Early in her new book Why Karen Carpenter Matters, Karen Tongson reports that a karaoke machine in the Philippines once […]
An Imperfect Abortion Story
It’s probably not normal to fantasize about a better, less complicated abortion story, but since the current politics of sexual […]
Plague in the Age of Twitter
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Twitter over the past week. Some evenings, it feels like I can’t […]
What to Read in a Pandemic
Nursing Clio editors and writers share their favorite books on disease, social anxiety, and resilience to help you get through […]
Sperm Donor Siblings Speak Their Truths
In Random Families: Genetic Strangers, Sperm Donor Siblings, and the Creation of New Kin, sociologists Rosanna Hertz and Margaret Nelson […]
Making a Ruckus: Considering The Goop Lab
The six-episode series, The Goop Lab, launched in January on Netflix aiming to “explore ideas that may seem out there […]
How the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Gave Working Women a Place to Breathe
In September of 1909, San Francisco’s businessmen opened the latest issue of the Merchants’ Association Review, looking forward to reading […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news How pandemics change history The story behind Rosa Parks […]
Becoming a Scot and Cross-Cultural Marriages in Outlander and the Early Modern British Isles
If you’ve heard about any historical romance, then you’ve probably heard of Outlander. The popular series by Diana Gabaldon follows […]
Who Decides? Medical Intervention for Transgender and Intersex Children
Who should decide whether medical intervention on a child’s body is necessary? Ideally, the person who will undergo the treatment […]
