Cabinet of Curiosities
Musings on the long 19th century by author and historian Rosie Harte
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 13, 2026
Latest issues
Where the Wild Women Are (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Love it or hate it, so-called ‘weird-girl literature’ is having a moment. Rising to book-tok stardom with Ottessa Moshfeigh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, this genre of novels is written by women, for women — often with the goal of exploring the grotesque, the visceral, and the perverse sides of performing femininity.In short, these are about wild women.Stories such as these belong to a long feminist literary history. Historians Susan Gubar and Sandra Gilbert, in their seminal piece of litera
Why is a Woman like a Writing Desk? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="The Reader" class="sizing-normal" height="616" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IYPl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2153d585-a8ba-4839-b12a-5d9e21f5cd82_883
Florence Versus the Trad Wives (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="800" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7chp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3d2e169-398c-4dde-a507-f4db33c09770_616x800.png" w
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.