Jennifer Le Zotte
@lezotte.bsky.social
Historian of dress, race, sex, gender, and capitalism. Author of From Goodwill to Grunge: A History of Secondhand Styles and Alternative Economies. Writing about more dress stuff, at balls and brothels, on Wall Street and in night clubs.
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
Happy Caterday from my cat who sleeps decapitatedly
August 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Happy Caterday from my cat who sleeps decapitatedly
I’m super reluctant to advise students to go for a PhD, though
August 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’m super reluctant to advise students to go for a PhD, though
I'm a day late, but Happy Straw Hat Day for those who celebrate!
www.nypl.org/blog/2022/09...
www.nypl.org/blog/2022/09...
100 Years Ago Men and Boys Fought on the Streets of New York Over Wearing Straw Hats Past Summer | The New York Public Library
Of all the issues to hang your hat on...
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May 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm a day late, but Happy Straw Hat Day for those who celebrate!
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www.nypl.org/blog/2022/09...
My grad school friend, colleague, and Smithsonian curator just won a very nice award for his research based on Smithsonian support. Extra nice thing to celebrate right now!
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2025 Jon Grinspan, Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War (Bloomsbury) | Society of American Historians
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April 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My grad school friend, colleague, and Smithsonian curator just won a very nice award for his research based on Smithsonian support. Extra nice thing to celebrate right now!
sah.columbia.edu/content/priz...
sah.columbia.edu/content/priz...
Even as this administration strips humanities funding to build a "garden of heroes" bereft of narrative or interpretive worth, historians o are still relevant to understanding EVERYTHING that is happening. . . Here's my and others' take on tariffs and secondhand goods.
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Will tariffs drive more people to shop secondhand? It's a mixed bag, experts say
This moment of economic uncertainty could drive more Americans to buy used. But experts say secondhand stores won't be immune from tariffs either.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Even as this administration strips humanities funding to build a "garden of heroes" bereft of narrative or interpretive worth, historians o are still relevant to understanding EVERYTHING that is happening. . . Here's my and others' take on tariffs and secondhand goods.
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
Last year, I used several precious summer months to apply for the NEH summer stipend and the NEH Public Scholars Award. This is is, I thought--second book, contract, trade press--I might get one of them. Applied for NC Humanities summer award, too. Literally thousands of dollars of effort, stolen.
April 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Last year, I used several precious summer months to apply for the NEH summer stipend and the NEH Public Scholars Award. This is is, I thought--second book, contract, trade press--I might get one of them. Applied for NC Humanities summer award, too. Literally thousands of dollars of effort, stolen.
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ICYMI. In response to the EO that conflates Confederate monuments with “history,” @uncpress.bsky.social is offering my book on the history of these statues for FREE until April 11th. Here’s the link!
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
No Common Ground (full reading copy) : The University of North Carolina Press
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March 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICYMI. In response to the EO that conflates Confederate monuments with “history,” @uncpress.bsky.social is offering my book on the history of these statues for FREE until April 11th. Here’s the link!
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
Happy Caterday from my favorite loaf.
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy Caterday from my favorite loaf.
“. . .the bill will set rules around topics involving “controversial beliefs” such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity and inclusion programs, immigration policy, marriage, or abortion.”
This describes 3/4 of the topics in my women, gender and sexuality history course
This describes 3/4 of the topics in my women, gender and sexuality history course
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90 ...
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March 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“. . .the bill will set rules around topics involving “controversial beliefs” such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity and inclusion programs, immigration policy, marriage, or abortion.”
This describes 3/4 of the topics in my women, gender and sexuality history course
This describes 3/4 of the topics in my women, gender and sexuality history course
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election bribery is a Class I felony in Wisconsin and this qualifies by any reasonable reading of the statute, and the rest of this skeet was going to be me encouraging Wisconsin residents to file a complaint with the state attorney general but—
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
election bribery is a Class I felony in Wisconsin and this qualifies by any reasonable reading of the statute, and the rest of this skeet was going to be me encouraging Wisconsin residents to file a complaint with the state attorney general but—
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all this so jeff bezos can have a tax cut and buy clothes that show his nipple
March 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
all this so jeff bezos can have a tax cut and buy clothes that show his nipple
Letters from an American has been my life raft. I’m caring for 8 and 12 yo kids, 91 and 99 yo parents, working in a profession under siege, my time is nil, but I gotta have context. Today’s newsletter *chef’s kiss.
