Feminism, Dark Crystal, travel plans

For some reason I read a lot this week about the waves of American feminism. Seems like I'm third-wave... and quite on one side of the feminist sex wars, which aren't as fun as that name makes them sound. Sex-positivity seems to be on a downtrend among women these days -- I once asked why on Reddit and was told basically that the term's been used too often as a cover for bad behavior. Le sigh. At any rate, having done my reading, I feel I've learned my place in this slice of history; grown in the environment created by the first wave, employed in workplaces shaped (though clearly not enough yet) by the second, too pedantic to focus on women alone, too horny and curious to be anti-porn. So there it is.

The bug and I have started watching Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a prequel series to The Dark Crystal, and I have questions. Also it's dark af. A review I read said "just as boldly inaccessible as the original film", and this time the body count will be sky-high (it has to be, to get from where it is to the world we saw in the film). Two episodes in and we've already had a torture scene, which was disturbing despite not being protracted.

Iceland is in a week -- no, Iceland is in four days -- and I need to finalize my packing list, but I do have the hiking boots required for one of our excursions, which survived a test walk nicely, and the right electrical outlet converters. I learned that the traditional wool sweaters are called Lopapeysas, and I might try to pick one up while there if I find a nice natural-grey one from a nice natural-grey sheep. Stress levels at my house lately are ridiculous, with both of us working every weekend, so a trip will probably be good for us even if there's jet-lag and rain.