of tube sock sleeves and sleep deprivation...

one side-effect of oren not waking up early every day (well, he is, it's just not in this country, but even when he was here and sleeping late...) is oren not going to sleep early. in turn, i have quickly reverted to my unproductive staying-up-way-too-late of yesteryear, and, now as then, in the guise of working on something school related. grrr.

that said, in some of my non-working i stubled upon this via volokh. there are various products that i think would be useful to me that are available only, or most cheaply, on websites that market to muslim women. (on that note, aside from the price differential, what is the difference between an "abaya" or "jilbab" and a "shabbos robe"?) i've never ordered from one, partly because i don't actually need more clothes or headcoverings or such, (though who can resist long arm sleeves?*) . But even if i did, somehow it rubs me the wrong way.
the first issues is the knee-jerk "what if my money is supporting terrorism?," which i think is largely irrational given all the other things i buy without asking questions. the second is that most of these sites have selling points about how great it is to be recognizably muslim, etc, which, well, i don't want to be. so even if i could use an item and still look jewish, i feel weird, like somehow i'm crossing into territory where i don't belong. an analogous test-case might be buying tsniusdik wedding dresses from mormons, which i've heard of more than once. on this note, i am pretty sure i would not be comfortable buying such clothing from a flesh-and-blood "islamic clothing" store. should that impact internet shopping choices? does any of this make sense?

sleepily...

*In Camp Sternberg, people used to make items for similar purposes out of tube socks. I guess camp is a little less formal...