Oh, yes, it's fantastic! It's so bizarre, but wonderful.

Oh, Fanny is insufferable. I'm not even entirely sure I finished the book because I couldn't stand her. Do you ever read Austen as satirical of her culture? Or do you think she was entirely sincere?

Agreed! Well, besides the Fifth Element. But that's pretty different.

I have not read Lady Susan! Oooh, this will be fun. Obviously I'm more of a casual Austen reader (although I do think Persuasion may be my favorite, edging out P&P by a nose), but I look forward to this. Do you have a favorite Austen?

Yeah, I agree. I wish I had said that without looking like a total ass, though.

Ugh, I so wish I could delete what I wrote.

I wasn't trying to be haughty (of course, who tries to be haughty? Besides Mitt Romney, I mean). It was a knee jerk reaction because I was dismayed that someone would drop that much money to own something I would prefer to see displayed so that other people could view it and learn from it. It's also frustrating to me…

Yeah, I tried to say something similar about armchair historians and failed miserably. Now I look like an elitist bitch. But I agree, I think it's better that items such as that are available for everybody to view.

I can see that now. And what none of you can see is how excited I am by the thought of looking at the history of suffrage in the UK. I'm not better than Kelly Clarkson, I'm just more excited by looking at causes and events in history.

Thanks.

I don't think I'm better than Kelly Clarkson. I would just love to have a discussion of history. And reform in the House of Lords is really interesting, if you like talking about the movement of suffrage and representation. But houses are fun, too. Architecture is such an amazing reflection of the values of the…

All I meant was that I would love a more in depth historical discussion. Not that Kelly Clarkson wouldn't be capable of that or love it. I hope she would. I bet she would. That's how a love of history starts—seeing old buildings and wandering what happened to people there.

I always loved Belle, not because of that insane yellow dress, but because she was a huge reader and quite argumentative. I would give my left nut (I'm a woman, beeteedubs) to have that library the Beast gives her.

Kelly Clarkson, just because you love Jane Austen and go on a tour of the various sites where people filmed adaptations of her novels does not mean you love history. I want you to like history, I really do, but if you're going to stare at a house that was used for a 2005 film and declare you love history without any…

You know what I did today? I crushed it. I crush it every single day.

I am deeply, deeply in love with many 'standards' of British fare—cream scones, fish and chips, mushrooms on toast, etc.—but I was very unimpressed with the pizza there. That was terrible. But that's dumb on my part anyway. Why have pizza in the UK when you can have Indian? Oh cumin, you are my favorite.

There are Apple Cinnamon Chex? That is so exciting!

So, on the other thread of your same post, you said that this was one of the most vitriolic of political postings that you've seen, yet you still deride the website for not being serious enough. What type of structure are you looking for? This website fills a niche for people who still want to discuss celebrity gossip…

Yet, we manage to do it just fine. I suppose it wouldn't be any crazier than discussing automobiles or gaming in the same place as politics. Perhaps you should give more credit to people (on Jez and elsewhere) to be able to discuss multiple topics on a single website. NY Times, the Guardian, and other newspapers have…

To what stereotypes are you referring? That women lean left politically? That women like to discuss celebrities? So what if they do? Does discussing politics from the left make us unable to have some levity? Or does discussing celebrities (in a satirical fashion, I might add) make us unable to discuss politics with…