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In a forest where the season is only ever Spring, existed one Unicorn – the last. The troubling realization that she was the only unicorn led her on a journey to find the others. Along the way she befriends Schmendrick the Magician and Molly Grue, who accompany her on her quest. Together they travel … [Read more...] about La Longue Durée and The Last Unicorn

Recently, I have gone through a loss. A close coworker passed away suddenly and it has affected me in ways I was not prepared for - I have spiraled down this existential crisis of what does it all mean. I am certain I will never really know the larger answer but will have to figure out what it means … [Read more...] about Confessions of a Workaholic: It’s Not You, Work, It’s Me.

I just completed a talk that I presented this past January and I am working on another one for this March. The January lecture was my eleventh or twelfth talk and it took me a bit to figure out what works best for me. When I say took me a bit, I mean I kept doing something that obviously did not … [Read more...] about Lights! Camera! Lecture…

This year, I had my first article published outside of my work’s newsletter. I was over the moon when I held the magazine and flipped to page 77 and saw my name! You bet I memorized the page number. I started writing small articles for my job’s newsletter in 2016. The articles are short due to the … [Read more...] about First Time Publishing an Article

After years of reading about 19th-century erotic publishers, I had to watch Netflix’s documentary, Circus of Books (2019), on the gay adult bookshop of the same name in California. The documentary focused on the couple, Karen and Barry Mason, who took over the bookshop in 1976 and became the largest … [Read more...] about The Cyclical History of Erotic Publications: From George Akarman to the Circus of Books (1850 to 2019)

People have their own perceptions of how individuals in different career fields actually do their jobs. There used to be a great meme that was divided up in different sections explaining what different people think individuals in particular careers do. The sections were “What my mom thinks I do. … [Read more...] about Behind the History 

When I was writing up the citations for the previous blog, one of the sources was a secondary source that I have been using for years. The book hits a sentimental nerve that I felt urged to write about. Whenever I give talks or discuss my research, I am always questioned with how I became … [Read more...] about The Origin Story: The Book that Started it All, The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York by Patricia Cline Cohen

“Love is illegal - but not hate. That you can do anywhere, anytime, to anybody. But if you want a little warmth, a little tenderness, a shoulder to cry on, a smile to cuddle up with, you have to hide in dark corners, like a criminal.” – Moustache Back in December, my partner suggested that we … [Read more...] about The Upside-Down World of Prostitution: Evaluating the Gender Roles in Irma La Douce