It’s hard to be a historian these days without constantly hearing about the supposed irrelevance of your work. After all, it […]
Female Presidential Candidates Aren’t the Answer: Republicans and the Reframing of the War on Women in 2016
There seems to be some confusion about what the controversial term “the Republican war on women” actually means. Most became […]
Police Brutality, Mental Illness, and Race in the Age of Mass Incarceration
On November 9, 2014, two Ann Arbor police officers shot and killed Aura Rosser, a 40-year-old black woman, after responding […]
Obergefell Made History, and History Made Obergefell
History matters. Sober and sophisticated historical research can make a difference in the world. I am proud to live in […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of the ice pick lobotomy. The story […]
Pregnancy, Fear, and Conformity
Last fall, while in the midst of a severe head cold and four months pregnant, I emailed my obstetrician: “can […]
Don’t Eat That, Eat This: The Troubled History of Food Stamps and Nutrition
Lately, it seems like everywhere I turn I see discussions about how poor people use their money, how they should […]
The Sleepers
Unless we’re toiling away in an English PhD program, most of us don’t pause in our daily lives to read […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Gendering Reefer Madness. The history of Multiple Sclerosis. 9 […]
A Doctor, a Patient, a Rash, and Google
Don’t you hate it when you can’t get your doctor to agree with your own assessment of your symptoms? Never […]
