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Parenting in Academia: New Mom + Nursing + Academic Conference = Weekend in Hell
Anyone who is a mom and an academic has one of these stories of academic…
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Yes, We Should Tell about our Miscarriages on Facebook
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg joyfully announced on Facebook that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan,…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Bathing machines of the…
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Obergefell v. Hodges and the Legacy of AIDS
So, yeah… gay marriage is legal now. It’s kind of a big deal. That was…
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Friday Night Rights: Abortion in Small-Town Texas
Two recent events have made me return to my favorite TV show of all time,…
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She probably doesn’t want my Progressive feminist sympathy, but I’m giving it to her anyway: Thoughts on the Republican Debate, Donald Trump, and Fox’s Megyn Kelly
Was it just me, or was Thursday night’s Republican debate deeply, deeply weird? The entire…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The great sushi craze…
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Love Won: The Irish Referendum
Last May, the Republic of Ireland legalized same-sex marriage, just 22 years after the decriminalization…
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A Pot of Herbs, A Plastic Sheet, and Thou: A Historian Goes for a “V-Steam”
The first time I walked into the women’s area of my local Korean spa a…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A modern girl’s guide…