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 […]
First Lady In Motion: Betty Ford and the Public Eye
As with all modern First Ladies, photographs of Betty Ford are easy to find on the Internet. One striking image, […]
On the Move: How Sports Clothes Became Fashion?
Even if you are not a gym rat or a sport enthusiast, it is almost impossible today to escape the […]
It’s Wonderful How Ice Can Be So Warm
“It is a pleasure to the real lover of nature to give winter all the glory he can.” – Dorothy […]
Are We Becoming Ivan Drago? Analyzing Today’s Fitness Tech through Rocky IV
In Rocky IV (1985), American Rocky Balboa fights the USSR’s Ivan Drago in a boxing match that animates Cold War […]
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 Nursing Clio Prize 2023 Winner Courtney Thompson
Nursing Clio’s fourth annual best article prize went to Courtney E. Thompson, an associate professor of the History at Mississippi […]
Money in the Archives: Collection and Recollection
John Money’s archives pulled me in like a tractor beam. I cannot remember when or how I first learned about […]
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 […]
