Sometimes it feels like people forget that sodomy was a capital crime and that the majority of the information we have on molly houses comes from trial records. If we have evidence of molly houses in the early 18th century and the late 18th century but not the mid 18th century what is more likely:
a) There was absolutely no molly houses in the mid 18th century at all.
b) There was molly houses in the mid 18th century but they remained hidden from the authorities.
from my other post. this is the fine lady in question
You can't really see the fish in the background but you can kinda see the one in front has a bigger belly. They're both the same type of molly (not balloon mollies) and used to look identical. So, maybe pregnant? (most fish don't get pregnant - they lay the eggs and the males fertilise them - but mollies are live bearers)
Please credit via direct link to this post. I do not consent to reactionaries and exclus using my content-- the fish and I fucking hate you in fact, have an awful day
when I was a little kid at some point I got upset with my parents because I didn't have a crucifix in my bedroom and they did- I was like why do YOU get to be safe from vampires??? you're okay with me getting my blood sucked???? so we took a little trip to the catholic store but the one closest to us was run by a group of nuns that had been moved here from romania. I got a little baby pink cross and this sweet old nun was like 'aww, is this a baptism gift?' and I was like no. I need to be protected from vampires. and she immediately got SO serious and was like 'this is the best one we've got, you'll definitely be safe' and since she was literally from vampire land I was convinced she was like, van helsing. like the whole time my parents had been laughing about how cute my fear was but she literally Knew dracula and was taking my concerns seriously I held this over my parents for so long lmfao
A while back I mentioned that Rictor Norton found little evidence to suggest that mollies used anything other than saliva as lube. I'm happy to update you all with the information that there is evidence of something else being used. However I'm sorry to tell you it was butter.
And we can't forget Inkblot, a gorgeous black molly with gold accents and a white belly! She is not as social as the other three and tends to find her own food around the tank!
The practice of same-sex love for women was sufficiently well known for it to enter into slang; it was called 'A game of Flats' and lesbians were called 'tommies', perhaps matching the slang for homosexuals, 'mollies', or perhaps short for 'tom-boys'.
"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory