Christine
@mynameispurpose.bsky.social
Historian, writer, and performer partly responsible for the podcast Footnoting History. Loves lots of things, talks about all of them.
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Nyambeni is a leader in the making. She has a heart of gold and regularly likes to look after the babies but - like any toddler – she has a few quirks. Just the other day she shoved Wamata into the trough, giving her an unexpected extra bath. Hardly becoming matriarch behaviour!
swt.bio/nyambeni
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November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Nyambeni is a leader in the making. She has a heart of gold and regularly likes to look after the babies but - like any toddler – she has a few quirks. Just the other day she shoved Wamata into the trough, giving her an unexpected extra bath. Hardly becoming matriarch behaviour!
swt.bio/nyambeni
swt.bio/nyambeni
It's here! I had such a lovely time covering The Scarlet Pimpernel with the Thank You, Five folks and I'm happy to see Part II/Act II dropped.
Listen to "The Scarlet Pimpernel - Act 2 (All Versions?) w/ Christine Caccipuoti from Footnoting History" by David Baxter via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Act 2 (All Versions?) w/ Christine Caccipuoti from Footnoting History
It's Act 2 and we're back in France! Except when we're not! Join Christine, Matt, and David as we go over versions 1, 2, and 3 of act 2 of The Scarlet Pimpernel
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November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's here! I had such a lovely time covering The Scarlet Pimpernel with the Thank You, Five folks and I'm happy to see Part II/Act II dropped.
The opening of "Death by Lightning" says that people have forgotten Garfield and Guiteau, like we Assassins fans don't exist and like I haven't had "The Ballad of Guiteau" memorized since I was a teenager. 😆
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The opening of "Death by Lightning" says that people have forgotten Garfield and Guiteau, like we Assassins fans don't exist and like I haven't had "The Ballad of Guiteau" memorized since I was a teenager. 😆
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This sums up Zigi perfectly – bold, curious and a bit of a showboat. As Umani’s youngest grandcalf, he has no shortage of nannies. His mother, Zongoloni is one of our success stories. Rescued after poachers killed her mother, we raised her until she was ready to return to the wild: swt.bio/zongoloni
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This sums up Zigi perfectly – bold, curious and a bit of a showboat. As Umani’s youngest grandcalf, he has no shortage of nannies. His mother, Zongoloni is one of our success stories. Rescued after poachers killed her mother, we raised her until she was ready to return to the wild: swt.bio/zongoloni
Next week is the Saving the Elephants 10k! Elephants can't advocate for themselves, but you can help me help the Zambezi Elephant Fund help them by donating even the smallest bit to my fundraiser. Please help if you can 🐘:
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Help the Zambezi Elephant Fund (2025) - C
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November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Next week is the Saving the Elephants 10k! Elephants can't advocate for themselves, but you can help me help the Zambezi Elephant Fund help them by donating even the smallest bit to my fundraiser. Please help if you can 🐘:
grouprev.com/fundraiser-s...
grouprev.com/fundraiser-s...
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If anyone has been waiting to grab either of my first two books on sale, both are on sale at McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers right now! I'll put a link to "Turning the Pages of American Girlhood" in the comments, and here is "Girls to the Rescue" :
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/girl...
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Girls to the Rescue - McFarland
Girls to the Rescue Young Heroines in American Series Fiction of World War I Emily Hamilton-Honey and Susan Ingalls Lewis 978-1-4766-6879-6 978-1-4766-4041-9
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October 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If anyone has been waiting to grab either of my first two books on sale, both are on sale at McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers right now! I'll put a link to "Turning the Pages of American Girlhood" in the comments, and here is "Girls to the Rescue" :
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/girl...
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/girl...
It's time for the episode people tell us they look forward to the most every year...
A dozen years of History for Halloween!? You bet! Our newest installment of creepy historical tales for the spookiest time of the year is out now:
www.footnotinghistory.com/home/history...
YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcys...
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YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcys...
