Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
@einavrfox.bsky.social
Historian. Curator. Writer. Looking at connections between culture and politics. Especially fashion. Author of Dressed for Freedom. Principal Editor of Dress. www.einavrabinovitchfox.com
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Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Reposted by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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Couldn’t get a better fortune today than this one. Details to come.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Couldn’t get a better fortune today than this one. Details to come.
Always happy to comment on First Ladies fashion, especially when the occasion is a new book on Michelle Obama. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Martha Washington to Melania Trump: How US first ladies through history have harnessed the power of fashion
As Michelle Obama's The Look is published, we dissect first-lady fashion through the decades. From "mother of the nation" to Flotus fashionistas, what have their styles signalled?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Always happy to comment on First Ladies fashion, especially when the occasion is a new book on Michelle Obama. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Reposted by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 248 (11/2/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add ...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Happy Halloween! Great time to repost my latest #CommonThreads column on WITCH
Just in time for spooky season, my latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social is a reminder that a witch is not just a costume but a powerful political statement. Check it out 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
Common Threads: When Women BeWITCHed Wall Street | The Saturday Evening Post
Feminists have used the figure of a witch to protest the patriarchy, beauty pageants, the president, and even public transportation costs.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy Halloween! Great time to repost my latest #CommonThreads column on WITCH
To echo this, part of the reason that unions were so powerful in the 1930s is that they understood the power of connecting different people for a common goal. Pins and Needles, the ILGWU musical celebrated just that - diversity - and why it was important not only to labor but to democracy
One problem with Vance's argument is that it was not immigration restriction in 1924 that led to rapid union growth--indeed that coincided with a fiercely anti-union decade of Republican governance--but the New Deal's National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
To echo this, part of the reason that unions were so powerful in the 1930s is that they understood the power of connecting different people for a common goal. Pins and Needles, the ILGWU musical celebrated just that - diversity - and why it was important not only to labor but to democracy
I know Sean Penn didn’t base his character in One Battle After Another on one person, but I can’t help but thinking of him every time I see a picture of Bovino.
why is everything so shit, example 34567890
DHS posted this video two hours after I asked about the viral photos of Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino.
The portion where he does hand signals is from Bovino leaving court in Chicago yesterday.
The portion where he does hand signals is from Bovino leaving court in Chicago yesterday.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I know Sean Penn didn’t base his character in One Battle After Another on one person, but I can’t help but thinking of him every time I see a picture of Bovino.
What a great joy on the Sunday before Halloween to read great Halloween-themed not not themed scholarship from @americanstudier.bsky.social, including yours truly on the feminist organization WITCH
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 247 (10/26/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What a great joy on the Sunday before Halloween to read great Halloween-themed not not themed scholarship from @americanstudier.bsky.social, including yours truly on the feminist organization WITCH
This image is particularly interesting if you also consider the uniforms of the Proud Boys, the Patriot Front, and the Three Percenters. I dare you to tell the difference.
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This image is particularly interesting if you also consider the uniforms of the Proud Boys, the Patriot Front, and the Three Percenters. I dare you to tell the difference.
Yes, there are more important atrocities with this administration than the demolition of the east wing. But fascism thrives on image and aesthetics, and symbols matter. Don’t underestimate the power of visual symbols- they are used to control, but can also be used to resist.
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yes, there are more important atrocities with this administration than the demolition of the east wing. But fascism thrives on image and aesthetics, and symbols matter. Don’t underestimate the power of visual symbols- they are used to control, but can also be used to resist.
In my research today I learned that in the 1920s and 1930s there were summer camps for adults where one could do theater, dancing, singing and other arts - and I think we should bring back this tradition. Let's institutionalize summer camps for all.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In my research today I learned that in the 1920s and 1930s there were summer camps for adults where one could do theater, dancing, singing and other arts - and I think we should bring back this tradition. Let's institutionalize summer camps for all.
