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
Like what business does the Haus der Kunst have calling anyone who walks by an alter kocker? 😆 i agree with David Zakalik that it comes across as demeaning - it's lacking exactly what institutional Germans still cannot understand about Jewish humour: that it makes FUN of authority, not embody it
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Like what business does the Haus der Kunst have calling anyone who walks by an alter kocker? 😆 i agree with David Zakalik that it comes across as demeaning - it's lacking exactly what institutional Germans still cannot understand about Jewish humour: that it makes FUN of authority, not embody it
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?
Except that some of you clearly haven’t seen it which is a serious offense so it requires your full attention. If so pour yourself some apple cider and SIT DOWN
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Except that some of you clearly haven’t seen it which is a serious offense so it requires your full attention. If so pour yourself some apple cider and SIT DOWN
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
(Ik this evil doofus "apologized" for his comment, but the fact that he thought to say it at all is evidence of what he really believes. Plus, our country's ever-worsening policies already are "euthanizing" the homeless, just slowly and more painfully. anyway here's him and Vladdy together)
September 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
(Ik this evil doofus "apologized" for his comment, but the fact that he thought to say it at all is evidence of what he really believes. Plus, our country's ever-worsening policies already are "euthanizing" the homeless, just slowly and more painfully. anyway here's him and Vladdy together)
Kinda crazy that Vlad the Impaler was so much worse irl than Dracula himself? And yet he was beloved by the pope :) and some said "well it's better to have him than...'crime'"
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September 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Kinda crazy that Vlad the Impaler was so much worse irl than Dracula himself? And yet he was beloved by the pope :) and some said "well it's better to have him than...'crime'"
www.pbs.org/frontlinewor...
www.pbs.org/frontlinewor...
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."
These are just a few of many breads and plaster models of ritual bread I photographed in Bulgaria!
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
These are just a few of many breads and plaster models of ritual bread I photographed in Bulgaria!
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🥲
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?
And if their brickwork looked like this 👀
(Ty, south Philly historic architecture 🔥🚒)
(Ty, south Philly historic architecture 🔥🚒)
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And if their brickwork looked like this 👀
(Ty, south Philly historic architecture 🔥🚒)
(Ty, south Philly historic architecture 🔥🚒)
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
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
This was painful to look at on multiple levels 🫠
July 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This was painful to look at on multiple levels 🫠
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
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
Any former Midwesterners know this image, of a trunk laden with 100 pounds of New Glarus beer on the way back home
Happy fiancé ✅
Happy fiancé ✅
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Any former Midwesterners know this image, of a trunk laden with 100 pounds of New Glarus beer on the way back home
Happy fiancé ✅
Happy fiancé ✅