Cassidy Percoco

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Fashion/material culture scholar. Collections manager. Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. (she/her)

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I'll be posting Lesbian Historic Motif Project blogs pretty much daily for a while, since I've finally gotten up steam on the "actresses and plays" trope topic. alpennia.com/blog/deep-di...

A Deep Dive into Local Theater Records | Alpenniaalpennia.com The source material project that this article draws from--Records of Early English Drama--is far more complete now than it was 20 years ago when this was written. It was being produced on a county-by-...

Good reminder for me to order the Agents of Deterioration t-shirt from Gaylord Archival ...

'Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the mid twentieth century, and remains stable for decades. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.' Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell

Everything feels SO idyllic right now, but I know it's the calm before the Twelfth Night Costumes Alterations Storm. Still, I can enjoy sitting in the shade on the back porch and revising my novel until that point.

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Leave it to Aunt Jane to describe social media so perfectly

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

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You don’t have to thank me for doing my stupid job. But it is nice.

I feel like I should go on a week-long carpentry course just so I can reliably identify all of the woodworking tools in the collection. OTOH I think I've managed to make the difference between ovalo and ogee molding stick in my head now.

Vincent Briggs is doing a two-part tutorial on making #18thc shirts! #FashionHistory vincentbriggs.blogspot.com/2024/07/mach...

Machine Sewn Shirt Tutorial Part 1 - Pattern & Cuttingvincentbriggs.blogspot.com Note: This is part of the written version of my shirt tutorial video, which as of my writing this is not quite finished yet. I would have ...

Why on earth does NYSEG send me a text for my meter reading several days before it will *accept* my meter reading? It's so ridiculous.

It's Caturday, babes! Kitties sleeping with bookbinding supplies.

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And I also want to encourage people to allow each other generous readings of what they say rather than assume the worst framing, I know we’re all exhausted and punchy right now but

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This is complicated, because on the one hand I think it’s absolutely true that social media platforms are places where real community that creates real positive effects can be and often is created And there’s also a kind of person who really thinks Posting (note the proper noun) is Activism

It’s funny cause people tell me *all the time* how they’ve learned from me and found community through my posts and been uplifted and connected to others and gotten tools to recognize and fight hate and felt less alone in the world. But I guess fuck that right? I’m not accomplishing anything.

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Mastoid (Drinking Cup), by Ancient Greek, -500--480 Place: Athens Medium: terracotta, black-figure https://www.artic.edu/artworks/283

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"Pssst." "Shhh!" "Whatcha doing?" "Waiting." "For what?" "A cheetah." "I hear those are beautiful." "They sure are, fast too, now hush." "Can I wait with you?" "Only if you're quiet."

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I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant, and spending all my money, and, what is worse for ''you'', I have been spending yours too.

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Shop steward Rose Zehner addressing workers during the strike at Citroën, Paris - Willy Ronis, 1938

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My latest Discworld essay is free to read RIGHT NOW on Speculative Insight, the thoughtful SFF critical journal that everyone should be reading. www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/men-w...

Men Who Respect Witches III — Speculative Insightwww.speculativeinsight.com Far more than in Equal Rites or Wyrd Sisters, the men of Witches Abroad exist to serve (either literally, providing skills or assistance, or figuratively, pushing forward the narrative) the female c...

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Completely mind melted by how amazing this embroidery by peacocksandpinecones.co.uk is. Zoom in on the detail

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#PaulJacoulet (1896-1960) ”The Star of the Gobi, Mongolia.” (1951)

I am always looking for things to do with rhubarb ...

Torta al rabarbaro: la ricetta del dolce soffice e originale https://www.cookist.it/torta-al-rabarbaro-ricetta/

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How about this guy then

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Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), by Ancient Greek, -300--270 Place: Cales Medium: terracotta, with silhouette decoration https://www.artic.edu/artworks/282

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George Jones, Untitled, https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1077913

#FashionHistory

What I'm researching tonight: Regency-era top hats. I wanted to know if they were made of silk. (No, that was a Victorian innovation.) regencygentleman.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/t...

The top hatregencygentleman.wordpress.com We all know hats come in different shapes and sizes throughout history, depending on era and one´s social status. Todays post takes a closer look at the headgear that is so essential for the dapper ge...

There's a thread on the bad place rn that I don't really want to get involved with, but I have thoughts on. Their point is that period costuming doesn't need to be historically accurate and inaccurate costuming shouldn't be assumed to mean the designer lacks knowledge. (This will be so disorganized)

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Wowwww 😍

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Friday Flowers A maze of 18th c. paste paper posies (or stenciled ones) @NewberryLibrary

Well, my nasturtiums may not be doing anything, but at least the beebalm is blooming. 🌱

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Worn #onthisday in 1870 by Mary Mullins for her austral winter #wedding to Timothy Gallagher in Hokitika, New Zealand. She'd refused to marry the MP until his term ended. The blue hue and detachable train of the princess-line taffeta gown made it easy to wear again. #OTD 📷 Te Papa

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One reason I'm anti-anti-labelling is that... you're going to get a label anyway even if it's not a diagnosis. It's just that the label will be "stupid" or "freak" or "lazy" or "broken" instead of, in my case, autism and ADHD. I'm not broken. I'm not bad at being human. I'm different.

Check out the winners of the Tudor Tailor's "King of Codepieces" competition! www.tudortailor.com/news/like-th... #FashionHistory #MedievalSky

The Tudor Tailor | Reconstructing 16th Century Dresswww.tudortailor.com