Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
@hottycouture.bsky.social
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
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#Bridgerton S4 is here! I could write a 175-part thread on Georgian masquerades, but to save time here's a portrait of Queen Charlotte and her two eldest sons in costume as a Turk and Telemachus:
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Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
February 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
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NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
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Well, this is a bit of a plot twist.
February 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Well, this is a bit of a plot twist.
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Louis XIII, looking very cheeky & adolescent & proud of his grown-up helmet in 1616. As painted by Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
February 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Louis XIII, looking very cheeky & adolescent & proud of his grown-up helmet in 1616. As painted by Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
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They said it. We’re all thinking it.
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
They said it. We’re all thinking it.
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the only place this should happen is academic conferences
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
February 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
the only place this should happen is academic conferences
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just to be clear there is SO MUCH precedent for arresting a senior royal. just not any precedent where it ends well for them
every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 AM
just to be clear there is SO MUCH precedent for arresting a senior royal. just not any precedent where it ends well for them
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Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
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we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
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@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
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"We were easy to spot, clad in architectural garments in Balenciaga’s signature black."
A postcard from @hottycouture.bsky.social
A postcard from @hottycouture.bsky.social
A Postcard from Getaria
The birthplace of Cristóbal Balenciaga
contingentmagazine.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
"We were easy to spot, clad in architectural garments in Balenciaga’s signature black."
A postcard from @hottycouture.bsky.social
A postcard from @hottycouture.bsky.social
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"People who don't eat gravel cookies could be left behind" says man who owns a gravel cookies factory.
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"People who don't eat gravel cookies could be left behind" says man who owns a gravel cookies factory.
Me as an expert witness in a dress code dispute:
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Me as an expert witness in a dress code dispute:
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
Tell me you've never been to a library without telling me. My public library requires "photo ID" to get a library card but accepts school ID cards, employee IDs, and "ID cards issued by the Mexican, Argentinian and Korean consulates." And you don't need ANY special card or ID to "go to the library."
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Tell me you've never been to a library without telling me. My public library requires "photo ID" to get a library card but accepts school ID cards, employee IDs, and "ID cards issued by the Mexican, Argentinian and Korean consulates." And you don't need ANY special card or ID to "go to the library."
I wrote about my trip to the Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria. I CANNOT WAIT to go back: contingentmagazine.org/2026/02/18/a...
A Postcard from Getaria
The birthplace of Cristóbal Balenciaga
contingentmagazine.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I wrote about my trip to the Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria. I CANNOT WAIT to go back: contingentmagazine.org/2026/02/18/a...
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
"At a moment when universities desperately need informed advocates both within and beyond academia, we’re systematically creating the opposite." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
What Grad Students Need: Institutional Literacy (opinion)
We’re preparing Ph.Ds. who lack basic knowledge about how universities work.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"At a moment when universities desperately need informed advocates both within and beyond academia, we’re systematically creating the opposite." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
It's official! So excited to be returning to academia in a dream role at @uclatft.bsky.social.
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's official! So excited to be returning to academia in a dream role at @uclatft.bsky.social.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
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OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.