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's time for the episode people tell us they look forward to the most every year...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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In November one of my favorite events of the year will occur: the Saving the Elephants Run/Walk to benefit the Zambezi Elephant Fund. It brings me so much joy to join others in helping our wild elephant friends. To learn more check out my new blog post:
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
It Makes Me Happy: Saving the Elephants Run/Walk
Hello Readers. To know me at all is to know how much I adore elephants, so it should serve as no surprise that I’ve chosen to return to blogging by talking to you about how happy the Saving the Elepha...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In November one of my favorite events of the year will occur: the Saving the Elephants Run/Walk to benefit the Zambezi Elephant Fund. It brings me so much joy to join others in helping our wild elephant friends. To learn more check out my new blog post:
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
In November one of my favorite events of the year will occur: the Saving the Elephants Run/Walk to benefit the Zambezi Elephant Fund. It brings me so much joy to join others in helping our wild elephant friends. To learn more check out my new blog post:
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
It Makes Me Happy: Saving the Elephants Run/Walk
Hello Readers. To know me at all is to know how much I adore elephants, so it should serve as no surprise that I’ve chosen to return to blogging by talking to you about how happy the Saving the Elepha...
www.christinecaccipuoti.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In November one of my favorite events of the year will occur: the Saving the Elephants Run/Walk to benefit the Zambezi Elephant Fund. It brings me so much joy to join others in helping our wild elephant friends. To learn more check out my new blog post:
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
www.christinecaccipuoti.com/post/it-make...
I am so very excited about this!
I. Have. Page Proofs!!! 🎉🎉❤️❤️📰🗞️ #Newsies
October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am so very excited about this!
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Out now! Lucy explores the roots of Renaissance Faires in the US, and how communes, folk music, particolored tights, and a reimagined past turn out to be more closely linked than you might imagine.
www.footnotinghistory.com/home/ren-fai...
YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCG...
www.footnotinghistory.com/home/ren-fai...
YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCG...
October 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Out now! Lucy explores the roots of Renaissance Faires in the US, and how communes, folk music, particolored tights, and a reimagined past turn out to be more closely linked than you might imagine.
www.footnotinghistory.com/home/ren-fai...
YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCG...
www.footnotinghistory.com/home/ren-fai...
YouTube version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCG...
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Do you need something to listen to in these darkening times? Do you want an ACTUAL musical about #TheFrenchRevolution written by the same guy who did Jekyll and Hyde? Do you want at least three variations of said #musical? Listen to @gherrriey.bsky.social and @mynameispurpose.bsky.social and me!!
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Act 1 (All Versions?) w/ Christine Caccipuoti from Footnoting History
We're talking about the musical about the French Revolution!!! Wait, no, we didn't already do that because Les Mis doesn't take place during the French Revoluti
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October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Do you need something to listen to in these darkening times? Do you want an ACTUAL musical about #TheFrenchRevolution written by the same guy who did Jekyll and Hyde? Do you want at least three variations of said #musical? Listen to @gherrriey.bsky.social and @mynameispurpose.bsky.social and me!!
To know me is to know I love the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel. Well, @carriagereturn.bsky.social and @gherrriey.bsky.social kindly let me join them to talk about the many versions of it! If you'd like to hear my Very Big Opinions, Part I is out now:
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
October 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
To know me is to know I love the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel. Well, @carriagereturn.bsky.social and @gherrriey.bsky.social kindly let me join them to talk about the many versions of it! If you'd like to hear my Very Big Opinions, Part I is out now:
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
Hey! I wrote a chapter for one of the books on this list (the Newsies one!) Exciting times!
www.broadwayworld.com/article/25-T...
www.broadwayworld.com/article/25-T...
25 Theater Books for Your Fall 2025 Reading List
We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; thea...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey! I wrote a chapter for one of the books on this list (the Newsies one!) Exciting times!
www.broadwayworld.com/article/25-T...
www.broadwayworld.com/article/25-T...
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Okay, y'all, I want to do something nice. If you have a new book about to be published, or that was just published, reply! Let's make a thread of orders and pre-orders. I'll start with mine: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...
