A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- On sex with demons.
- Archiving at a distance.
- Should we kill chivalry?
- A history of the raised fist.
- The post office as public service.
- The unlikely history of a gay porn landmark.
- The controversial history behind hurricane names.
- An old postcard gives clues to a Van Gogh painting.
- Turning historical Mexican recipes into free E-books.
- The tragic history of L.A.’s Black family beach havens.
- The exploding women of early 20th century “trick films.”
- How sperm “swim” may be nothing but an optical illusion.
- How psychedelic drugs are used as a tool of state violence.
- The “Yellow House” that made Washington, D.C. a slavery capital.
- In 1920, Native women sought the vote. Here’s what they seek now.