Cassidy Percoco
@mimicofmodes.com
Fashion/material culture scholar. Collections manager. Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. AskHistorians moderator. (she/her)
Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
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Cassidy Percoco
@mimicofmodes.com
· Nov 13
A thread for my threads!
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Do you need a card for Saturday? This card is a classic example of a greeting card design produced in the 19th century. The poem is a sentimental verse common to "To One I Love" cards of this era. While often used for Valentine's Day, they were also exchanged as general romantic
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Do you need a card for Saturday? This card is a classic example of a greeting card design produced in the 19th century. The poem is a sentimental verse common to "To One I Love" cards of this era. While often used for Valentine's Day, they were also exchanged as general romantic
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Those imagined, thronging adoring audiences or armies to be led aren’t made up of real *people* who will need the boring logistics of how to get to meetings and how to feed people and how to arrange schedules. That is women’s work, and women’s work is normie-coded, and thus likely traitorous.
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Those imagined, thronging adoring audiences or armies to be led aren’t made up of real *people* who will need the boring logistics of how to get to meetings and how to feed people and how to arrange schedules. That is women’s work, and women’s work is normie-coded, and thus likely traitorous.
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OH DAMN I loved this?!? I have heard no end of good things abt @freyamarske.bsky.social and this was deliciously weird and original and gorgeously written 🔥 MOAR PLZ
February 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
OH DAMN I loved this?!? I have heard no end of good things abt @freyamarske.bsky.social and this was deliciously weird and original and gorgeously written 🔥 MOAR PLZ
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My friend Debbie wrote this great thread about the context of Surya Bonaly’s famous backflip and the history of backflips in the sport as well as Surya’s prestigious career.
A large account on here decided to only read every other word and dunk post and that’s why we can’t have nice things
A large account on here decided to only read every other word and dunk post and that’s why we can’t have nice things
Surya Bonaly is a multi Olympian, world medalist, euros champion, and French national champion, and did it all during a time when #figureskating wasn’t exactly the friendliest to its skaters of color.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
My friend Debbie wrote this great thread about the context of Surya Bonaly’s famous backflip and the history of backflips in the sport as well as Surya’s prestigious career.
A large account on here decided to only read every other word and dunk post and that’s why we can’t have nice things
A large account on here decided to only read every other word and dunk post and that’s why we can’t have nice things
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Look everyone we did it!
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Look everyone we did it!
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What a delight to have met this little fella in the flesh a few weeks ago! Found in northern North Holland province in 2024, the tiny 10C/11C gold and enamel fibula is thought to represent a saint or secular elite figure.
Leiden, @rmoudheden.bsky.social, g 2024/3.1
Leiden, @rmoudheden.bsky.social, g 2024/3.1
February 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
What a delight to have met this little fella in the flesh a few weeks ago! Found in northern North Holland province in 2024, the tiny 10C/11C gold and enamel fibula is thought to represent a saint or secular elite figure.
Leiden, @rmoudheden.bsky.social, g 2024/3.1
Leiden, @rmoudheden.bsky.social, g 2024/3.1
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Right!? I refuse to let AI machines take Good Human Jobs in things like fouling up my own footnotes with errant keystrokes, misremembered publication dates, or increasingly creative efforts at spelling Konijnendijk.
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Right!? I refuse to let AI machines take Good Human Jobs in things like fouling up my own footnotes with errant keystrokes, misremembered publication dates, or increasingly creative efforts at spelling Konijnendijk.
I ended up on our socials last week! Our social media manager and a consultant came to off-site storage and I showed them around a little, particularly (of course) the historic garments.
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I ended up on our socials last week! Our social media manager and a consultant came to off-site storage and I showed them around a little, particularly (of course) the historic garments.
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It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all
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I have watched this seventy thousand times and plan to do so at least another seventy thousand. I need a reliable audio rip site because no version of the song comes close to this. I know that’s sacrilege to say because it’s Dolly but damn Sabrina.
