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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Malaria pinup calendars. Leprosy,…
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The Baby as Scientist and the Parent as Gardener: Alison Gopnik’s Inspiring Views on Childhood
There’s nothing better than kicking back with a light read in the warm months of…
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“Just Close Your Eyes and Chew!”: Spirulina, Modernization, and the “Lost” Crops of the Past
On February 20, 2017, the young nation of South Sudan declared that it was suffering…
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Coin-Operated Boys: An Interview with Carly Kocurek
Carly Kocurek’s Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade (Minnesota, 2015) examines the…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Etsy’s vaginal problem. Trump’s…
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I May Not Heal, But I Will Live Better Thanks to Occupational Therapy
Last year I learned how to chop a carrot with my eyes closed. While being…
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Itinerant Tacos: A Brief History of Tortilla Factories
The squeaky wheels, the baking corn masa, and the silver behemoth carrying golden circles on…
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HIV in Brazil: Health and Human Rights in a Global Context
The fight over the future of the ACA here in the U.S. has made me…
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The Black Politics of Eugenics
Eugenics is still a dirty word. It makes us think about science gone horribly wrong.…
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NC at the Berks
Nursing Clio is out in force at this year’s Berkshire Conference of Women Historians in…
