I got the chance to speak with historian Elizabeth Garner Masarik about her new book The Sentimental State: How Women-Led […]
Disability Rights and the Lived Experiences of Visual Impairment in The Country of the Blind: An Interview with Andrew Leland
Andrew Leland’s 2023 book The Country of the Blind, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is an absorbing exploration of […]
Silenced Suffering: The Historical and Contemporary Plight of Black Women with Uterine Fibroids
Fibroid Awareness Month – an annual observance to educate, inform, and raise awareness about uterine fibroids is observed annually in […]
All We Want is the Facts…Or Not
“All we want is the facts, ma’am,” the fictional Los Angeles Police Sergeant Joe Friday used to say dryly on […]
The Eternal Aesthetics of Youth
Originally published at Ultraphysical. A few months ago, days ahead of my 45th birthday, I reflexively clicked on a suggested […]
Y’all Means All: Past and Present LGBTQ+ Rights in the South
While major metropolitan areas, such as New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, are commonly thought of as hubs […]
Listening to Women Nurses and Caretakers: A Case Study from the Smallpox Epidemic Among North Carolina Moravians
As we reflect on how COVID-19 continues to shape society, the centrality of nursing during health care emergencies becomes clear. […]
The Labor of Love: Transforming Dementia Research With Alexandre Baril and Marjorie Silverman
From intersex Revolutionary War generals to Indigenous identities that predate colonization, transgender and non-binary people have a long and storied […]
Personhood Politics: Decoding Alabama’s Reproductive Discourse
In 2020, several frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed in a Mobile, Alabama clinic. This event catalyzed numerous lawsuits and eventually […]
An Intimate Numbers Game: Histories of Quantifying Pelvic Floor Strength
The Elvie Trainer promises to “take the guesswork out of your workout.” Alongside other devices like the Elitone and the […]
