Articles
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Race, Sex Education, and the Age of Consent in South Africa
One of the best and most unexpected perks of researching the history of sex education…
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“I Would Rather Have My Own Mind”: The Medicalization of Women’s Behavior in Ireland, 1914-1920
When he brought her to the asylum, twenty-four-year old Katie’s father was asked to describe…
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Microwave Cookbooks: Technology, Convenience & Dining Alone
The microwave is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, but even that can’t redeem the…
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Pornography on the Playground
When I was 19, I had a summer job supervising a playground. It was a…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A handy guide to…
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To “Serve this Long Term at Home”: Robert Buffum, Mental Illness, and the Prison Trap
Just over a year after having the third-ever Medal of Honor pinned on his uniform…
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Sisterhood Subpoenaed: Abortion on Trial at an 1892 Women’s Medical College
Courtroom dramas are a television staple. If the Good Wife isn’t your cup of tea,…
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Not Going Back: Queer American Families and the Value Voters Summit
On October 12, 2017, the day after National Coming Out Day, I received an email…
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Mothers’ Natures: Sex, Love, and Degeneration in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Every so often, some viral article or other will declare that science “proves” or “confirms”…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The price of fashion…
