Not That Boleyn Girl

  August 8, 2025 I think I'm funny... But real talk, the subject of this article may not be suitable for some readers- we're going to be discussing death and dying as well as mourning practices in the antebellum period and how they changed in the wake of the Civil War. I'm going to include pictures of examples of what I'm talking about, and while you may not always be able to tell what is happening in these photos, to be safe I wanted to include an extra warning. If this isn't for you, then there is no harm in skipping this one. I will talk to you later! Disclaimer: This is a very big and broad topic and there is no way that I will be able to cover absolutely everything but I will do my best to cover the basics in a way that illustrates the traditional mourning rituals in antebellum America and how those were changed by the Civil War. Because this post is going to be primarily based off of research done for a paper I wrote for one of my classes, this is going to be ...

  August 2, 2025 Hello all! I have been absent for some time now, which was not in the plan mentioned in my last post... So sorry to have left the wider internet hanging and wondering what must have happened to keep me away for a whole entire year. Well. Nothing really. Writers block, burn out, working to survive the usual.  But here I am again trying to make a comeback! As the title of this post implies, I'll give a few updates and then some recommendations of sorts. We'll see how it goes To begin-  Updates! 1) Last year I began work on my masters degree with the University of Oklahoma in museum studies. I hated it. I know that I am not a fan of online schooling to begin with, I did terribly during the covid distance learning year of undergrad, so I had schedules and supports in place to help and I still was suffering through it. I also felt majorly unsupported by the faculty whenever I did work up the courage to ask for help so I withdrew myself from the program and uni...