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Nissa Tolton
Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
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  • About
  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
    • Surveillance
    • Technology
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry

Category: Historical

Victorian Women were Smashing
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  • Historical
  • LGBTQ

Victorian Women were Smashing

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 July 202111 July 2022

A shadow society, ignored or denied. Mutual support networks among the disempowered. Role models and fans. Petting and kisses. Half of women.

The Old New Sexy
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  • Historical

The Old New Sexy

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 July 202119 October 2023

There’s a new look trending, but it’s looking a lot like the old one. Where fashion and finance blurr

Tacitus on Agricola
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  • Historical

Tacitus on Agricola

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 June 202130 June 2023

Roman historian Tacitus explains the policy of his father-in-law, Agricola, in bringing the comforts of Roman civilization to the barbarous British.

  • Historical
  • LGBTQ

Smashing: Women’s Relationships before the Fall

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 June 197923 July 2023

Intense and passionate friendships among women in the 19th century were considered normal and healthy. This was, of course, before the spectre of homosexuality ruined everything.

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The Intense Friendships of Girls

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 July 189830 June 2023

This 1898 article is meant to make smashing sound unattractive.

  • Historical
  • Philosophy

Apology of Socrates

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 July 189130 June 2023

Socrates was accused of not worshiping the right gods and of corrupting Athenian youth by teaching them logical thinking. Regardless of era, the problems of being out of one’s own time are the same.

  • Historical

London Nomades

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 June 187730 June 2023

From ‘Street Life in London’, 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith In his savage state, whether inhabiting the marshes of Equatorial Africa, or the mountain ranges of Formosa, man…

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