Even if you are not a gym rat or a sport enthusiast, it is almost impossible today to escape the […]
Queer Teenage Feminists on the Printed Page, 1973 to 2023
When sixteen-year-old Jane wrote into Ms. Magazine in the mid-1970s, she did so in a desperate search for hope. As […]
Interview with Jesse Olszynko-Gryn, author of A Woman’s Right to Know: Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, it’s clearer than ever how far attention-seeking political rhetoric about reproductive rights clashes […]
The Miscarriage of Frida Kahlo
To say that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the world’s most recognizable artists is an understatement. In recent decades, […]
Love Your Asian Body: An Interview with Eric Wat
In his new book Love Your Asian Body, writer Eric Wat uses oral history to tell the stories of Asian […]
Simple Goiter: A Woman’s Disease and a Woman’s Problem to Solve
Most people have a small, butterfly-shaped gland in their neck sitting in front of their trachea. I am no longer […]
Remembering the Forgotten “Black Angels”
Many historians, including myself, have told the story of New York City’s Sea View Hospital, a tuberculosis sanatorium that operated […]
(Still Being) Sent Away: Post-Roe Anti-Abortion Maternity Homes
In the years before Roe v. Wade, and in a context of severe stigma of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, maternity homes in […]
“I Don’t Have Very Much Faith in Doctors”: Black Women, Reproductive Health, and Black Disability Politics
In January 2022, my Instagram feed was flooded with posts mourning Aubrion Rogers, a 30-year-old Black woman who died after […]
The American Murderer: Hookworm Eradication Among “Our Native Born Whites”
In the United States and around the world, public health has taken center stage in recent years to investigate how […]
