Horny History: Adele Masi Lessona

It’s real history, as told by some horny dude in my inbox and me.

Originally I set off to take notes on women’s involvement in science in Italy. It was going to be a very general piece but then I read this part of a sentence “Adele Masi Lessona, science writer and ghost translator of some of Darwin's works into Italian published under her husband's name” and was immediately hooked. Only a bit of information on her exists on the internet in English, but I just felt drawn to her story. Adele was a translator, so I ran Italian biographies of her through a translator and there it was. This woman was one of us. A woman who brought international ideas of feminism and abolition to Italy. A woman who wrote on scientific topics, but in a way that the general public could learn.

Adele would probably like her story told in a non academic way too.

(As a reminder I do not know these men. They are messaging a satirical Facebook profile of me as a conservative.)

Well, don’t leave me wondering, do you want full frontal nudity, history, or both?

Just in case someone decides to intentionally misunderstand me, that’s called a joke.

As I went to create my cover photo for this piece, I tried one last time to find a picture of Adele. No luck, but, since there’s very little information on her, and since I had recently made a post preview for this piece mentioning her, look who showed up first result.

What an honor. I suppose not all of you follow me on Facebook to catch the context. That’s me in my sweet penis free shirt

Lisa Lee Curtis

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Sources:

Numeri, Atomi e Alambicchi Donne e Scienza in Piemonte dal 1840 al 1960 Paolo Govani

Adele Masi Lessona Scienza a du Voci

The Power of Weak Competitors: Women Scholars, "Popular Science," and the Building of a Scientific Community in Italy, 1860s-1930s Paolo Govani