On the Road with the Oddities & Curiosities Expo
Gothic Events, Interview, Culture Amanda Kotiesen Gothic Events, Interview, Culture Amanda Kotiesen

On the Road with the Oddities & Curiosities Expo

From a small hall in Tulsa to a multi-country tour, Michelle Cozzaglio takes us inside her traveling artist-led market grounded in community

By: The Lace Ledger Staff

It didn’t start as a multi-country tour. It started in a Legion in Tulsa, with a handful of vendors and a nagging concern, internally wagering whether anyone else would show up for something this specific.

They did. And, they kept coming back.

Since then, the Oddities & Curiosities Expo has grown in size and in reach, expanding across cities, borders and communities that all recognize the same pull. What began as a focused market has evolved into something larger, without losing the distinct feel that made it work in the first place.

At its core, it offers connection for a subculture that seeks the strange. A place to meet the artists, spend time with the work and be surrounded by people who already understand what drew you there.

We sat down with co-founder Michelle Cozzaglio to discuss how it all came together, and what it takes to keep that energy intact as it continues to grow.

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A Conversation with Dr. Jess O’Reilly: Modern Intimacy, Desire & Feminine Power
Culture, Interview, Relationships Amanda Kotiesen Culture, Interview, Relationships Amanda Kotiesen

A Conversation with Dr. Jess O’Reilly: Modern Intimacy, Desire & Feminine Power

A deep-dive into emotional literacy, relationship dynamics, confidence and how women can cultivate connection without performance pressure with sex and relationship expert

By: The Lace Ledger Staff

Intimacy has long been dressed in expectation. For generations, women were handed scripts about desire that prized accommodation over appetite and harmony over honesty. What is shifting now is not simply how we speak about sex, but how we inhabit it.

In this conversation, Dr. Jess O’Reilly invites us to look at intimacy as something cultivated, deeply tied to emotional literacy rather than compliance. What emerges is a recalibration—one that reframes feminine power not as perfection, but presence.

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