Do genetics or environmental factors determine one’s gender identity? The question may seem a distinctly modern one. Indeed, premodern people […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The WWII love letters between two men. Mending the […]
Liberty Poles and Popular Protest in the Founding Era
As the Trump presidency begins, many Americans are considering how to oppose the harmful federal legislation that will likely follow […]
At the Mercy of the Sea: Women, Reproduction, and Europe’s Migrant Crisis
In 2015 over a million women, children, and men from conflict-ridden parts of Africa and the Middle East made their […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Punk rock and public history. Phrenology and the Civil […]
Keep On Marchin’ – The Women’s Marches of 1876, 1913, and 2017
I routinely listen to Slate’s DoubleX Gabfest, a podcast about women’s issues hosted by Hanna Rosin, June Thomas, and Noreen […]
Referendum on a Life in the Woods
For three decades, my dad’s brothers framed houses. The three of them had a small construction business in rural Connecticut. […]
“Buried with Doctor’s Certificate”: Reading the Uses and Abuses of Bodies in a Medical School Thesis
Case I. May 27 1885. A. R. age 25 White, single. First pregnancy. Operation had been performed on her ten […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Cats in space. A history of gaslighting. Nipples without […]
Incarcerating Eve: Women’s Health “Care” in Prisons and Jails
In Season 4 of the hit Netflix original Orange is the New Black, we get a glimpse into the healthcare […]
