A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news More doctors smoke Camels. “King Kong” and American cultural […]
The Spoils of War: A Review of Sex and the Civil War
Many years ago when I was first starting my dissertation research on Civil War disability, I had an opportunity to […]
Love and Rage
On November 2, 1992, members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) carried a dead body through the […]
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Sex and the Civil War
The image of Donald Trump signing an order reinstating the global gag rule this February was striking. Surrounded by a […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The Nazi microbiota. Nevada is about to ratify the […]
“Your Presence Has Brought the Attention of the World”: Native American Protest and the Media
On December 4, 2016, Native American water protectors won a major battle against what they call the “black snake” — […]
Back to the Back Alley? Abortion Rights and Realities in the Trump Era
On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump reinstated the global gag rule on abortion. This is no great […]
Empty Chairs at the Cancer Center: The Threat of ACA Repeal
I spend a lot of time in the place no one wants to be — the cancer center. Every two […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of women dentists. Reexamining Andy Warhol’s death. Science […]
Bans, Boycotts, and Brawls: The 1970s West Virginia Textbook Controversy
To find tensions in American society, look at K-12 textbooks. Not in them, but in the debates they bring to […]
