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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
  • 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
  • Notes on Dreaming
  • Notes on Heavens

Category: Historical

Bedtime Stories: Rosemary
  • Historical
  • Humor

Bedtime Stories: Rosemary

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 8 January 202229 September 2024

Rosemary was a pretty young lady born into a wealthy and powerful family. A bed-time story for frisky girls.

Polly Mayos
  • Historical

Polly Mayos

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 13 December 202113 June 2026

Truly hopeless situations exist.

  • Blog
  • Historical

How to Use a Victorian-Era Furnace

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 30 November 202111 June 2026

Chimneys are strange objects. Most people believe they know how chimneys work, until they try to use one.

Peer Relevance
  • Historical
  • Political

Peer Relevance

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 August 202112 June 2026

Are you networked? Are you relevant? Your adversaries are.

Victorian Women were Smashing
  • Blog
  • Historical
  • LGBTQ

Victorian Women were Smashing

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 July 202111 June 2026

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
  • Blog
  • Historical

The Old New Sexy

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 July 202112 June 2026

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

Tacitus on Agricola
  • Blog
  • 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.

The Intense Friendships of Girls
  • Historical

The Intense Friendships of Girls

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 July 189813 June 2026

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.

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