Jo Paoletti

@jbpaoletti.bsky.social

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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://blog.umd.edu/jopaoletti/ I block randos.

Cherry twist scarf in a delicious milk chocolate-colored cotton and alpaca blend from Miss Babs. (Aptly named “Billow”. It is heaven to the fingers!)
Light sage and variegated earth tones hat, mitts, cowl, and ear warmer.
Off-white beret with speckled white/multi mitts and shawlette.
Hand embroidered yellow jacket patch roughly 2 by 3 inches.
Beige triangle shawl in cables and garter stitch.
My word is “slapdash”.
Sears catalog page with six slim frocks described as “adjustable to your changing figure “.
Voodoo doll with a long necktie. Note says “dear Santa, I only want one doll this year. Love, Jo. Ps I have been a very good girl.”
Postcard-sized paper with scattered blotches in shades of red to brown. Text reads: It’s not over yet; today I watched a dead leaf dance across my path. (5-7-5 haiku format). March 1 2025 Jo Paoletti
David had begun to tuck these ideas into his lectures at Indiana University, informing students that traits like "pauperism" and "degener[acy]" were heritable and thus could be "exterminated just as swamps are drained." In time, he began taking the ideas outside of the classroom, giving speeches to large gatherings of prominent politicians warning that the "republic shall endure [only] as long as the human harvest is good."
Queen Holden illustration of a pink linen button-on suit with white ruffled collar and cuffs, 1929
Sears catalog page offering five slim frocks on slender women. All the frocks have tie belts, so the dresses are “adjustable to all your figure changes”.
Screen shot of a Live Journal entry describing the fun of using floppy and Zip disks and USB drives to move files among three computers back in the day before the Cloud. Horrendous.
Book cover of Jo Paoletti's Sex and Unisex. Male and female models wearing identical bikini bottoms and nothing else.