Cass Marsillo
@artistorian.bsky.social
✨ Cass Marsillo
🌸 Public historian & artist
🧄 Immigration, food, memory
🫒 Dreaming of Molise
🦋 Girlhood & pop culture
https://artistorian.com
https://artistorian.substack.com
https://notyrgirls.beehiiv.com
🌸 Public historian & artist
🧄 Immigration, food, memory
🫒 Dreaming of Molise
🦋 Girlhood & pop culture
https://artistorian.com
https://artistorian.substack.com
https://notyrgirls.beehiiv.com
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Students had a lot to say about meeting people from the MotM community in their university classrooms this year, like Margaret, a student at UMass-Boston:
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Students had a lot to say about meeting people from the MotM community in their university classrooms this year, like Margaret, a student at UMass-Boston:
Currently in Rome enjoying a divine meal while reading about sacred food. My dream evening 😍
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Currently in Rome enjoying a divine meal while reading about sacred food. My dream evening 😍
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Meet Barry.
📸 Barry (Nigeria) in front of the “Angels Unawares” sculpture on St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. 19 September 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
📸 Barry (Nigeria) in front of the “Angels Unawares” sculpture on St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. 19 September 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Meet Barry.
📸 Barry (Nigeria) in front of the “Angels Unawares” sculpture on St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. 19 September 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
📸 Barry (Nigeria) in front of the “Angels Unawares” sculpture on St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. 19 September 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
One last hurrah for #spookyseason. In this latest issue of notyrgirls, I discuss the beautiful witch, power, and the body.
Read it here: notyrgirls.beehiiv.com/p/ding-dong-...
Read it here: notyrgirls.beehiiv.com/p/ding-dong-...
Ding, dong, the witch is dead
Body image and the beautiful teen witches of the 90s
notyrgirls.beehiiv.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One last hurrah for #spookyseason. In this latest issue of notyrgirls, I discuss the beautiful witch, power, and the body.
Read it here: notyrgirls.beehiiv.com/p/ding-dong-...
Read it here: notyrgirls.beehiiv.com/p/ding-dong-...
My 2025-26 Holiday Catalogue is live! Inspired by the iconic dELiA*s catalogues of the 90s. Some new products will be added over the weekend ✨
Shop small and early 💖 Check it out:
Shop small and early 💖 Check it out:
2025-26 Holiday Catalogue — The Artistorian by Cassandra Marsillo
www.artistorian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My 2025-26 Holiday Catalogue is live! Inspired by the iconic dELiA*s catalogues of the 90s. Some new products will be added over the weekend ✨
Shop small and early 💖 Check it out:
Shop small and early 💖 Check it out:
A new kind of Sunday Story! Once every 1-2 months, my Sunday Story will be replaced with a “Where to eat in Molise” post. I’m continuing to develop the Crivello world and am eager to make this a space that celebrates food and italianità in a variety of ways:
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A new kind of Sunday Story! Once every 1-2 months, my Sunday Story will be replaced with a “Where to eat in Molise” post. I’m continuing to develop the Crivello world and am eager to make this a space that celebrates food and italianità in a variety of ways:
Eating as many garlic knots as possible is always one of my priorities when I’m in New York. Here are yesterday’s knots from Rocky’s Pizzeria & Restaurant 😍
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Eating as many garlic knots as possible is always one of my priorities when I’m in New York. Here are yesterday’s knots from Rocky’s Pizzeria & Restaurant 😍
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The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives (@arquives.ca) is launching its largest-ever digitization initiative focusing on hidden Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ histories.
Learn more: arquives.ca/the-arquives...
Learn more: arquives.ca/the-arquives...
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives (@arquives.ca) is launching its largest-ever digitization initiative focusing on hidden Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ histories.
Learn more: arquives.ca/the-arquives...
Learn more: arquives.ca/the-arquives...
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Mushroom 17th century, unknown artist
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Mushroom 17th century, unknown artist
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
Once again, people prove their inability to see beyond their circumstances. Apparently luxury stores, Amazon fulfillment centres, cars, and a basketball team should be our priorities over affordable housing and the environment (& public transit is part of that)
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Once again, people prove their inability to see beyond their circumstances. Apparently luxury stores, Amazon fulfillment centres, cars, and a basketball team should be our priorities over affordable housing and the environment (& public transit is part of that)
A product I started working on last December is finally ready, in a first limited print: Tarocchi italo-canadesi, oracle cards and guidebook!
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A product I started working on last December is finally ready, in a first limited print: Tarocchi italo-canadesi, oracle cards and guidebook!
Something about watching hockey feels so nostalgic to me lately. I’ve always followed the Habs casually, but I find myself looking forward to upcoming games and making sure I’m home to catch them.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Something about watching hockey feels so nostalgic to me lately. I’ve always followed the Habs casually, but I find myself looking forward to upcoming games and making sure I’m home to catch them.
My monthly last-Friday-of-the-month newsletter + tarot pull are out on Crivello now. On the magic of weaving, in many different forms: open.substack.com/pub/artistor...
The many ways we weave
Nonno Antonio's baskets, friendship bracelets, and history
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October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My monthly last-Friday-of-the-month newsletter + tarot pull are out on Crivello now. On the magic of weaving, in many different forms: open.substack.com/pub/artistor...
🎃 happy Halloween!
Here are the first pages of my childhood spooky (food?) writing: an unfinished, handwritten manuscript for THE SAND-WITCH.
