Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
@einavrfox.bsky.social
Historian. Editor. Writer. Looking at connections between culture and politics. Especially fashion. Author of Dressed for Freedom. Principal Editor of Dress. www.einavrabinovitchfox.com
He is basically Anthony Hopkins (playing Kellog) in this scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKu...
The Road to Wellville - your stool sir, is pathetic
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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 24h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
What a great way to start August with…thank you @americanstudier.bsky.social
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d agoAugust is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 287 (8/2/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely ...
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What a great thread! But really, it is always a great thread. Check it out!
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last wk.Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
I don’t know much about Graham’s sister, but up until the 1960s and even later, being a dead senator’s wife, sister, or daughter was almost the only route available to women to be elected to congress.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoGov. McMaster announces that he's picking Lindsey Graham's sister to finish Graham's term
Always a treat to be included in @americanstudier.bsky.social’s threads. Especially with this piece www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Why are Republicans red and Democrats blue?
The party colors are a surprisingly recent tradition. But do they really represent the diversity of Americans’ beliefs?
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Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 3w agoHere it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
Red States and Blue States - how did they get their color and what is the role of color in politics? Check out my piece for @theguardian.com 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Why are Republicans red and Democrats blue?
The party colors are a surprisingly recent tradition. But do they really represent the diversity of Americans’ beliefs?
theguardian.com
The new Minion movie is one of the best love letters to Hollywood ever made.
Happy bikini day to all those who celebrat! www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/comm...
Common Threads: The Origins of the Scandalous Bikini | The Saturday Evening Post
Like the atomic bomb testing site, the new bathing suit was named “le bikini,” and its impact was almost as explosive.
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What a trove of goodies for the holiday weekend, including one of my pieces on the bicentennial. Enjoy this celebratory thread!
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last mo.Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +
Lillian Bassman Do American Girls Like Freedom? Cover art for Harper’s Bazaar (From the Met exhibition of her work)
In 1976, retailers inundated the market with “patriotic” consumer goods in red, white, and blue, and with images such as the bald eagle, flag, Liberty Bell, and George Washington, and Americans happily bought them.
Common Threads: The Commercialization of the U.S. Bicentennial | The Saturday Evening Post
Longing for simpler times in an era of turmoil, Americans in 1976 embraced nostalgia through tchotchkes, clothing, and décor.
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On this “real” Independence Day, my latest #CommonThreads column for @satevepost.bsky.social on the commercialization of the bicentennial. Because what is more American than buying patriotism? 🗃 www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/07/comm...
Common Threads: The Commercialization of the U.S. Bicentennial | The Saturday Evening Post
Longing for simpler times in an era of turmoil, Americans in 1976 embraced nostalgia through tchotchkes, clothing, and décor.
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As we gearing up for the holiday, here is Duchamp’s take on Americana (from the great retrospective at the MoMA)
Always an honor to be included in @americanstudier.bsky.social threads, and especially on the occasion of Mel Brooks’s 100th birthda!
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last mo.+ My 282nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
It’s a nice gimmick, but even with the growing informality of dress in our politics, we will never see Mamdani not wearing a suit and a tie, whether in the pool or in the knicks parade. Unlike Fetterman, or even Eric Adams, Mamdani, as a Muslim and a socialist Democrat, can’t afford to look casual.
Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · last mo.New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.
Brides didn’t always wear white, until Queen Victoria kicked off the white wedding dress trend.
Common Threads: The Origin of the White Wedding Dress | The Saturday Evening Post
The dominance of white for a woman's wedding attire is a relatively modern phenomenon.
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June is a very busy month, but it is also the perfect time to wed. Here’s my latest #CommonThreads piece for @satevepost.bsky.social on how white became the color for brides. Check it out 🗃 www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/06/comm...
Common Threads: The Origin of the White Wedding Dress | The Saturday Evening Post
The dominance of white for a woman's wedding attire is a relatively modern phenomenon.
saturdayeveningpost.com
During wwii more soldiers were out of commission due to VD than from combat. it became such a national threat that it prompt the military to have one of the largest public health campaigns in its history. To fight you need to be healthy—this is why the army mandates vaccines. until now of course
It’s Flag Day, & let’s counter the dumpster fire at one of our most historic public sites with all the great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books in my 280th #ScholarSunday thread! Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 280 (6/14/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
It’s Flag Day, & let’s counter the dumpster fire at one of our most historic public sites with all the great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books in my 280th #ScholarSunday thre...
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A reminder that, not for the lack of trying, every item of clothes we wear is hand-made, otherwise it doesn’t fit. Machines cannot sew by themselves. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Nike instructs federations to steam World Cup jerseys to fix shoulder seam issue
After acknowledging an issue with bulging shoulders in the shirts’ March debut, the company offered a solution that comes down to different treatment
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Signs that you are an editor in a museum: reading that David Hockney died, first feeling really sad, second: logging on to the museum‘s collection to see if there are any labels that need to be updated
Even though the movie is from the 1990s Diana‘s wedding dress style was still big in British weddings…#HATM
This is one of my favorite movies ever. Just brilliant! #HATM
Jason Herbert@herberthistory.bsky.social · 2mo agoFolks I've got a 90 minute drive home from the airport so tonight we are going to try something different: #HATM ronin style. Y'all just kick off at 8 eastern and start talking. See ya in a bit.
Buy my book and many more in this @illinoispress.bsky.social Summer Sale for 50% off. Best deal in town! 🗃️ www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalo...
Dressed for Freedom
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University of Illinois Press@illinoispress.bsky.social · 2mo agoKeep cool and read books! 🕶️ 🍦 🌊 🌞 From June 1 until June 16, you will receive 50% off *ALL* UIP books when you purchase from our website with code SUMMER26. Browse books here: www.press.uillinois.edu
Great piece about the role of fashion in fascism, as well as in the ways to resist it
Noliwe Rooks@nrooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen most people think about fascism, they think about governments, leaders, and state violence. They think about censorship and repression. Those elements matter, but they are not where authoritarian projects begin. They begin with stories about belonging.
Happy to share the new issue of Cleveland Art magazine that I edited
