Welcome to the Nursing Clio Mini Syllabi Series! We’ve been publishing essays since 2014, and with over 1,800 essays, we’ve […]
The HRT Boomerang: The Rise, Fall, and Rise again of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause
Black box warnings are the most severe regulatory alerts used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reserved for medications […]
Unfinished Business: Tending to Matricentric Feminism in Maternal Child Health
In the United States, maternal health has aptly been regarded as “in crisis.” However, the person beyond the patient – […]
Community Organizing for Health Justice: Reproductive Justice Activism and the Coalition to Fight Infant Mortality
An enduring struggle for communities of color, infant mortality is a major issue especially for pregnant Black women and their […]
Seductions of the Transparent Body: X-Rays, A.I. Body Scans, and Cancer
There is no escaping cancer in the algorithm. In the months after finishing chemotherapy, targeted ads for A.I.-powered body scans […]
A Surgeon’s Case in the History of Intersex Medicine in Colombia
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] […]
Confining yet Convenient: Using Gender Norms to Defend Oneself in Cases of Rural Spousal Violence in Post-Independence Ireland
Before divorce was legalized in Ireland in 1995, spouses desperate for freedom from an unhappy marriage sometimes turned to killing […]
