Articles
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Gone to China: Risk and Reward in the Travel Diaries of Martha Foster Crawford
Martha Foster Crawford thought that she would literally die. Hagiographical stories of missionary wives who…
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I’ll Be Right Here: Disability Intimacy & Medical Trauma in E.T.
Steven Spielberg’s 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was an integral part of my family’s classic movies,…
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Periods on the Table: Taking stock of the menstrual equity movement in Canada
In Canada, it seems that “period” is no longer a dirty word. Since the Canadian…
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“The Relationship Between Public Morals and Public Toilets”: Christine Jorgensen and the Birth of Trans Bathroom Panic
Christine Jorgensen was used to unwelcome attention, but this was a new level of outrage.…
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Mach 10 with Her Hair on Fire
Over the last 13 years, my mom went from a fast-moving and passionate high school…
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A Good Death: The Modern Hospice Movement
“She was at home, this is where she wanted to be. It wasn’t easy, but…
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Come What May, We Go Down Voting
Eight years ago, the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective prepared the post below, anticipating that Hillary…
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Beyond IVF: Eugenics and Reproductive Biotechnology
Access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) has emerged as a crucial issue in the 2024…
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Daddy Dearest: Fathers, Gender, and Infanticide
At around seven in the evening on 1 September 1743 in the French Indian colony…
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Man vs. Bear? TikTok as a Platform for Contemporary Feminist Consciousness Raising
Trigger Warning: Mention of gender-based violence In the spring of 2024, millions of TikTok users…
