Articles
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Sex, Secrecy, and Abuse in a 19th-Century Workhouse
“He asked him if he had seen the doctor having connection with a nurse.” Archives…
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Sunday Morning Medicine is on Vacation!
We’ll be back next week.
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Olympics in the Marvelous City
For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention to the international news, Brazil — and its…
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Report from Pride: LGBT History Is (Not Yet) American History
Last June I participated in the annual Pride March in New York City, the biggest celebration…
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A Declaration of Conscience: Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
One popular critique of Hillary Clinton, dating back to the beginning of her political career,…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A brief history of…
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We Need to Talk About Chikungunya
My friend from Rio de Janeiro got chikungunya virus in April. First she came down…
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“Ain’t No Bitches Gonna Hunt No Ghosts”
2016 is Terrible, So Go Watch Ghostbusters, Laugh, and Let Feminism Save Us All Dear…
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Lady Presidential Candidates: Belva Lockwood (1830-1917)
Oh, Hillary. What a bitch. A liar. A cheat. A man-hater. A one-percenter. The Donald…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Syphilis onstage. The Wonder…