Over the weekend I read Olwen Hufton's The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe 1500-1800. In a lot of senses it was really interesting and informative and good but ( Read more... )

The commercial exploitation of whales has always been multifaceted, but the most valuable product derived from them has always been the unsaturated fat produced by rendering their blubber. Whale oil ( Read more... )

WHY is it that every time rape is mentioned, someone will first claim they never blame the victims and then BLAME THE VICTIMS?!

*headdesk*

I hate college boys. I'm not dating men. Ever.

(Unless John Quincy Adams' reincarnation turns up unattached and digging me. Then I think I'd have to make an exception.)