Isabella Segalovich
@isabellasegalovich.bsky.social
Anti-authoritarian folk art history
Jew for Palestine 🇵🇸
Mother of Pikachu 😼
Former media producer for Hyperallergic and forthcoming author of ORNAMENT NOW, to be published by RIBA in 2026 📚
Jew for Palestine 🇵🇸
Mother of Pikachu 😼
Former media producer for Hyperallergic and forthcoming author of ORNAMENT NOW, to be published by RIBA in 2026 📚
Excuse me while i sob over Leyb Kvitko's children's book "Di bobe shlak un ir kabak" (Granny Shlak and her Pumpkin), published in Kharkov in 1928
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Excuse me while i sob over Leyb Kvitko's children's book "Di bobe shlak un ir kabak" (Granny Shlak and her Pumpkin), published in Kharkov in 1928
So the Haus der Kunst decided that it would be a good idea to post a row of yiddish words in a stark, san serif font across a minimalist, oppressively designed structure designed by Nazi architect Paul Troost - is anyone surprised that people find this a BIT off-putting?
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So the Haus der Kunst decided that it would be a good idea to post a row of yiddish words in a stark, san serif font across a minimalist, oppressively designed structure designed by Nazi architect Paul Troost - is anyone surprised that people find this a BIT off-putting?
There is literally one and only one movie to have on in the background doing chores today #louvreheist
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There is literally one and only one movie to have on in the background doing chores today #louvreheist
Fun fact about the real life Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. One time, he invited all the poor, sick, and homeless under his rule to a lavish feast. He then boarded up the doors and lit the room on fire, burning them all to death. When met with outrage, he simply said: "No one will be poor in my realm."
September 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fun fact about the real life Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. One time, he invited all the poor, sick, and homeless under his rule to a lavish feast. He then boarded up the doors and lit the room on fire, burning them all to death. When met with outrage, he simply said: "No one will be poor in my realm."
Guinness Book of World Records has Bulgaria as one of the top 4 countries in bread eaten per capita - just behind Turkey (who quite likely got bread from the Bulgarians), Serbia, and Montenegro (all in the same geographic region.) Can any historians tell me why? & why it’s so crucial to the culture?
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Guinness Book of World Records has Bulgaria as one of the top 4 countries in bread eaten per capita - just behind Turkey (who quite likely got bread from the Bulgarians), Serbia, and Montenegro (all in the same geographic region.) Can any historians tell me why? & why it’s so crucial to the culture?
It appears that there’s a spot on Google maps in Burgas, Bulgaria that is titled, “The Cormorant,” but is in fact, just a log that a cormorant sometimes hangs out on. It gets 5 stars🥲
August 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It appears that there’s a spot on Google maps in Burgas, Bulgaria that is titled, “The Cormorant,” but is in fact, just a log that a cormorant sometimes hangs out on. It gets 5 stars🥲
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We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
Last gelati of the season 🥲 it’s been real 😭
Thank G-d for South Philly 🩷
Thank G-d for South Philly 🩷
August 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Last gelati of the season 🥲 it’s been real 😭
Thank G-d for South Philly 🩷
Thank G-d for South Philly 🩷
Another writing night where I’m kept safe from predators by Pikachu
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Another writing night where I’m kept safe from predators by Pikachu
They don’t allow cameras in Cowtown, the oldest weekly rodeo in the United States - which happens to be in New Jersey, just an hour away from my home in Philly. So I tried my best to capture some of the excitement on my iPhone 🐎
August 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They don’t allow cameras in Cowtown, the oldest weekly rodeo in the United States - which happens to be in New Jersey, just an hour away from my home in Philly. So I tried my best to capture some of the excitement on my iPhone 🐎
Cowtown Rodeo (the oldest rodeo in America in Salem County, New Jersey) is a machine affair with men riding bulls and bucking broncos. Even the announcer seemed to admit that by far the most talented and fearless performer was this woman riding 4 horses, bareback and barefoot, through rings of fire
August 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Cowtown Rodeo (the oldest rodeo in America in Salem County, New Jersey) is a machine affair with men riding bulls and bucking broncos. Even the announcer seemed to admit that by far the most talented and fearless performer was this woman riding 4 horses, bareback and barefoot, through rings of fire
One of these pictures is "Alligator Alcatraz." The other is a data center north of Castroville, Texas. Can you tell which one is which?
And better yet, why they look...almost identical?
And better yet, why they look...almost identical?
August 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
One of these pictures is "Alligator Alcatraz." The other is a data center north of Castroville, Texas. Can you tell which one is which?
And better yet, why they look...almost identical?
And better yet, why they look...almost identical?
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Idk about you but I’d just feel a lot safer if more fire stations looked like castles
August 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Idk about you but I’d just feel a lot safer if more fire stations looked like castles
A vision of hell, through the foggy window of the M4 bus in Midtown Manhattan
August 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A vision of hell, through the foggy window of the M4 bus in Midtown Manhattan
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We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.
July 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.
Today’s collection of gems, back home in South Philly
July 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today’s collection of gems, back home in South Philly
Very uncomfortable vibes in the sale booths at the York County State Fair :/ I love Pennsylvania, but I can’t say I love this part
July 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Very uncomfortable vibes in the sale booths at the York County State Fair :/ I love Pennsylvania, but I can’t say I love this part
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Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
'Hell on Earth': Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse
Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
Finding myself unexpectedly yearning to be scottish just so i can have this cake topper at my wedding
July 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Finding myself unexpectedly yearning to be scottish just so i can have this cake topper at my wedding
This lionhead rabbit at the York State Fair in PA is on his own level
July 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This lionhead rabbit at the York State Fair in PA is on his own level
Yearly midwestern road trip ✅ Trunk full of Spotted Cow (which you’re only allowed to purchase in the great state of Wisconsin) ✅ all of the beer for our 150+ invite wedding 10 months from now provided ✅
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Yearly midwestern road trip ✅ Trunk full of Spotted Cow (which you’re only allowed to purchase in the great state of Wisconsin) ✅ all of the beer for our 150+ invite wedding 10 months from now provided ✅
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So Ellen has fled Trump's US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think? | Emma Brockes
So Ellen has fled Trump's US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think? | Emma Brockes
You can’t blame DeGeneres for wanting to escape a toxic atmosphere. But she is of the exalted class who can buy themselves out of a bind, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So Ellen has fled Trump's US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think? | Emma Brockes
Throwback to when my mom dressed me up and posed me on the bed “like a doll” for pictures 😎
July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Throwback to when my mom dressed me up and posed me on the bed “like a doll” for pictures 😎
This is exactly what I hope! :) When I write a critical review, I almost always still want people to see the show --- just while keeping in mind what it's missing (like Ben Shahn's fabulous New Deal-era murals, for example 😏)
Smart article on the #BenShahn exhibition at the @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social by @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social #art #community #radical
I haven't seen the show, but want to even more, informed by this critical engagement with it. Thanks, @hyperallergic.com
I haven't seen the show, but want to even more, informed by this critical engagement with it. Thanks, @hyperallergic.com
Ben Shahn Retrospective Misses Key Element of the Artist’s Legacy
Like the subjects of his artwork, Shahn gets removed from his communal and organizational context in the Jewish Museum’s exhibition.
hyperallergic.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is exactly what I hope! :) When I write a critical review, I almost always still want people to see the show --- just while keeping in mind what it's missing (like Ben Shahn's fabulous New Deal-era murals, for example 😏)