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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 7h

Went to beachcorner - burger was HUGE and I got the special (pepper jack onion ring w habenero sauce ) lwhich was like 12 bucks. Win win win.

A very large juicy burger w an onion ring pepper jack and tomato and a pickle spear

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is so not my experience and I wonder if this is a small dog/big dog thing bc I know mine absolutely messes w my sleep (but that ship has sailed)

Very adorable small black dog in peak comfort after she has woken me up to rearrange herself, my partner, me, the duvet, to maximize her relaxation at the expense of everyone else

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

After a particularly intense shoulder workout with trainer stopped by library to pick up this beast and I don’t think my shoulders will work again after carrying it across campus

An extremely thick Tome sitting on a table, for those of you that are curious it is Splendeurs d’Espagne et les villes belges- a 1985 exhibition catalog that could kill a small animal

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Saturdays are for Selenas! Coming in Krewe of Mosaique in Jan 27

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This right here is gold star work wife behavior (she missed open enrollment last year and I did the year before)

A screen shot of an email inbox with four calendar reminders to enroll in benefits in increasingly urgent tones

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

*curator - also the show is at graphite Gallery on Royal - her artist statement is below

In Living Cover: Record Selfies Projest
This is a deeply personal project that began in 2016 as a way to entertain myself, and also my ex, when I staged Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweat's newly released Self Titled record. Two Clash records followed in quick succession and I started posting them on Instagram as a joyful way to honor favorite records, and by finding ways to insert myself into iconic imagery-whether physically or by some personal touch. Only much later did 1 create a dedicated Instagram account (Record Selfies Project: In Living Cover) with a professed "low budge, high praise" ethos-the effort has always embraced a DIY aesthetic, using only my phone and a little creative ingenuity (my favorite prop has been using sneakers and hair ties to secure the phone, instead of a tripod).
When you're young you find your tribe, you have a shared interest in music and art and clothing.
It makes you feel seen. I grew up in rural North Carolina, where there was no art, no music, and going to a punk show was a 2.5 hour drive each way. In such situations, tight friendships are born: we had each other and looked inward to make our own fun and create our own music
Music saved our lives.
It's the tether that has bound us together for over 30 years and even beyond the grave.
Sammy's covers of songs from the records I create encapsulates us-our tribe, our friends, our story. This project is personal, but it is also generative and accessible: everyone can relate to music being the thing that binds us together, just like art (we're all nerds for something). It shapes who we are into adulthood and beyond.
You might notice in images like Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate that I left a corner of the prop visible. That intentionality and DIY aesthetic is exactly what this project is about. We all take ownership of these records that matter so much to us, and that's kind of like a litte signature for me-of leaving my imperfections intact. I's my way of taking ownership of where …

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My friend Amanda is having a gallery show of a project shestarted 10 years ago as a hobby (she’s a creator and scholar of African art ) and it’s a delight

A wall of records as interpreted by Amanda Maples

Pulling other cover interpretations out of the record box

Amanda getting beaned in the face with a pink ball a la idles mono

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Does anyone know if this is a domestic turtle or a wild turtle? We just found them in the middle of the road and I’m not sure if I should be knocking on doors or finding a suitable place to rehome him.

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Even tho I’m on sabbatical had to jump at the chance to help chaperone work wife Mia Bagneris’s 24 hr seminar trip to Atlanta for the Amy Sherald exhibition. Love how excited the students are !!

A group of adorable graduate and undergraduate students in front of the high museum Atlanta

Students in Amy sherald exhibition in front of one of my favorites

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hold up it is hailing? It’s a million degrees and hailing?!??

View of a street with gumball size Hail dropping

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is a triggering image of a museum display in the natural history museum in DC about life before smartphones. Me and a fellow 40+ person were laughing at how we are now LITERAL MUSEUM PIECES. MY teen was like did you have a clear phone? An address book? A book of maps. Yes, yes I did. 🫠🫠🫠

An image of a boom box, a cd wallet, a travel atlas, business cards, dictionarjes a pay phone and various things people used before cellphones

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ever find an old photograph of yourself that perfectly encapsulates a moment in your life? 2000s in London, a party with the theme France France France, a bunch of 20somethings in a flat in Waterloo, a friend dressed as the Eiffel Tower. Remember taking the bus home at 6 am still in powder lol.

Young lovely man in a black jumpsuit painted as the Eiffel Tower while he smokes a cigarette and poses, young corseted lady in powdered hair and face holds a fan and kicks up her heels in a small
Apartment kitchen

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sixteen today. I am an ancient crone.

