Apparently a whole swathe of archaeologists got madly misrepresented in a woowoo doco about Atlantis? by being edited so that it seemed they were concurring that Atlantis was even a thing?
I have certainly had the sensation of wishing to hide under the settee when programmes to which I had contributed finally hit the screen, but that was primarily ( Read more... )

Yes, of course women who have doctorates may quite reasonably be asked to be addressed by their title, and it is neither a sign of arrogance nor of insecurity, it is merely a descriptor indicating that they have put in the time and effort to obtain a higher degree -
But while I think of all the women who had expertise and authority in various ( Read more... )

What I read
Last week's episode of Tremontaine, also this week's, which winds up the season, I think? It feels as if it's brought several of the current plot arcs to resolution, while leaving threads loose for another season.
Finished Women As Public Moralists, which I mostly liked and enjoyed, with just that slight qualm that, although I really ( Read more... )

My dearios will doubtless be aware that I am never not irked when somebody responds to a listserv or whatever request for historiography on some subject with title of some book that a) was published 30 years ago &/or b) sounds from the title that it might be relevant, but actually isn't (good luck with finding out anything on Victorian self-abuse ( Read more... )

In the context of a discussion on another lj recently, mentioned that very occasionally I have met women who do that 'there's no knowledge but I knows it' assumption in discussion but that (unlike the perhaps rather more pervasive male equivalent) it seems much more inflected for age/class/gender. In fact thinking about this later I thought that I' ( Read more... )

Further to my snark yesterday I have realised that the article in question manifests a phenomenon (or two related phenomena) which were in play in a couple of my other posts towards the end of last week.

One is the designation of a group which will be the manifestation of certain qualities that we, the privileged and the ones with cultural power, ( Read more... )

One thing I have managed to avoid at work is taking on too much formal managerial responsibility (and there has recently been a situation in which, I suppose, had I cared at all, I possibly should have acquired same).

I really don't want it. I don't think I'd be good at it. It is not a thing that I think I could do better than the people who are ( Read more... )