A few weeks ago, I held Le Salon’s first ever author event with Rachel Vorona Cote to discuss her 2020 book Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today. Part historical context, part pop culture index, and part biography, I spent a lot of time nodding along to each chapter. Cote explores several themes such as female friendship, sexuality, and social expectations. Using Victorian novels, history, and conduct manuals, Cote demonstrates how expectations of femini