ramblings

in this page are various essays (ish) i write, mostly my thoughts on various cultural and historical phenomena. they are only as well sourced as i can be bothered to make them, which is probably poor. sorry. check out daughters of bilitis (button in the 'explore' page) for a more academic perspective to this sort of thing.

society and culture

girlbossing too close to the sun: how feminism lost

why is britain so shit?

'gold star' lesbians and survivor's guilt

the fake discipline - a deep dive into psychohistory

a evolutionary perspective on why you're dead inside

the yassification of sex work

the fermi paradox (and why i can't sleep at night)

history

nostalgia and misrememberence; or,'the good old days' in history

persephone

lesbian nuns

who burned - an analysis on the witch hunts of england and their victims

the oxyrhynchus papyri and whi i love them

making menstrual history - 3,000 years of periods

literature

booktok and the long, long history of romance fiction

why do we still love pride and prejudice?

politics

will the revolution ever come?