This is the first of several pieces we will run about the city of Rio de Janeiro in the lead-up […]
Throwing Shade on Lady Presidential Candidates: Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)
Oh, Hillary. What a bitch. A liar. A cheat. A man-hater. A one-percenter. The Donald most definitely does NOT rate […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The CDC might want your semen. How posters helped […]
What to Expect When You’re an Expecting Superhero: Spider-Woman Shifts Gears
Like the best action, the new comic Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears, Vol 1: Baby Talk starts in media res. Jessica Drew […]
The Problem with Fat-Talk at the Pediatrician’s Office
“His BMI is on the high side of normal. See?” The pediatrician showed me a chart. “This is something we […]
“Me Before You”: Hollywood’s Disability Problem & the Perils of Assisted Suicide
The recent movie Me Before You, based on the best-selling book by Jojo Moyes, has been marketed as the tearjerker romance […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The fever of 1721. Leprosy in 1930s India. Ireland’s […]
Blood and Tears in Orlando
On June 12 of this year, a lone gunman entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL, and carried out […]
Feminist Bodies, Feminist Selves
I have never known a person who was 100% content with everything about their body, 100% of the time. The […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The pigeon cure. Inventing the beach. The shark panic […]
