Articles
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Male Jealousy & Questions of Sexual Honor: A Look at Historical Cases of Domestic Murder in Ireland
At present in Ireland, a Domestic Violence Bill is rumbling its way through the Irish…
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The Eye at War: American Eye Prosthetics During the World Wars
In December 1943 Colonel Derrick Vail, ophthalmologist and consultant to the Army Medical Department in…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Hookworm is back. Can…
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Me, Me, Me: Millennials, Midwives, and the Ongoing History of Female Self-Care
Several articles from reputable sources such as NPR and The Guardian have recently focused on…
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Face to Face with Sharrona Pearl
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Sharrona Pearl about her new book, Face/On:…
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Renée Zellweger, Isabelle Dinoire, and the Stakes for Changing the Face
On October 20, 2014, Renée Zellweger attended the Elle Women in Hollywood event, her first…
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Imagining Sex Change in Early Modern Europe
Once a historical mind starts thinking about the ways sex intersects with the histories of…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The history of women…
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A Well-Balanced Serving of School Food History — With a Side of Grassroots Reform
I have few memories of school lunches from my childhood. I do recall the small…
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The Gastropolitics of School Lunch
For Americans of a certain age, the term school lunch evokes the worst elements of…
