“I don’t like the use of ‘our.’ It’s ‘her’ body.” I was sitting in a small meeting room in the […]
Big Hair, Boots, and Business: Bidding Happy Trails to Nashville
It’s no big secret that I’m Nursing Clio’s resident country music fan, as evidenced by my previous post on women […]
Taking Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy Seriously: Little Women on PBS
Spoilers ahead for plot points of Little Women — but you’ve had 150 years to read the book! Growing up, […]
Fighting Back Over Leaning In: HBO’s Big Little Lies as a Lesson in Feminist Solidarity
As powerful men continue to fall in the wake of the viral #metoo movement, and as it has evolved into […]
New York, 60 Years Later: Sexual Health and Coming of Age in The Bell Jar and Netflix’s Master of None
Master of None, the new Netflix TV show created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (best known for their work […]
Friday Night Rights: Abortion in Small-Town Texas
Two recent events have made me return to my favorite TV show of all time, Friday Night Lights, a well-written […]
Outlander: A Story for Historians
While heading out for a quick lunch last week, I found myself in the elevator with a colleague from my […]
Tuning In for Public Health: The Promise of Televised Health Education in 1950s America
During a recent well-child check up, the nurse asked how much television my son watched. Although not common a generation […]
