Apparently, Doctor Villanelle's last blog post was not enough to contain her ire about dipshit academics in love with the phallus, because that bitch be textin' me. It was gloriously rage-filled, so read on, friends:
Doctor Villanelle: You ever read Age of Wonder?
Lily Pistil: I have. But very quickly. I found it kind of annoying.
DV: Thank you! I posted a not quite coherent response to it last night (don't blame me, blame the plague) and I was in hopes that I wasn't the only one that found it aggravating...
LP: So in the tradition of great man of history ball-licking. I don't know why everyone likes it.
DV: Seriously, I lost my shit when I was reading it... Why is it that when Keats talks about the soul he's a touching and inspiring genius, and when Mary Shelley talks about the soul she's a pregnant woman who may have learned some shit from her husband?? WTF yo!
LP: I know!!! It will be interesting when this guy comes out with his next book about the lost women scientists of the 19th century. I wonder which body parts he will attribute their discoveries to?
DV: Certainly not their minds..... And please tell me he's actually going to write about some female POETS and not just write off all the lady folk as silly novelists. Gawd! I just about screamed when I was reading his chapter on Frankenstein.
LP: I think this one will only be about scientists.
But ladies can't be poets, silly woman. Poems require genius. Ladies aren't geniuses.
DV: Well... That ought to be interesting... I certainly hope he makes sure to acknowledge their male chaperons and inspirations.
LP: Oh I am sure.
DV: Oh my gosh! You're right! I forgot for a moment that the category of woman was used to designate a life form purely dedicated to the creation of children and the male genius (which aren't always that far apart)! My bad!
LP: Here is a line you might appreciate I just read in Burke: "If beauty in our own species was annexed to use, men would be much more lovely than women..."
DV: Wow. I mean... Yep... That's just awesome... God bless the menfolk, huh?
LP: Bless their tiny, self-aggrandizing hearts, they can't help it.
DV: Because they're too worried about their tiny non-actualizing manhood?
LP: So I understand.
Wait--ladies can be *scientists*? I don't think that's true. This is going to be a very short book.
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