September 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Okay, y'all, I want to do something nice. If you have a new book about to be published, or that was just published, reply! Let's make a thread of orders and pre-orders. I'll start with mine: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...
I've owned this book since The Scarlet Pimpernel musical was on Broadway, as the cover indicates, but only just read it this week. Almost 30 years on the TBR pile, but I finally got there. 😂 Never say never.
(Thanks for the inspiration, @carriagereturn.bsky.social!)
(Thanks for the inspiration, @carriagereturn.bsky.social!)
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I've owned this book since The Scarlet Pimpernel musical was on Broadway, as the cover indicates, but only just read it this week. Almost 30 years on the TBR pile, but I finally got there. 😂 Never say never.
(Thanks for the inspiration, @carriagereturn.bsky.social!)
(Thanks for the inspiration, @carriagereturn.bsky.social!)
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Our YouTube channel has crossed the threshold of 3000 subscribers! We are very late to the YouTube game (we were around nearly a decade before we started posting there) so seeing it grow is extra delightful. Thanks, all!
YouTube.com/FootnotingHistory
YouTube.com/FootnotingHistory
an illustration of a penguin with the words so happy written on it
Alt: an illustration of a finch clapping with the words so happy written on it
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September 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Our YouTube channel has crossed the threshold of 3000 subscribers! We are very late to the YouTube game (we were around nearly a decade before we started posting there) so seeing it grow is extra delightful. Thanks, all!
YouTube.com/FootnotingHistory
YouTube.com/FootnotingHistory
As someone who has a shadowbox depiction of Celes' opera scene from Final Fantasy VI (III) on her wall, this @jstordaily.bsky.social piece delights me, even if I found it a few months after it was published.
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Why Are Video Games So Fond of Opera? - JSTOR Daily
Video games have a long history of using musical excerpts from opera and classical music, but some creators take the in-game operatic sequence even further.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
As someone who has a shadowbox depiction of Celes' opera scene from Final Fantasy VI (III) on her wall, this @jstordaily.bsky.social piece delights me, even if I found it a few months after it was published.
daily.jstor.org/why-are-vide...
daily.jstor.org/why-are-vide...
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Zigi seizing an opportunity to bug Lenny!
Initially, Lenny was determined to ignore him, but the younger bull tailed him, pulled his ears, and made himself such a nuisance that he had to engage. The antics even caught Kapei's attention - and he usually can't be bothered with baby play!
Initially, Lenny was determined to ignore him, but the younger bull tailed him, pulled his ears, and made himself such a nuisance that he had to engage. The antics even caught Kapei's attention - and he usually can't be bothered with baby play!
September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Zigi seizing an opportunity to bug Lenny!
Initially, Lenny was determined to ignore him, but the younger bull tailed him, pulled his ears, and made himself such a nuisance that he had to engage. The antics even caught Kapei's attention - and he usually can't be bothered with baby play!
Initially, Lenny was determined to ignore him, but the younger bull tailed him, pulled his ears, and made himself such a nuisance that he had to engage. The antics even caught Kapei's attention - and he usually can't be bothered with baby play!
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We are looking for one (or two!) folks to join our team of rotating historian hosts. If you have an MA (or higher!) in history and an interest in becoming one of us, please check out FootnotingHistory.com/Apply for details and how to contact us with questions. We'd love to hear from you!
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are looking for one (or two!) folks to join our team of rotating historian hosts. If you have an MA (or higher!) in history and an interest in becoming one of us, please check out FootnotingHistory.com/Apply for details and how to contact us with questions. We'd love to hear from you!
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Tamiyoi found herself a scenic seat, scratched her bottom to her heart’s content, and enjoyed the view! We rescued Tamiyoi from the bottom of a well in 2015. A decade later, she is thriving at our Voi Reintegration Unit — where she's stepped up as matriarch of the dependent orphan herd.
September 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Tamiyoi found herself a scenic seat, scratched her bottom to her heart’s content, and enjoyed the view! We rescued Tamiyoi from the bottom of a well in 2015. A decade later, she is thriving at our Voi Reintegration Unit — where she's stepped up as matriarch of the dependent orphan herd.