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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
    • 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.
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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
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  • Elinor's College Career
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Elinor’s Sophomore Year

  • Julia Schwarz
  • 1 June 190625 January 2022

A fictional account of life at Vassar College at the turn of the 20th century

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  • Elinor's College Career
  • Fiction
  • Historical
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Elinor’s Junior Year

  • Julia Schwarz
  • 1 June 190625 January 2022

13 Room for Contemporaries
14 All Kinds of Sense
15 A Screw Loose
16 A Day of Events
17 Cela M’est Égal
18 Three Dummy Idiots

  • Books
  • Elinor's College Career
  • Fiction
  • Historical
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Elinor’s Senior Year

  • Julia Schwarz
  • 1 June 190625 January 2022

A fictional account of life at Vassar College at the turn of the 20th century

  • Blog
  • Historical
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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
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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…

Titcomb’s Letters to Young People, Single and Married
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  • Titcomb’s Letters

Titcomb’s Letters to Young People, Single and Married

  • Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • 1 June 185830 June 2023

Advice on how to be the best mid-19th century young adult you can be

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  • Titcomb’s Letters

Letters to Young Married People

  • Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • 1 June 185822 November 2021

Very particular advice to 19th century married couples

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  • Titcomb’s Letters

Letters to Young Women

  • Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • 1 June 185822 November 2021

Very particular advice for young ladies of the mid-19th century

  • Books
  • Historical
  • Titcomb’s Letters

Letters to Young Men

  • Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • 1 June 185822 November 2021

Very particular advice for young gentlemen of the mid-19th century

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