The factory girls of the early 19th century were self-educated and wrote about capitalism at a time when Marx merely annoyed.
Tag: 19th century
Two hundred years ago, it was easier to make friends, because you could buy them.
Chimneys are strange objects. Most people believe they know how chimneys work, until they try to use one.
A ‘lost’ poem from one of the contributors to the Salt Island Diaries
Are you networked? Are you relevant? Your adversaries are.
A shadow society, ignored or denied. Mutual support networks among the disempowered. Role models and fans. Petting and kisses. Half of women.
The first two diary entries, which describe the arrival of a feral girl at the cliff-house.
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.
“If this world had angels, they would necessarily be the fleshy kind, and she would be of it.”
Entry 168: Ellen collects heating stones with Clara