I was born into 1970s feminism. I came into the world in 1972, the year Free to Be You and […]
The Salt in the Bottom of the Pretzel Bag: Reflections on Speechless
Last spring, my daughter wrote this poem in her 5th grade poetry class. [gblockquote source=”Ella Beltz”]“The First Child” Just cause […]
Speechless and the TV Representation of Disability
The world of disability activism has been buzzing about the new ABC sitcom Speechless. So, what’s the big deal? While […]
When Politics Becomes Show Business: Gracie Allen Runs for President
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Radio ratings are slipping for a pair of married comedians. They are […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The banjo and racist revisionism. The ballet girls who […]
Teaching Rape
Throughout my academic career, I have talked about, read about, and taught about rape. To be clear, rape is not […]
The Complicated Legacy of Carol Moseley Braun
Thus far in the Run Like A Girl series, we’ve met pathbreaking women who — with the notable exception of […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Man to man, 1954. The return of the utopians. […]
Sex, Death, and Three Irish Women
In November 1984 the Catholic parish of Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland, gathered to bury a woman who had been dead […]
