Last May, the Republic of Ireland legalized same-sex marriage, just 22 years after the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1993. This […]
A Pot of Herbs, A Plastic Sheet, and Thou: A Historian Goes for a “V-Steam”
The first time I walked into the women’s area of my local Korean spa a few years back, my nose […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A modern girl’s guide to historical living. How the […]
Why Stonewall Needs Compton’s
One night in August 1966, a group of trans* women and queer youth rioted against years of stigmatization and routine […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Hats off to women who saved the birds. The […]
Anne Bradstreet’s Elegies for her Grandchildren
Unless we’re toiling away in an English PhD program, most of us don’t pause in our daily lives to read […]
VULVALUV: Taking Wearable Tech to a New Place
It seems like every day a new health tracking gizmo appears in stores. The fitbit. The Apple Watch. TICKRx. Leaf, […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Medical advertisements after FDA. The many fires that plagued […]
“I Would Just Want To Fly”: Lydia Pinkham, Women’s Medicine, and Social Networks
“I had been completely run-down. I would try to do my housework and could not. I would want to just […]
Outlander: A Story for Historians
While heading out for a quick lunch last week, I found myself in the elevator with a colleague from my […]
