Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
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Fashion Historian. NEH Public Scholar. MacDowell '26. Working on a biography of the best fashion designer you've never heard of. Also me: @wornonthisday.bsky.social
"The most sustainable solution would be for retailers to slow down fashion cycles by designing products that are less trendy and more durable." www.wsj.com/pro/sustaina...
Big Fashion Brands Try on a New Trend: Selling Secondhand Clothes
Retailers are investing in ‘preloved’ apparel drops, partly to offset the environmental cost of churning out a seemingly endless array of styles.
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A question for law historians: is lacemaking still illegal in #Massachusetts if this hasn't been touched since 1636? I'm thinking of those convictions of witch trial victims that they have to overturn now. Asking for a possible outlaw. archive.org/details/reco... #BobbinLace #BoneLace
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
I know it’s so pedantic, but I hate it when people throw toga parties and then wear a Greek chiton off Amazon with, like, a gold meander pattern. That’s why I always teach my students how to tie a proper bedsheet toga—because Rome.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
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"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
At the Seoul premiere of THE ODYSSEY, Matt Damon wore another of his "I'm gunning for that Oscar" suits while Charlize Theron opted for the dumbest fucking skirt in existence tomandlorenzo.com/2026/08/matt...
Matt Damon and Charlize Theron at THE ODYSSEY Seoul Photo Call - Tom + Lorenzo
Daddy Odyssey and Mommy Sea Nymph came to Seoul to work some looks. We wonder if the PR team had to scramble when it became obvious that half of the
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Highly recommend Gods & Kings from Dana Thomas for the best context/bg on how John Galliano since the very beginning of his career has always been a world class shit. Also its essential reading for McQueen mega-stans like myself.
Happy birthday James Baldwin! What a privilege to spend the past two weeks walking in your footsteps and writing in your studio. @macdowell1907.bsky.social
I feel like I'm in Bizarroland seeing the online enthusiasm for The Met's Galliano show. Every serious fashion scholar I know is horrified. Not only due to the obvious ick factor, but because we just don't think his work is all that. Beautiful and theatrical, sure, but derivative and appropriative.
OUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵
New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed
A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
If you missed Tuesday's @historians.org webinar on Book Publishing 101, the recording is now available! @aupresses.bsky.social
Book Publishing 101: Acquisitions, Contracts, and Promotion for Historians – AHA
Book Publishing 101: Acquisitions, Contracts, and Promotion for Historians AHAOnline Tuesday, July 28, 12–1 p.m. ET You’ve written a dissertation or drafted a new manuscript and are in talks to publis...
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American Historical Association@historians.org · 3w agoYou've finished the manuscript. Now what? Join our AHA Online webinar on July 28 at 12 p.m. ET exploring the nuts and bolts of book publishing, from acquisitions and contracts to marketing. With Mike Baccam, Levi Stahl, and Elizabeth Townsend Gard. Register now.
This is why you shouldn't use AI to make your slides, especially if you are the US government.
Mark Tomko@xbsharp.bsky.social · 6d agoWe are an embarrassment
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
#OtD 30 Jul 1913 20,000 textile workers in Barcelona, mostly women and children, went on strike against low wages and long hours. The strike continued until 15 Sep, when the governor introduced a maximum 60-hour week stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1029...
yes, actually I do think AI-use/adoption is a fundamental declaration of what you value and what you don't and its really silly to believe that such declarations won't be noticed by those around you
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago“…the same mechanisms that drive people to grow wary of — and hostile toward — friends, co-workers and family members with different political beliefs are beginning to shape attitudes toward AI.”
bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris
New Bedford is considered the home of whaling's history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever.
Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ T-shirts, totes
New Bedford is considered the home of whaling’s history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever.
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As a reminder, our big dumb president is waging a big dumb vendetta over windmills because Scotland put some turbines near one of his big dumb golf courses more than a decade ago.
How Trump's loathing for wind turbines started with a Scottish court battle
The US president is a vocal critic of wind energy - and it's a loathing which began in Aberdeenshire.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoTrump: "Any time you see windmills, you see a failing country"
A friend who's into historical re-enactment and 18th-century costuming is selling some incredible jewelry, wigs, and antique trimmings. Get your Marie Antoinette on! www.etsy.com/shop/demodec...
demodecouture - Etsy
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