A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- Vagina panties!
- Understanding the placenta.
- Ebay: the forgotten archive?
- The history of the “bikini body.”
- The return of “crack baby” hysteria.
- 12 vintage pictures of farm stands.
- Relics from early Denver unearthed.
- Resuscitation techniques of the past.
- Children’s books for young feminists.
- How a Jewish doctor duped the Nazis.
- Is this famous personality test useless?
- The failed attempt at an FDR memorial.
- Sex and the history of restaurant reservations.
- A brief history of women at the Tour de France.
- How different cultures interpret schizophrenia.
- A pretty disturbing 1970s dating guide for men.
- Pregnant in the 60s and need a job? Incorporate!
- A history of women in the anti-suffrage movement.
- Heterosexuality in America: 50 years and counting.
- How public health campaigns can end up shaming women.
* “Women Working Out” (1908) courtesy of Tropical Press Agency/Getty Images