I moved across country this summer, a process that necessitated packing and unpacking all of my books, including titles other […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news In defense of microfilm. Freud’s secret committee. Chicago’s vegetarian […]
The Persistence of Félicité Kina: Kinship, Gender, and Everyday Resistance
In January of 1803, the sixteen-year-old Félicité-Adelaïde Kina (née Quimard) traveled from Paris to Pontarlier to protest the imprisonment of […]
Neurasthenia, Capitalism, and Biopower in HBO’s Westworld
The HBO series Westworld has amassed a large fan base that has grown since the start of the second season. […]
A Kick for a Bite; Or, Review Upon Review Upon Ten Babies on the Floor
On April 18, 2018, the United States Senate voted unanimously that both male and female senators could bring infants up […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Who gets the embryos? How to create a human […]
When Did We Get So Hormonal? An Interview with Randi Hutter Epstein
Randi Hutter Epstein’s new book, Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything, traces the development of […]
The Dangerous Price of Diabetes: Not What the Pioneering Researchers Predicted
The 1921 discovery of insulin ushered in a new era in endocrinology. Canadian researchers transformed diabetes from certain death sentence […]
I Was Trolled – Here’s Why I’m Turning It into a Teaching Opportunity
Here’s what happened. I wrote an essay critically analyzing a YouTube talk show I actually watch and enjoy — Hot […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of desserts. The history of toothpaste. Selling […]
