When Barbara Brenner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, friends recommended that she read Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals. […]
More Than Blood
We awoke to news of the carnage in Orlando. I had slept in — the first long, good night’s sleep […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The anatomical Venus. Feck! A history of swearing. The […]
Queen Bee
Samantha Bee has been America’s leading late-night feminist comic for over a decade. As the longest serving correspondent in the […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Roots and the 1970s. The disorientation of illness. A history […]
Poking Holes in Political Memes: History, the Welfare State, and the Trope of the Founding Fathers
An elderly man behind me in the checkout line at the grocery store asked me what I do. When I […]
“The Torture Began”: Symphysiotomy and Obstetric Violence in Modern Ireland
“They just took me into the ward and put me on the bed and told me they were going to […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Shakespeare kidnappers? A bizarre 1970s pro-life movie. Black Death […]
I Could Wrestle with my Disability, but I Think I’ll Dance Instead
A year and a half ago, I gained a permanent dance partner. That’s what I’ve decided. That’s how I need […]
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Feminism, Mental Health, and Musicals Meet on the Boob Tube
Yet another school year has come to a close. Perhaps you’ve just finished your comprehensive exams or defended a dissertation […]
