Caroline Hackett

@zalatwicc Going for daily walks. Honestly, it's life-changing. It's one of my non-negotiables in life. Doesn't matter if I was in the middle of my PhD or a new mom, I go for a walk every day.

what's a beginner hobby for someone just getting into being happy

Out of genuine curiosity- are there fields outside of academia where employees are expected to spend hundreds of their own dollars on parking?

One of the reasons that American colonists opposed the Stamp Act was bc it made their playing cards more expensive. In my dissertation, I wrote about a French woman who owned a paper mill and exported playing cards to the American colonies. Happy belated 4th!

Are you an educator in any field, at any level, who teaches with material objects? I'd love to feature you on 'Teaching With Things," my monthly series with H-Material culture. Get in touch!

@MaterGarruli War and Peace, sorry but it's true

@whenwehaveeyes Also, plenty of aristocratic women were skilled accountants, entrepreneurs, agriculturally savvy, etc etc

Unless you’re descended from pure aristocracy, your female ancestors worked harder than many men do today. Smarten up, you’re not a wilting flower.

@FrHilderbrand Can they choose any saint or quality? Like, can he be Pope Roch or Pope Interesting?

@John_Attridge Bartleby the Scrivener

What are some good "novellas" for someone who lacks the character, fortitude and moral seriousness to read a normal-sized work of fiction?

@TWsufc Church bells are loud!

How did people used to get up on time without alarms

@DocNoirII I relate as a hot chocolate enthusiast

ordered a hot chocolate in the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru and instead of just reading my order back to me she said "You want me to make you a hot chocolate?" and all of a sudden i felt i was back in the womb

Girl Shoots Man Dead at a Ball - for ‘treading on her foot and declining to apologise’ , Illustrated Police News, 1898.

Pope Pius?? Yeah, I sure hope he is???

Fancy some maths? Helen McGregor worked this multiplication table sampler in Scotland in 1840. Multiplication table samplers were a way for a student to learn both needlework and mathematical skills at the same time

@TheRegencyCook Recipe??

For Twelfth Night I made Twelfth Night buns. Available on the streets of eighteenth-century London for those who could not afford the huge decorated Twelfth Night cakes. Could these be a hit in our bakeries today? Bring back the Twelfth Night bun I say. Who's with me?

@PhDinProgress17 Please ask haha

A recruiter just sent me an email and although I already have a job I’m tempted to write back and ask why on earth candidates are required to lift 50lbs for a data entry gig.

I also presented a paper at a major conference in my field at ~7.5 months pregnant, so I don't think we're fooling anyone.

Gold finger ring featuring a figural hare motif, 16th century, crafted in Europe. Currently housed in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.

Stockings, 1830s. Kyoto Costume Institute.

@jonathanbfine I'm making sure my daughter grows up to be a massive francophile in order to cancel this out

We told our kid that France is terrible, but she said she should be able to form her own opinion. Long story short, she now agrees with us that France is terrible.

@CindyJurie @dieworkwear This reminded me- the Florida legislature literally has a "seersucker day" every session (usually falls in late winter/early spring)

@dieworkwear I grew up in Florida & had never heard that rule until landing in college in DC ages ago. For a Floridian it felt like the silliest of rules but once having lived in places with snow, ice & slush, it made more sense

Like a lot of stuff in classic men's dress, the rule of "no white after Labor Day" is rooted in class dynamics during the early 20th century. Many questions can be answered by "what is the aesthetic?" and "who set the rules?" 🧵