A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- “Strippers are artists.”
- 56 delightful Victorian slang terms.
- Guide dogs in medieval art and writing.
- A history of bad work advice for women.
- The secret syndicate behind Nancy Drew.
- How has underwear shaped women’s lives?
- Dance of the 41 Queers in 1901 Mexico City.
- Mexican food museum to open in downtown L.A.
- Illuminating black joy, black resistance in Harlem.
- The man who trained the Met’s fingerprint detectives.
- The socialist Kama Sutra and sex behind the Iron Curtain.
- How photos shaped the history of San Francisco, Los Angeles.
- Sci-fi needs to overcome its poor history with disabled people.
- 31 mid-century women who loved their aluminum Christmas trees.