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Nissa Tolton

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    • Dreaming
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    • 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.
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Tag: 19th century

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.

Ophelie wolf of cape ann
  • Salt Island Diaries

The Wolf of Cape Ann

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 16 July 202124 June 2025

The first two diary entries, which describe the arrival of a feral girl at the cliff-house.

The Halls of Power
  • Salt Island Diaries

The Halls of Power

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 June 202124 June 2025

the halls of power are for trumpets, not for whispers

Rules of the Game
  • Salt Island Diaries

Rules of the Game

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 June 202113 June 2025

We are to make an entry each day, even if the entry is that nothing of interest happened. Secondly, we may not consult each other’s diaries. Finally, Clara is prone to exaggeration.

A Distant and Awesome Beacon
  • Salt Island Diaries

A Distant and Awesome Beacon

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 June 202124 June 2025

“If this world had angels, they would necessarily be the fleshy kind, and she would be of it.”

5 March 1848
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  • Salt Island Diaries

5 March 1848

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 June 202117 March 2025

Entry 168: Ellen collects heating stones with Clara

  • 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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  • 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.

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