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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
    • Poetry

Tag: historical

Victoriana
  • Blog

Victoriana

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 8 July 202330 September 2024

A new wordpress site for my 19th century books, free to download or view directly on your phone

Old-fashioned Warmth
  • Blog

Old-fashioned Warmth

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 17 October 20229 December 2024

Faced with high inflation and war, one might begin to consider situation-appropriate lifestyle changes. In terms of saving energy, there is much we can do. Our ancestors worked out all the heating accommodations we need.

This is where you get your food
  • Historical
  • Humor

Where you go shopping

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 July 202230 June 2023

Let me show you where you are.

The ghosts of small girls
  • Environment
  • Historical

The ghosts of small girls

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 July 20229 December 2024

When you feel you are being watched, your excesses are harder to maintain.

The Mill Girls of Lowell
  • Historical

The Mill Girls of Lowell

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 16 February 20229 December 2024

The factory girls of the early 19th century were self-educated and wrote about capitalism at a time when Marx merely annoyed.

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.

Peer Relevance
  • Blog
  • Historical

Peer Relevance

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 August 202130 June 2023

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 July 2022

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 202119 October 2023

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.

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