A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- A brief history of plaid.
- The Victorian flea circus.
- Letter writing in the asylum.
- Extreme longevity in the 1700s.
- How scams worked in the 1800s.
- The past, present, and future of tampons.
- The Rest Cure beyond the Yellow Wallpaper.
- The photos that exposed American child labor.
- The pill that hasn’t (yet) changed the politics of abortion.
- Electrocardiogram and diphtheria in the early 20th century.
- The problematic history of hunting down authentic ethnic food.
- Boiling water and bees: Fighting evictions in 19th-century Ireland.
- Why are America’s most innovative companies stuck in 1950s suburbia?
- Our Blood, Ourselves: Developing technology to help women monitor their own health.