Is it only me...

...or do JKR's amusing descriptions of the very silly girls at Hogwarts, and especially Romilda Vane with her obsession with love potions to force people into inappropriate relationships, suggest a JKR commentary on fangirls and ship obsessions?

Because I'm fed up with hearing claptrap about Galileo...

I'm a historian, and given a little time I could easily write an article myself setting the facts about Galileo out in their proper order and meaning. But this is not really my field, and when someone else has done the job, done it well, and done it just clearly enough to be understandable to any decently educated reader, why should I try to improve on his job? Behind the LJ-cut is a very fine article by Thomas Lissl, originally published in the Catholic magazine New Oxford Review in their June 2000 issue. Please read it.

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