Articles
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Eyes of the Beholder: The Public Health Service Reports on Trachoma in White Appalachia and Indian Country
In 1912, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) set out to survey trachoma rates…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news LSD: Insight or insanity?…
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Milk: A History of Tasting What Cows Eat
Everybody since the dawn of time has had to eat — for once, that’s a…
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“Save Changes”: Telling Stories of Disability Protest
At first, it was a simple case of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,”…
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Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Tuberculosis in Progressive Era New York City
Since January, Americans have grappled with the implications of the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Neurosurgery and WWI. A…
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UK Squatters’ Fight for Decent Housing
The topic of squatting — living in or using a dwelling without the owner’s permission…
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Irish Abortion Trails and Informal Care Networks: Facilitating Continuities in Care
Women from the north and south of Ireland have travelled to England to access abortion…
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The Miseries and Heartbreak of Backstreet Abortions: Before and After Roe
In 1967, a group of clergy in New York City founded the Clergy Consultation Service…
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You Know What? Equality Feminism is Crap
In the wake of the Women’s March, one thing is clear — we haven’t resolved…