An adorable baby having a big bite of ice cream from creole creamery. Unbelievably this kid is now 16

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When in GA….12 year old delighted but also feels like I duped them into outdoorsy activities

Rock city bird house in front of scenic view over 7 states from lookout mountain

Ruby falls a waterfall in a limestone cavern below lookout mountain

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Drove 7 hours yesterday bc my 12 year olds’ only summer desire was to see this guy on the right. This is the single best aquarium in the country (and I’m from CA and been to Monterrey dude)

Magbific by whale shark and ray at Georgia aquarium

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It’s been a minutes since I cried in a museum, but the Cheech got me. Astonishing exhibition of Chicano photography and an important show focusing on Chicano identity. What a museum

Lalo Alcaraz, summer of ICE (abandoned Paleta cart), 2026 - small scale, oil, painting of an handheld ice cream wagon abandoned on a sidewalk in front of a home

Vincent Valdez, BURNBABYBURN, 2009, small scale, oil triptych showing Los Angeles skyline at night with downtown at center and burning Hills at left

Delilah Montoya, casta 3, lightjet print, 2018

Annie Lopez, Tapicero, 2024, cyanotype on tamale paper - my abuelo was a tapicero and this hit hard

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So my brother very kindly is lending me a car while I am in SoCal with family, saving me $$. A small truck he says. Anyway if you see me in SoCal jumping gingerly out of this, please don’t laugh. (I do actually love the color, I think this is mostly amusing if you know I am 5’2”)

A bright blue supposedly small truck that this 5’2” person has to heave herself into and jump out of.

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you need a fun cool activity this afternoon- 5:30 is the opening of Carroll gallery More Humans show at Newcomb Art Dept. Laura Ritchens our fab curator was inspired by students booing mentions of AI in commencement speeches and Pope Leo’s encyclical on the human. Whimsical and beautiful.

Installation view of a gallery, with multiple artworks, reflecting on the nature of humanity

More Humans was inspired by online articles about the exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future at the recently re-opened New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. That exhibition features work by over "200 artists, writers, scientists, architects, and filmmakers." According to the website, New Humans explores:
... how dramatic technological and societal changes have spurred new conceptions of what it means to be human.
Although I have admittedly not seen that exhibition (I do hope I get a chance to go! Limagined a gallery full of hybrid, techno, cyborg figures. My mind wandered to how a similar show might take shape differently in New Orleans. How could we explore what it means to be human without falling into romantic clichés about folk cultures in New Orleans or sweeping generalizations about the tech industry here?
On the news I saw crowds of 2026 college graduates booing the mere mention of Al/artificial intelligence, and I understand their frustration and apprehension. Pope Leo wrote about Al companies as representing a new form of colonialism in his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and I appreciate his advancing the important conversation.
In More Humans you will find a wide range of artists and approaches, and I want to thank all of the artists for their leaps of faith by participating in an exhibition with as broad and essential a theme as examining what it is that makes us human.
-Laura Richens, Curator

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This spread was <10 bucks at a fancy ass mall and the garlic shrimp and gising gising was particularly welcome after 10 days of a LOT of pork.

Plate a beer, plate of squid in black garlic sauce, garlic rice and gising gising, green beans in coconut milk and garlic

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Incredible last day w the SETS conference here in Manila - now a few days for my own research !

Reconstruction of a 1603 galeon. FYI, a group of historians of the galeon trade are the worst group to take on a tour like this cause all we do is find the faults.

An ornately carved pulpit in San Augustin

Sunset over intramuros (waiting for my beer)

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I think everyone needs to see the sisig tacos we had last night post conference- washed down w beer that somehow is high in ABV but tastes like the lightest coors imaginable 10/10

Two sisig tacos and a small handful of fries

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

About 10 years ago a research rabbit hole led to me working in the Philippines and I’m so happy to be back in Manila for the first intl conference dedicated to the early modern Spanish Pacific. A wonderful international scholarly community and UP Diliman fantastic hosts !

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Last day in Macau: the food here is wild - Cantonese but also Portuguese and Luso fusion things like ‘African chicken’ (spicy peanut sauce on a grilled chicken thigh) & beef curry noodles that blow your sinuses. Also ubiquitous pastels de nata and Taiwanese bakeries, and seafood

African chicken a chicken thigh coated in spicy peanut sauce and paired w Macau beer

Setting up seafood stall at night market

Cantonese roast pork w amazing crackling

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

While I sadly am not staying here, I am totally in love with Macaos hotel central, lovingly restored recently. This is the 1928 rooftop bar and apparently the rooms are decorated in 1920s/30s/40s vintage furnishings. A handsome young man in suspenders just made me a zombie and it’s just delightful.

