Articles
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The Freshman Fifteen: A Stigmatized Phenomenon
Seventeen magazine popularized the phrase “freshman fifteen” in 1989 and the phrase remains ubiquitous in…
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Take a Hay Ride: Remembering Louise Hay
On August 30, 2017, Louise Hay died. Hay was a metaphysical healer who began her…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Why is giving birth…
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Fight and Flight: “Butch Flight,” Trans Men, and the Elusive Question of Authenticity
My junior year of college, my roommate and dear friend had a butch girlfriend. She…
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“Bought some souvenirs as usual and a cheese:” Nurses’ Lives Outside the Hospital in the First World War
A great deal has been written about soldiers’ experiences behind the lines during the First…
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A Midwife for Every Woman: Maternal Healthcare in Malawi
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa, with 50% of its population living…
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Women, Prayer, and Household Authority in Irish History
Traveling through Ireland in 1909, writer Robert Lynd described “a strange crying—almost a lamentation” that…
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Superhumanization
On the cover of Black stands a lone Black man in red, hood up, hands…
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History at Home in the Tenement Museum
Several times a day, several days a week, I stand with a group of strangers…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news We need to talk…
