Happy Women's Day...

Do men have a day for themselves?

I have the feeling I should have something really clever to say about womanhood or feminism or something. I like women. I am infinitely happy that I was born female. So - I toast all women, everywhere.

My favourite women:

1. St. Bathildis


2. Louise Brooks


3. Cleopatra


4. Dorothy Dunnett


5. Eleanor of Aquitaine


6. Elizabeth I of England


7. Emma Goldman


8. E. Nesbit


9. Dorothy Parker


10. Mary Wollestonecraft Shelley


11. Lady Hester Stanhope


12. Mae West

Torchwood: Reflections on Jack and the Doctor and the future...

There are thoughts about Captain Jack I've been incubating for a while without ever having a chance to express them. So, I'm rushing to put down a few thoughts before things get too busy today....

1. Jack and the Doctor
( Abandonment issues and anger. )

2. Jack and his Immortality Issues
puritybrown ( was talking a few weeks ago about... )

3. Jack: Depressed, or flirtatious?
puritybrown ( was relating this to... )

4. Jack and his Timeline.
( How long has Jack been at Torchwood? )

5. Jack and the Torchwood Team - I see Jack's relationship with his people at Torchwood as being a central theme of series one. How they perceive him, how he perceives them, what issues they have to deal with, and how they do it. ( In the end... )

International Women's Day, take 2...

Before the International Women's Day draws to a close and before I fall asleep (I'm dropping), I thought I'd write something I've been thinking about today, as an adjunct to my list earlier today of historical women: my favourite female writers. This time, I'll include the living, and the list is ad hoc, off the top of my head:

1. Charlotte Bronte


2. Lois McMaster Bujold


3. Dorothy Dunnett


4. Georgette Heyer


5. Diana Wynne Jones


6. Ellen Kushner


7. Margaret Laurence


8. Karin Lowachee


9. Susan Elizabeth Philips


10. Mary Renault


11. Mary Doria Russell


12. Megan Whalen Turner