Relevant history rocks
Relevant history rocks
March 14, 2025
Today the Senate passed a stopgap measure from the House of Representatives to fund the government for six months through September 30.
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March 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Letters from an American has been my life raft. I’m caring for 8 and 12 yo kids, 91 and 99 yo parents, working in a profession under siege, my time is nil, but I gotta have context. Today’s newsletter *chef’s kiss.
Relevant history rocks
Relevant history rocks
Hmm, 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, anyone? I'm sure this will be different.
March 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hmm, 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, anyone? I'm sure this will be different.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My 99 year-old dad have three hours of skin cancer removal this morning, which ended with a fish skin graft. He immediately quipped about his new codpiece. Tough old CODger!
February 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My 99 year-old dad have three hours of skin cancer removal this morning, which ended with a fish skin graft. He immediately quipped about his new codpiece. Tough old CODger!
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aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
February 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
I should have posted this ages ago (Bad at Social Media), but I'm loving this workshop I organized with a colleague.
Accessories to Murder: Clothing and Mass Violence
Perspectives from about seven different nations , showing me just how universally relevant clothing is to understanding the past.
Accessories to Murder: Clothing and Mass Violence
Perspectives from about seven different nations , showing me just how universally relevant clothing is to understanding the past.
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I should have posted this ages ago (Bad at Social Media), but I'm loving this workshop I organized with a colleague.
Accessories to Murder: Clothing and Mass Violence
Perspectives from about seven different nations , showing me just how universally relevant clothing is to understanding the past.
Accessories to Murder: Clothing and Mass Violence
Perspectives from about seven different nations , showing me just how universally relevant clothing is to understanding the past.
My dad turns 100 this year. He does not want a presidential letter, not from this one.
Any idea how I might get Kamala Harris to send a congratulatory letter to him on his 100th? We can all pretend it’s an alternate reality for a minute.
Any idea how I might get Kamala Harris to send a congratulatory letter to him on his 100th? We can all pretend it’s an alternate reality for a minute.
February 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
My dad turns 100 this year. He does not want a presidential letter, not from this one.
Any idea how I might get Kamala Harris to send a congratulatory letter to him on his 100th? We can all pretend it’s an alternate reality for a minute.
Any idea how I might get Kamala Harris to send a congratulatory letter to him on his 100th? We can all pretend it’s an alternate reality for a minute.
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Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Tyler Hamilton on Substack
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Straight up going for the First Amendment
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
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February 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Straight up going for the First Amendment
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Trump has seized the archives, the article explains, because he feels the prior archivist played a role in revealing he had classified documents piled up in an unsecured bathroom at his tacky golf club.
Once again, we all have to suffer because he got caught criming.
Once again, we all have to suffer because he got caught criming.
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump has seized the archives, the article explains, because he feels the prior archivist played a role in revealing he had classified documents piled up in an unsecured bathroom at his tacky golf club.
Once again, we all have to suffer because he got caught criming.
Once again, we all have to suffer because he got caught criming.
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So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration.
Big mistake. Huge.
Big mistake. Huge.
January 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration.
Big mistake. Huge.
Big mistake. Huge.
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Like many American traditions, it was immigrants who made blue jeans the icon that they are today. My latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social, check it out. 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/01/comm...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/01/comm...
Common Threads: From Workwear to Runway — The American Story of Blue Jeans | The Saturday Evening Post
Jeans are more than just a staple in Americans’ wardrobes. They are a symbol of “America” itself, holding an iconic cultural status unlike any other garment.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Like many American traditions, it was immigrants who made blue jeans the icon that they are today. My latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social, check it out. 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/01/comm...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/01/comm...