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 […]
The International History of Women’s Medical Education: What Does Imperialism Have To Do With It?
For the past several years, this 1885 photograph of three medical students who attended the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania […]
Obergefell v. Hodges, Marriage Equality, and the Making of Global Queer History
One morning in late June, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its history-making decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the collection […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The tampon: a history. Travels of a WWI nurse. […]
Summer, Now Known as Pedicure Season
“Isn’t the weather beautiful?” I was standing outside my child’s elementary school, making small talk with other parents at pick-up […]
A Short History of Homeopathy: From Hahnemann to Whole Foods
A few weeks ago, I found myself in an increasingly common situation: I decided to go grocery shopping at Whole […]
