(fax) The last word

[Trevor Cordes]

On 22 Mar, Ambient wrote:
>  
> Anyone wonder about the female in question?

I think it would be pretty useless or in bad taste to speculate?  As you
say, it could be a touchy topic.

> Since (almost) no-one would have thought she was female I can imagine that's
> not good for someone's self-esteem, let's hope she's no listmember.

I'm sure the gender will be more obvious when I see the actual art when
I get my copy.  To be fair to the model, it's not really her that makes
it ambiguous; it's the pose, the lighting, the hair style, and the hair
blocking the face. Also, the fact she appears (in the PDF) to be in
good, muscular shape for a woman makes it a bit tough, since
body-builder women usually tend to look a bit masculine.

I think the touchy question, and the one that was on my mind, is: was
the cover _meant_ to be ambiguous or were they expecting it to be
obvious?  Perhaps the title "Be Aware" should be noted?!  Looks like we
weren't very "aware" this time!