Jo Paoletti
jbpaoletti.bsky.social
Jo Paoletti
@jbpaoletti.bsky.social
I write about fashion and gender at https://gendermystique.substack.com/

I write about other things at https://substack.com/@jopaoletti

I also knit. alot.

https://www.jbpaoletti.com/
Empty headed
A Poem
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Um...that's the Mar-a-Lago font:
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Time well spent
… or not.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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sorry im a specific type of angry that i dont wanna mention on here so ive hopefully turned it into something good. hopefully.
go follow my friend saireye and give him some love. also, comment some underrated artists you love
also, share that artists original work with others, tell them what i said
challenge for anyone following me: go find a small artist/writer/etc who posts original work most of the time and give it a like. leave a comment. follow them. but importantly, let them know you saw their work. please. heck, do this with more than one. please. let artists know their work has meaning
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Ozymandias and Coldplay
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Ozymandias and Coldplay
I sing with a 55+ chorus that mostly does rock and pop classics.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“It is what it is.”
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“It is what it is.”
Lyrics in search of a tune.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I was going to do something this morning, but now it's not morning anymore.
August 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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An exciting new publication on gender/sex in child development
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July 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I will be in Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, and Galway for two weeks very soon. I need dress history/textilian recommendations for edification and shenanigans.
July 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Wanta hear my dulcet voice being interview by awesome podcasters? Of course you do.
Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America, an interview with Jo B. Paoletti
Podcast Episode · Dressed: The History of Fashion · 07/02/2025 · 51m
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July 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Postcard from Star Island
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Postcard from Star Island
Here I am, on a little island several miles off the coast of New Hampshire.
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June 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
For those dress historians, costume designers, and other fans and “foamers” of fashion, next year’s Costume Society of America symposium will be in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina. www.costumesocietyamerica.com/future-sympo...
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June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Oh, shit. There are two “CSA” conferences going on right now. I am posting from Costume Society of America, not Cultural Studies. Though there is certainly some overlap.
June 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
QOTD from the Costume Society plenary panel on technology:

“I wouldn’t believe anything that Meta says about democracy.” #CSA2025
June 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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People aren’t going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich.
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one” - Jill Churchill
May 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My crush at the #MetGala
May 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM