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Nissa Tolton

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  • 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.
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    • Humor
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Tag: feminism

A Distant and Awesome Beacon
  • Salt Island Diaries

A Distant and Awesome Beacon

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 June 20211 June 2026

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

two 19th century women wearch for stones on a New England beach
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  • Salt Island Diaries

Pebble Beach 5 March 1848

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 June 20211 June 2026

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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