Daughters of Frankenstein: Mad Lesbian Scientists, edited by Steve Berman Fuzzaluddin Choudry

Fuzzaluddin Choudry

The man won't tell her his name or where he came from

subliminally reinforcing the patriarchy

As people around him begin suffering and dying

but life is ever that simple

Daughters of Frankenstein: Mad Lesbian Scientists, edited by Steve Berman Fuzzaluddin ChoudryIn the field of mad science, women have for too long been ignored, their triumphs misattributed to mere men. Society has seen the laboratory as the province of men. Jacob's Ladder electric arcs, death rays, even test tubes have phallic connotations, subliminally reinforcing the patriarchy. The mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, advocated that women appear more masculine to earn respect. If Marie Curie had been allowed to develop her