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“Witches have always been women who dared to be: groovy, courageous, aggressive, intelligent, nonconformist, explorative, curious, independent, sexually liberated, revolutionary.”
Common Threads: When Women BeWITCHed Wall Street | The Saturday Evening Post
Feminists have used the figure of a witch to protest the patriarchy, beauty pageants, the president, and even public transportation costs.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Witches have always been women who dared to be: groovy, courageous, aggressive, intelligent, nonconformist, explorative, curious, independent, sexually liberated, revolutionary.”
Just in time for spooky season, my latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social is a reminder that a witch is not just a costume but a powerful political statement. Check it out 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
Common Threads: When Women BeWITCHed Wall Street | The Saturday Evening Post
Feminists have used the figure of a witch to protest the patriarchy, beauty pageants, the president, and even public transportation costs.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just in time for spooky season, my latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social is a reminder that a witch is not just a costume but a powerful political statement. Check it out 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
290 words in a new chapter. We'll take progress where we can have it. #amwriting
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
290 words in a new chapter. We'll take progress where we can have it. #amwriting
in the midst of all of the #NoKings reporting, check out @americanstudier.bsky.social sunday thread that would give a context to it all. And as always, thanks for the mention.
Here it is, my 246th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 246 (10/19/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 246th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments, share as widely as possible, & ...
blackwhiteandread.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
in the midst of all of the #NoKings reporting, check out @americanstudier.bsky.social sunday thread that would give a context to it all. And as always, thanks for the mention.
No kings in NYC
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
No kings in NYC
Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language
The not-so secret language of fascist fashion
Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language
This is so good.
"I give voice to the voiceless. When a middle-aged woman walks into Reformation, the salespeople barely blink. But if she wears a large mustard-yellow acrylic choker designed by a Scandinavian architect? She exists!"
I’m a Chunky Geometric Statement Necklace, and I’m Here to Solve the Woman Invisibility Problem
They say women disappear with age, but if that’s true, why do their necklaces keep getting bigger? Society shuns women with crow’s feet and crepey ...
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is so good.
Second maybe only to Katherine Hepburn, Diane Keaton was not only a great actress but one who showed millions of people that a woman can be intelligent, powerful, funny, beautiful, and sexy, all while wearing pants and a tie (not to mention her superb hat game). RIP, you will be missed.
October 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Second maybe only to Katherine Hepburn, Diane Keaton was not only a great actress but one who showed millions of people that a woman can be intelligent, powerful, funny, beautiful, and sexy, all while wearing pants and a tie (not to mention her superb hat game). RIP, you will be missed.
Since it is Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday today, this is a good time to look at this unsung fashion icon and her role in promoting American fashion and her very interesting relationship with the industry. A 🧵/1
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since it is Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday today, this is a good time to look at this unsung fashion icon and her role in promoting American fashion and her very interesting relationship with the industry. A 🧵/1
Reposted by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 244 (10/5/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possib...
blackwhiteandread.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Drafting the Past is back, and with a truly fantastic episode! I felt so fortunate to talk with Ruby Lal about her newest book(s), her transition to narrative history writing, and how she brings stories from hundreds of years ago so beautifully to life. Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Drafting the Past is back, and with a truly fantastic episode! I felt so fortunate to talk with Ruby Lal about her newest book(s), her transition to narrative history writing, and how she brings stories from hundreds of years ago so beautifully to life. Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
A new thread on a new website, but with all the good old scholarship that @americanstudier.bsky.social brings every week!
Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 243 (9/28/25) - Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! Fi...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A new thread on a new website, but with all the good old scholarship that @americanstudier.bsky.social brings every week!
The more I read and write about the theater, I realize how powerful this art form is. And tonight, during Sunday in the Park with George was a great reminder of that. Just the message I needed to hear
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The more I read and write about the theater, I realize how powerful this art form is. And tonight, during Sunday in the Park with George was a great reminder of that. Just the message I needed to hear