One day, while scrolling through social media, I came across the story of Santiago, a Colombian intersex man who underwent […]
“About My Body, Let the World Do What It Will:” Suicide Letters, Immigrant Women, and Structural Violence
On Sunday March 8, 1914, twenty-six-year-old Rosa Asorowsky, a “Russian Jewess” and sweatshop worker, committed suicide in Chicago.[1] Next to […]
The Daily Dozen: How the Father of American Football Taught Office Men to Exercise
Under-desk treadmills for the office have become a trend in the last few years. Companies like Walkingpad sell foldable versions […]
Bundles of Pain, Bound by Gender: Himpathy and Misogyny in A Bintel Brief
“I have a grievous wound in my heart and maybe through the “Bintel Brief” I will find relief” (Letter-writer, 1906).[1] […]
Nurses not Nursing: Insensible Violence and Institutional Inertia
The nursing organizations that purport to represent the entire profession repeatedly and resolutely refuse to sharpen their political analysis, refuse […]
The Virgins’ Malady: How Marriage Became a Medical Treatment
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief /… / Be […]
After a Miscarriage, What Happens to the Fetus? The History is Complicated.
This essay is part one of a two-part series on fetal remains and cultural politics. Find the second part here. […]
In Pursuit of Purity: Environmental Affects, Reproduction, and the Promise of Bodily Sovereignty
In The New York Times on October 10, 2025, an article titled “The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request […]
‘Words are but the shell:’ Can Plants Help Us, Historically? The Plant, the Nation, and the Infant
Anglo-American colonist Elizabeth Hanson’s infant inexplicably survived captivity with her mother in 1725 amongst the Abenaki. Abenaki men thought the […]
Mary Sully: Neurodivergence and American Indian Art
The geometrical triptychs American Indian artist Mary Sully (1896-1963) crafted on paper, crayon, gilt, and ink render early twentieth-century American […]