As a kid, I loved scary stories about ghosts, haunted houses, and magic. I would read them and watch them even though they kept me up at night.
Here are the first pages of my childhood spooky (food?) writing: an unfinished, handwritten manuscript for THE SAND-WITCH.
As a kid, I loved scary stories about ghosts, haunted houses, and magic. I would read them and watch them even though they kept me up at night.
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🎃 happy Halloween!
Here are the first pages of my childhood spooky (food?) writing: an unfinished, handwritten manuscript for THE SAND-WITCH.
As a kid, I loved scary stories about ghosts, haunted houses, and magic. I would read them and watch them even though they kept me up at night.
Here are the first pages of my childhood spooky (food?) writing: an unfinished, handwritten manuscript for THE SAND-WITCH.
As a kid, I loved scary stories about ghosts, haunted houses, and magic. I would read them and watch them even though they kept me up at night.
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Every week, we share a Story from the Archive with our newsletter subscribers.
📸 Buba (Gambia) in Naples, Italy. 19 January 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
📸 Buba (Gambia) in Naples, Italy. 19 January 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Every week, we share a Story from the Archive with our newsletter subscribers.
📸 Buba (Gambia) in Naples, Italy. 19 January 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
📸 Buba (Gambia) in Naples, Italy. 19 January 2024. ©Pamela Kerpius/Migrants of the Mediterranean
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We're excited to announce the launch of Community Ties: Our Future Together, a digital exhibition created with support from Women and Gender Equality Canada. https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/community-ties/introduction
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of Community Ties: Our Future Together, a digital exhibition created with support from Women and Gender Equality Canada. https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/community-ties/introduction
A few months ago, I interviewed Maria, Patrizia, Stefania, and Anthony about their high school style and its relationship (or not) to their Italian-Canadian identity. We had some interesting conversations! Check them out in this week’s Sunday Story on fashion, Jersery Shore, italianità, and more.
Sunday Story #22
Teen spirit and italianità
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A few months ago, I interviewed Maria, Patrizia, Stefania, and Anthony about their high school style and its relationship (or not) to their Italian-Canadian identity. We had some interesting conversations! Check them out in this week’s Sunday Story on fashion, Jersery Shore, italianità, and more.
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MotM Founder, Pamela Kerpius, alongside MotM community members, will be speaking at The Goethe Institut–New York on September 22, 1:00pm ET, discussing the way solidarity is expressed in our Humanitarian Storytelling practices and impacts. Register now free! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ve...
Preparatory Workshop Series: Solidarity Across Borders - Goethe-Institut USA
Mon, 09/22/2025 – Migrants of the Mediterranean
www.goethe.de
September 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
MotM Founder, Pamela Kerpius, alongside MotM community members, will be speaking at The Goethe Institut–New York on September 22, 1:00pm ET, discussing the way solidarity is expressed in our Humanitarian Storytelling practices and impacts. Register now free! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ve...
& big news: I’ll be starting my PhD at Concordia University in the fall!
Read a bit about my proposed PhD project + accompanying growing bibliography in this week’s Sunday Story.
artistorian.substack.com/p/sunday-sto...
Read a bit about my proposed PhD project + accompanying growing bibliography in this week’s Sunday Story.
artistorian.substack.com/p/sunday-sto...
Sunday Story #20
A growing bibliography
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March 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
& big news: I’ll be starting my PhD at Concordia University in the fall!
Read a bit about my proposed PhD project + accompanying growing bibliography in this week’s Sunday Story.
artistorian.substack.com/p/sunday-sto...
Read a bit about my proposed PhD project + accompanying growing bibliography in this week’s Sunday Story.
artistorian.substack.com/p/sunday-sto...
Lately at Crivello: my monthly post with tarot pull. What are the intersections between Molisan Carnevale and Québecois cabane à sucre? Perhaps more than you think.
artistorian.substack.com/p/carnevalec...
artistorian.substack.com/p/carnevalec...
Carnevale/Cabane à sucre
Sugary seasons in Québec and Molise
artistorian.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Lately at Crivello: my monthly post with tarot pull. What are the intersections between Molisan Carnevale and Québecois cabane à sucre? Perhaps more than you think.
artistorian.substack.com/p/carnevalec...
artistorian.substack.com/p/carnevalec...
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
I need to know what finance departments in academic institutions do ON THE DAILY that make it so impossible to pay honorariums within an acceptable timeframe? Why are people out here waiting 5 months for $300? It’s so embarrassing and wrong.
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I need to know what finance departments in academic institutions do ON THE DAILY that make it so impossible to pay honorariums within an acceptable timeframe? Why are people out here waiting 5 months for $300? It’s so embarrassing and wrong.
I miss the scented gifts that teachers gave us in the 90s. Scratch & sniff stickers, fruity erasers, these pencils, etc etc
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I miss the scented gifts that teachers gave us in the 90s. Scratch & sniff stickers, fruity erasers, these pencils, etc etc
A couple of days late, but this week’s Sunday Story is out now! As my temporary Montreal-Ottawa adventure is soon coming to an end, I’ve been thinking a lot about the effects this “double life” has had on me, from the good, bad, and everything else. open.substack.com/pub/artistor...
Sunday Story #19
Between two kitchens
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A couple of days late, but this week’s Sunday Story is out now! As my temporary Montreal-Ottawa adventure is soon coming to an end, I’ve been thinking a lot about the effects this “double life” has had on me, from the good, bad, and everything else. open.substack.com/pub/artistor...
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.