it would be better not to be involuntarily turned into giant lizard-beasts and\/or devoured and conquered by them, that is a pretty low baseline from which to start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strong Female Protagonist\" src=\"https:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sfp\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"166\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is ever delightful, and I believe she\u2019s the way I found out about the webcomic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strongfemaleprotagonist.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Strong Female Protagonist<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0It started only recently, but it looks really promising. \u00a0The main character used to work as a\u00a0superheroine, but has given up her cape and mask. \u00a0Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2012\/07\/05\/510956\/strong-female-protagnoist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the description that hooked me<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The real reason Alison quit, and the reason she\u2019s so involved in social justice work now, is a confrontation with her nemesis. Instead of fighting her, he surrendered, on the condition that he be able to tell her about a secret effort to eliminate superpowered people even more powerful than they are. People who have powers at the level that they do are a sop for the populace, a way of heating up the temperature of existing conflicts and distracting the public through media accounts of their exploits. \u201cI\u2019m not powerful enough to be a villain. And you\u2019re not smart enough to be a hero,\u201d he tells her. \u201cNobody\u2019s scared of us, or we\u2019d have a little \u2018closed\u2019 folder of our own. What are you going to do, Mega Girl? Fling poverty into the sea? Smash all of us into a better tomorrow? Nobody thinks we can change the world, and they\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 6 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batman may be the hero Gotham deserves, but if he\u2019s not the one it needs right now and Harvey Dent is [spoiler], what\u2019s a town to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jul\/17\/corigliano-dotranto-italy-philosophical-town\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corigliano d\u2019Otranto has installed a\u00a0municipal\u00a0philosopher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under Fiore\u2019s mayorship, the council has put up ceramic plaques with quotations from the likes of Saint Augustine. It has given out postcards for distribution in bars and shops that ask existential questions, such as \u201cWhy were you born?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026But it is the appointment of the municipal philosopher that has turned the spotlight of media scrutiny on the town\u2019s policies. Shortly afterwards, the mayor received an excoriating letter from the head of the psychologists\u2019 professional body in the region of Puglia, of which Corigliano forms part.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Giuseppe Luigi Palma said the use of a consulting philosopher was \u201cnot only misleading and confusing, but utterly perilous\u201d. He said his organisation was ready to take \u201call the most appropriate actions to combat any offence that may be identified\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>\u2014 7 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok, never mind. \u00a0I was wrong to not do a costume. \u00a0I just discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.4376843585712.185280.1426787518&type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steampunk!Batman pictures in this Comic Con album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3908\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3908 \" title=\"steampunk batwoman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/07\/steampunk-batwoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"538\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetch me my smelling salts, I may swoon. That mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more Quick Takes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 1 \u2014 I\u2019m off at seeing\u00a0The Dark Rises\u00a0tonight. \u00a0(I\u2019ve prewritten these and am going straight to bed when I get home, so don\u2019t expect thoughts [ETA: let\u2019s just say Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt are both really pretty and leave it at that]). \u00a0For this midnight premier I didn\u2019t do a costume, alas. 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