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I have watched this seventy thousand times and plan to do so at least another seventy thousand. I need a reliable audio rip site because no version of the song comes close to this. I know that’s sacrilege to say because it’s Dolly but damn Sabrina.
We are so close to having the database migration done at work ... I have been telling everyone we're "so close" for probably close to a year now but I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSE WE ARE
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
We are so close to having the database migration done at work ... I have been telling everyone we're "so close" for probably close to a year now but I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSE WE ARE
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I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
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My freelance editing schedule is booked for full manuscripts until April, but I’d love to squeeze in some query letter or partial manuscript edits before then. I have reasonable rates and 10+ years of publishing industry work experience. bookmarkobrien.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My freelance editing schedule is booked for full manuscripts until April, but I’d love to squeeze in some query letter or partial manuscript edits before then. I have reasonable rates and 10+ years of publishing industry work experience. bookmarkobrien.com
I try to behave myself when it comes to Bridgerton because It's Not Trying To Be Accurate, but gahhhh receiving an employer's old clothes to remodel for one's own use or sell for a tidy profit was considered a very good perk in domestic service! They were worth a lot of money!
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I try to behave myself when it comes to Bridgerton because It's Not Trying To Be Accurate, but gahhhh receiving an employer's old clothes to remodel for one's own use or sell for a tidy profit was considered a very good perk in domestic service! They were worth a lot of money!
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If you can't accept that monsters can make great art, you'll have a harder time believing that people who make great art can be monsters, and that's precisely how they get away with it for so long.
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
If you can't accept that monsters can make great art, you'll have a harder time believing that people who make great art can be monsters, and that's precisely how they get away with it for so long.
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*uncontrollable weeping*
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 AM
*uncontrollable weeping*
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If you're hyped for the forthcoming Francesca storyline in #bridgerton and need more sapphic historical stories to tide you over until then, may I recommend my books in the meantime—the sweet & romantic THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET and the funny & sexy THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY!
January 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM
If you're hyped for the forthcoming Francesca storyline in #bridgerton and need more sapphic historical stories to tide you over until then, may I recommend my books in the meantime—the sweet & romantic THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET and the funny & sexy THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY!
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
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Prepare for your mind to be blown.
The oak trees that make up the Undercroft were felled in 1358.
Their size and scale would suggest that they were at least 250 years old.
Which means they were saplings only 40 years after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Mind. Blown. 🤯
The oak trees that make up the Undercroft were felled in 1358.
Their size and scale would suggest that they were at least 250 years old.
Which means they were saplings only 40 years after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Mind. Blown. 🤯
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Prepare for your mind to be blown.
The oak trees that make up the Undercroft were felled in 1358.
Their size and scale would suggest that they were at least 250 years old.
Which means they were saplings only 40 years after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Mind. Blown. 🤯
The oak trees that make up the Undercroft were felled in 1358.
Their size and scale would suggest that they were at least 250 years old.
Which means they were saplings only 40 years after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Mind. Blown. 🤯
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Currently reading Fanfare for Tin Trumpets by Margery Sharp. She's always a fun, comforting read and this one features a boarding house. We do all love a boarding house novel, don't we? @deanstpress.bsky.social 💙📚
January 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Currently reading Fanfare for Tin Trumpets by Margery Sharp. She's always a fun, comforting read and this one features a boarding house. We do all love a boarding house novel, don't we? @deanstpress.bsky.social 💙📚
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damn, I actually bought this and made one but had no idea how big this was
January 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
damn, I actually bought this and made one but had no idea how big this was
Very firmly closing tabs relating to my medical problem™️and promising to myself that I won't google it again today
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Very firmly closing tabs relating to my medical problem™️and promising to myself that I won't google it again today
I'm curious - if you were going to a wedding-focused exhibition at a small museum, what would you hope to see? What kind of focus/presentation would most interest you or bring you in the door?
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I'm curious - if you were going to a wedding-focused exhibition at a small museum, what would you hope to see? What kind of focus/presentation would most interest you or bring you in the door?