HUGE congrats to my PhD student Giovanna Violi, who successfully defended her dissertation this morning: "Martinican girlhood across the Atlantic: between Colonial Education and Decolonial Citizenship." Congrats, Dr. Violi!

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The UK is now apparently on a crusade to ban every left-leaning author. When do the book burnings start? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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That is really going to help resolve the causes of France's social uprising: replace one wealthy member of the political and financial elite who spent their early career servicing corporations, Macron, with another, Lagarde. 🙄🔥

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The pinnacle of Macronist "centrism" is surely Sébastian Lecornu drawing a parallel between the racist murder of Pengo Bossio Wangi by a far-right terrorist and the death of extreme-right activist Quentin Deranque in a street brawl last February. Morally bankrupt. www.liberation.fr/politique/at...

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Yellow bow aside, there are many similarities between this mid #1870s blue evening dress and Auguste Toulmouche’s painting ‘The Blue Dress’ thesis from tue ballroom echoing down the decades #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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