latest library trip: the haul
Sep. 1st, 2004 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonBiological Exuberance - I've actually had it out for awhile, but today is the first chance I've had to sit down with it. I don't think I'll read it all the way through though - given the subject matter (homosexual/non reproductive sexual behavior in animals), it is surprisingly dry, written in a style that emphasizes quantitative data and observations ("same-sex pair bonding has been witnessed in japanese macaques, arctic terns, etc. etc. etc....", "walruses have been seen engaging in mutual masturbation (same and opposite sex) on n occasions" etc.). Still, it's a fun book to fling at anyone who dares suggest that anything other than vanilla het sex is in any way "unnatural" (if only because it's a 700something page book, and will hurt them quite a lot :P)
Tipping the Velvet -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jlsjlsjls and others have much enthused about the miniseries, but given that BBC America is being remarkably elusive regarding any re-airings, I'm starting with the book instead :P
Continuing the pirate theme with Women Sailors and Sailor's Women and She Captains - the former is by the same guy who wrote "Under the Black Flag" (just finished today, which is good, as it was due); I'm guessing it's an expansion on the Ann Bonny/Mary Read chapter. The latter was recommended bywendyzski. Haven't had a chance to really look at either yet.
And I did finish both "Under the Black Flag" and "Introvert Advantage". The first was a fairly good (and readable) introduction to the realities of piracy in the western world. The latter was.. it was so descriptive of me it was startling! If you ever want to understand any of my eccentricities/idiotisms, this will explain it all. It also contained a lot of tips for not letting the extroverted majority railroad me!
Nuff for now. I have to go move some laundry over and get some sleep.
Tipping the Velvet -
jlsjlsjls and others have much enthused about the miniseries, but given that BBC America is being remarkably elusive regarding any re-airings, I'm starting with the book instead :PContinuing the pirate theme with Women Sailors and Sailor's Women and She Captains - the former is by the same guy who wrote "Under the Black Flag" (just finished today, which is good, as it was due); I'm guessing it's an expansion on the Ann Bonny/Mary Read chapter. The latter was recommended by
wendyzski. Haven't had a chance to really look at either yet. And I did finish both "Under the Black Flag" and "Introvert Advantage". The first was a fairly good (and readable) introduction to the realities of piracy in the western world. The latter was.. it was so descriptive of me it was startling! If you ever want to understand any of my eccentricities/idiotisms, this will explain it all. It also contained a lot of tips for not letting the extroverted majority railroad me!
Nuff for now. I have to go move some laundry over and get some sleep.
