A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- Um, Nope.
- A history of ketchup.
- Maxillofacial portraits of WWI.
- Homophobia in women’s sports.
- How racism gave rise to acupuncture.
- A history of diners that look like train cars.
- Rare photos of Frida Kahlo as a teenager.
- Three big ableist myths about Helen Keller.
- The curious creatures of Victorian taxidermy.
- A history of Hollywood’s sexual underground.
- Disability, race, and gender in speculative fiction.
- How the suffrage movement betrayed black women.
- Why the UK’s biggest lesbian archive is so important.
- The surprising history behind the breastfeeding debate.
- Children’s literature and the deep roots of white supremacy.
- FDA cracks down on dangerous “vaginal rejuvenation” devices.
- How a Chinese cook helped establish Yosemite and the National Park Service.