“Enslaved women and their children enter the archives in little more than fragments.”1 In George Sand’s 1832 idealist novel, Indiana, […]
“Now I try to live my feminist politics in bed as well as elsewhere”
When Babe published a first-person account of a young woman’s awful sexual encounter with actor Aziz Ansari, one she later […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A brief history of beards. Examining Hitler’s teeth. Flirting […]
A Referendum – and A Path Toward Reproductive Justice for Ireland?
Citizens of the Republic of Ireland will vote on a referendum on May 25, 2018 to potentially overturn the state’s […]
Joan Scott, Liberalism, and Abortion Rights
Recently, the University of Edinburgh awarded Joan Scott an honorary doctorate in social science. The hooding ceremony seemed more like […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The first gay cookbook. The fast and the feminine. […]
How To Cook and Cure: Early Modern Recetas
Recipes can quickly transport us to particular times and places. A glance at this vintage Jell-O recipe calls to mind […]
Heterosexuality in Medicine
I walk into the examination room, dreading what is about to happen. My heart’s racing. First, they take my warm […]
Poetry in America: An Interview with Leah Reis-Dennis
Longtime Nursing Clio readers will remember Leah Reis-Dennis, who wrote the “Versing Clio” series for our blog, with each essay […]
Taking Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy Seriously: Little Women on PBS
Spoilers ahead for plot points of Little Women — but you’ve had 150 years to read the book! Growing up, […]
