Articles
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How Did We Get Here? An Interview with Lara Freidenfelds
Lara Freidenfelds’s new book, The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America,…
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Making Room for Miscarriage
After I miscarried my first pregnancy, I quickly realized that I needed a historical perspective…
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Nursing Clio Presents Its Fifth Annual Best of List
Favorite Book Eileen Sperry: Circe by Madeline Miller. Stunning prose, amazing storytelling, and Nursing Clio…
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The Gender Politics of the “Sexy Chef” in Romance Literature
After finishing my master’s degree in Gastronomy in July 2013, I gave myself an academic…
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Hijabophobia: An Unseen but Entirely Visible Force
In August 2017, a burqa-clad woman stepped into the chambers of the Australian parliament and…
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“Keepers of the Light”: A Musical History of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
Music forms a critical part of every documented human culture, providing a functional and emotional…
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Glitter Conservators: Thinking Conservation through Feminism
“For the women who didn’t return” / “Por las que no volvieron.” – Graffiti on…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Black mothers matter. Abolitionist,…
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A Curious New Woman: Veronica Speedwell
It is June 1887, and London is preparing to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, marking…
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Worcestershire Sauce and the Geographies of Empire
Had a Bloody Mary to drink at brunch? Ate a Caesar salad last week? Munched…
