Wives and Daughters..of Science!

I went to the library on Tuesday to pick up some stuff to keep me still when I'm supposed to be resting (I get fidgetty)

First thought: "I should watch that other Elizabeth Gaskell BBC series 'Wives and Daughters" now that I've realised it's distinct from "Sons and Lovers". But what's the chances they'll have it?" And they did!
Next thought: "I should read some popular science, haven't done that in a while. But all this stuff I've been learning about feminism and history etc means I'll probably get annoyed by the typical "Procession of elite european men with women/the poorly educated/the rest of the world just following in their footsteps" view"..and there was The People's history of Science!

Huzzah for serendipity.
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And now I have a headache and may nap. Sorry to leave my emails unanswered after my flurry of meta, but I scalded my fingers and now that they've healed enough for me to type I feel crappy :/

New policy re: anonymous comments

Your comment is allowed to be no more than one of:
a) Unsigned
b) Off topic
c) Rude to me or other commenters
d) to the wrong person or otherwise annoying

And really, should be none of the above. And not anonymous.

*deletes comment which is 3 out of four*

If you want to be rude, at least give people a chance to engage you in extended argument, otherwise you're just a nasty coward.

Gee, I'm glad I started screening the darn things. How hard is to it to create a sockpuppet account or whatever?