View of a delicious cocktail at the rooftop bar at hotel central, rooftop sign in background and a small neon bedecked cocktail bar w a male waiter in 30s style khakis

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Just saw some amazing 1622 frescoes in this little church at the highest point of Macau (no photos allowed but I got a couple of the info panels) and let’s not mention exactly how sweaty I got climbing up here

Simple white church with yellow pilasters and lighthouse

Photo of information panel with photograph of Chinese Christian fresco

Photograph of information panel with detail of Chinese floral motif and Hapsburg double headed eagle

Photo of information panel with bad photograph of interior of the chapel

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Some fun stuff I’ve seen so far in Macao - 4 churches, a temple and 3 museums today. Extremely cooked but delightful day. Tomorrow I hike up the biggest hill in town

Detail of ship from S Paul’s Jesuit church facade

Ivory scene of Mary and the holy trinity

Cross section of how early modern trade ships loaded

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It started pouring on my way out of a church so was forced to stop for second breakfast

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Made it to Macao where I will spend the next 3 days looking at churches and eating maccanese treats and melting my brain looking at signage in Portuguese and Chinese. Also the weather is exactly like New Orleans right now so I’m dripping in sweat but so excited

St. Paul’s the ruins of the Jesuit college

St Antonio’s, originally 17th century this was rebuilt in 19th

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It’s 450 am in Seoul my body doesn’t have any idea what time it is and maybe I help myself to this ramen bar in the lounge ?

Photo of Korean air Ramen bar with several different kinds of instant Ramen and a hot water dispenser

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Just found the program from 2003 Coachella and was trying to reconstruct some of my youth. Guesses for who I saw and who I didn’t.. bc I made some choices

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My teen made me this painting for Mother’s Day, and it represents me and my two kids, which made me feel lots of things

A painting of 3 calla lilies against a pale blue background

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A collection of strange little guys from Peabody Essex museum, a delightful gem of a place.

A blue and white ceramic European figure made in China

Chinese produced clay portrait of European merchant

Two ivory figures of European figures made in China

A rock crystal figure of Christ Child made in South Asia

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I can vouch for the lobstah poutine at Fenway now. It’s cold and rainy but it brought me JOY

A novelty boat filled with fries, topped with clam chowder and lobster and bacon. Joy in a basket

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Did I take the *most* Boston picture today?

In the foreground: a lobster roll and clam chowder, in the background an injury law firm billboard that reads wicked smart lawyers

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Leona Tate gives a brilliant talk at New Orleans No Kings. A reminder of what has been accomplished in a human lifetime and what is left to do.

Crowd shot of no kings Nola with Leona Tate speaking

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ok so I guess the one good thing about the time change is I can sit in park during kids art class and enjoy frisbee dogs and a book

A very good dog playing catch at park and a book in foreground

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Shout out to Aaron Hyman & Elsa Arroyo who made this mad CDMX 60hr work trip possible: touring an exhibition with curator & students, giving a talk and participating in a seminar looking at prints before dashing to airport! (Also Aaron brought me a Rosetta blueberry focaccia to eat at the airport) ❤️

At the Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia looking at prints with Aaron Hyman

At the colegio San ildefonso somos Pacifico exhibition with Elsa Arroyo, Verónica Herrera and students

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Gave a talk, saw a wonderful former student and ate great street food. Off after a guest appearance in my friend’s class tomorrow, exhausting but invigorating trip

Me at IIE at UNAM with the lovely Dra. Elsa Arroyo who gave a lovely introduction

Mango con tajin y limon, my absolute fav snack

An absolutely exquisite guayaba chile tequila sour

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Supposed to say Teresa de Tovar - ah well here’s a cocktail and some jacarandas and also some art historians at work

A delicious cocktail on a condesa rooftop w jacarandas blooming

Me and Aaron Hyman recovering between museums

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Photo dump from a busy day w colleagues from UNAM at Somos Pacifico exhibition and Teresa Museo.

Map of Manila on interior of chest chest from Puebla

Detail of a painting depicting the 18th c Parian market in Mexico City

Poblano pottery with ship, small ivories in foreground from Manila or Mexico, Teresa de Tovar museum

View of templo mayor and cathedral and zocalo from restaurant where we had lunch post colegio San ildefonso

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Supposed to be meeting a friend for bougie pastry breakfast but of course I caught the ladies selling tinga quesadillas on the corner when I ran out for coffee and I couldn’t help myself bc I love nopales. The picture does not do it justice. The salsa was excellent and got everywhere

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

#nolasky if you’re not outside, you need to fix that immediately.

A green lawn with a small man-made lake in the middle ground with Swan shaped paddle boats, palm trees, a crystal blue sky, and the New Orleans Museum of art in the background

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Shout out to the time over a decade ago I mugged for the camera there (this is like a year after my now-12 year old kid was born, god I’m old now)

A much younger Stephanie with short hair makes a silly face in front of a grinning skeletal figure I the National anthropology museum in CDMX

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Lundi gras may or may not have been the right time to attempt my first jambalaya

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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

When mom comes home early and you’ve been caught red handed

A very cute black dog who has been caught red handed burrowing into the sheets and thus messing up a freshly made bed

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