The Revolution will be Litigated - Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... #fashionhistory #gender

open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... #fashionhistory #gender

open.substack.com/pub/susanstr... An absolutely beautiful read. Knitting knowledge not necessary. But if you knit, you will love it.

Hans Mansson Goes to a Bar Mitzvah open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet... A little fun thing I wrote.

I forgot the tag. 😢 #fashionhistory #gender

The Revolution Will Be Litigated, Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/gendermy...

www.nature.com/articles/d41... “A lot of people have long regarded same-sex behaviour as an accident, or rare, or only in zoo animals,” says co-author Vincent Savolainen, an evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London. But “it’s part of the normal social life of primates”.

I’ll take it.

Maybe it’s time for me to pull together an FAQ about pink and blue on my Substack. Post or DM me your questions and I’ll get started. Can we set a deadline of January 4? #FashionHistory

Future plans for my Substack “notebook".

I firmly believe we're going to survive this era -- broken, hobbled, with decades of rebuilding that will not be finished in my lifetime -- but we are going to survive and every asshole who collaborated in the effort to destroy this country will forever wear the stain of it.

Today, this version of Spiral Notebook slips into the Substack Archives. You still can find the entries for every day there, by searching on the Month and Day. Beginning January 1, Spiral Notebook will be my portfolio of storytelling (prose, poetry) and art. Happy New Year, whatever comes.

Work in progress open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...

On the other hand, the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice is on Kanopy for free. Next up: the wet shirt scene.

What doesn’t make it into our diaries, again open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...

open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... The girl rules and boy rules, that is.

Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported? Noem: We have not deported military veterans. Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.

Apparently there is a Fog of War cocktail, which involves a raw egg. I am more interested in Artillery Brewing’s Fog of War hazy IPA.

Dear Mick open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet... Today’s visitor from poetryland. I don’t write them, I just write them down.

Today's chuckle. Lane Bryant maternity clothes, 1936.

My story today on a pink Fair Isle knit from J. Crew that’s getting under some people’s skin. I interviewed fashion historians about pink’s history and how class influences our expressions of masculinity. TW: Tucker Carlson's bow tie period is referenced www.huffpost.com/entry/j-crew...

A wet chilly morning. Here’s a warm winter blessing for spinners, weavers, knitters and crocheters - - and all the wearers, too! youtu.be/8Gh8Xye_ZX0

"Although science faculty can return to their labs , others will be subjected to increased scrutiny of their teaching & scholarship. The real danger-- the threat it poses to the core purpose of higher education—preparing future generations for the public good.." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

4/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it www.kpbs.org/news/science...

Behold, our Thanksgiving leftovers. Yes, brisket beans and fried plantains.

open.substack.com/pub/parkerjp... From one of my never-met mentors.

30 years to write it, 12 years in print! iupress.org/978025300985...

I have been trying new things. Illustrated haiku, for example.

Um...that's the Mar-a-Lago font:

sorry im a specific type of angry that i dont wanna mention on here so ive hopefully turned it into something good. hopefully. go follow my friend saireye and give him some love. also, comment some underrated artists you love also, share that artists original work with others, tell them what i said

Ozymandias and Coldplay open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...

“It is what it is.” open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...

I was going to do something this morning, but now it's not morning anymore.

An exciting new publication on gender/sex in child development open.substack.com/pub/sterling...

I will be in Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, and Galway for two weeks very soon. I need dress history/textilian recommendations for edification and shenanigans.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Wanta hear my dulcet voice being interview by awesome podcasters? Of course you do.

Postcard from Star Island open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...

For those dress historians, costume designers, and other fans and “foamers” of fashion, next year’s Costume Society of America symposium will be in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina. www.costumesocietyamerica.com/future-sympo...

Oh, shit. There are two “CSA” conferences going on right now. I am posting from Costume Society of America, not Cultural Studies. Though there is certainly some overlap.