Jessica Fripp
@jlfripp.bsky.social
Birthright Citizen. Assoc. Prof TCU, author of Portraiture and Friendship in Enlightenment France. Now working on aging and older women (funded by the NEH.)
I have 2 cats.
Views are my own (or my cats’).
Living every week like it’s shark week.
I have 2 cats.
Views are my own (or my cats’).
Living every week like it’s shark week.
Greuze and David in Paris. Plus a little moment at the Seine to memorialize M. Colbert’s Paris life.
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Greuze and David in Paris. Plus a little moment at the Seine to memorialize M. Colbert’s Paris life.
Today’s lecture marked the return of my quarantine friend, Brian Koozey, who was introduced to me by the automatic captioning on Panopto. Remember those days?
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today’s lecture marked the return of my quarantine friend, Brian Koozey, who was introduced to me by the automatic captioning on Panopto. Remember those days?
The Dallas Opera’s production of Dialogues of the Carmelites was *amazing*. Patricia Racette is a force and I’m glad my opera buddy cried as hard as I did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Dallas Opera’s production of Dialogues of the Carmelites was *amazing*. Patricia Racette is a force and I’m glad my opera buddy cried as hard as I did.
M. Le Petit Colbert left this mortal coil today at 18 1/2 years. He was adopted in Ann Arbor, MI, and lived in Paris, Zurich, New York City before settling down in Fort Worth. He helped his human grade, study, write a dissertation, a book, and get tenure.
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
M. Le Petit Colbert left this mortal coil today at 18 1/2 years. He was adopted in Ann Arbor, MI, and lived in Paris, Zurich, New York City before settling down in Fort Worth. He helped his human grade, study, write a dissertation, a book, and get tenure.
My favorite thing about this kerfuffle is the idea that outside people thought they could get (and deserved) a space for 1,000 people on short notice at TCU (a private campus).
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
My favorite thing about this kerfuffle is the idea that outside people thought they could get (and deserved) a space for 1,000 people on short notice at TCU (a private campus).
Stumbled upon the memorial to the WWI horses in Paris today.
June 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Stumbled upon the memorial to the WWI horses in Paris today.
Good turn out in Paris today
June 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Good turn out in Paris today
It was take all the cats to the vet day and everyone is zonked. Especially the elder statesman who has become non compliant in his old age and gets a dose of gabapentin.
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It was take all the cats to the vet day and everyone is zonked. Especially the elder statesman who has become non compliant in his old age and gets a dose of gabapentin.
If you think this is “art” and appropriate for the White House then, well, have I got news for you. (Spoiler: it’s not news, it’s a lesson in propaganda).
April 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you think this is “art” and appropriate for the White House then, well, have I got news for you. (Spoiler: it’s not news, it’s a lesson in propaganda).
I took 0 pictures at the Anchorage Museum b/c I was out of my wheelhouse and I was focused on looking and reading. But by chance my students are reading Sumaya Kassim’s “Temples of Whiteness” this week which includes Nicholas Galanin’s White Noise, American Prayer Rug that was on view in Anchorage.
December 2, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I took 0 pictures at the Anchorage Museum b/c I was out of my wheelhouse and I was focused on looking and reading. But by chance my students are reading Sumaya Kassim’s “Temples of Whiteness” this week which includes Nicholas Galanin’s White Noise, American Prayer Rug that was on view in Anchorage.
I SAW AN ACTUAL ERMINE TODAY IN THE WILD. (I did not get a picture)
November 26, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I SAW AN ACTUAL ERMINE TODAY IN THE WILD. (I did not get a picture)
Saw the dead fin whale in Anchorage today which was not an activity I had been expecting.
November 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Saw the dead fin whale in Anchorage today which was not an activity I had been expecting.
Waiting for this to come true
November 21, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Waiting for this to come true
Mayor aka Mr. Mayor of Tri-Paw town. Pandemic foster fail. Sweet baby angel. Found by @emayfarris.bsky.social
Pro-universal health care.
Pro-universal health care.
November 20, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Mayor aka Mr. Mayor of Tri-Paw town. Pandemic foster fail. Sweet baby angel. Found by @emayfarris.bsky.social
Pro-universal health care.
Pro-universal health care.
Stewart, going on 10. Fairmount street cat. Lives to disrupt.
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Stewart, going on 10. Fairmount street cat. Lives to disrupt.
Meet the cats:
Colbert, 17 1/2. OG, adopted from the Huron valley humane society. Has had a European passport.
Colbert, 17 1/2. OG, adopted from the Huron valley humane society. Has had a European passport.
November 20, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Meet the cats:
Colbert, 17 1/2. OG, adopted from the Huron valley humane society. Has had a European passport.
Colbert, 17 1/2. OG, adopted from the Huron valley humane society. Has had a European passport.