I became a historian because of a television show. That is something I don’t often admit, but it’s true. I […]
Thomsonianism Meets Juice Cleanses
I will be the first to admit that I love juices. They’re colorful, full of tasty fruits and vegetables, and […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Prehistoric baby bottles. Black motherhood on TV. The Tylenol […]
“Good” Teeth: American Dental Care and Classism
I used to hide my own teeth. It started in fourth grade during spring photos. When my big adult teeth […]
Understanding Shaming’s Place in History: The Story of Germany’s Victims
It can be difficult for those who have never experienced sexual violence to understand and address the pain of survivors. […]
A Bloody Sweater and a Pair of Dentures
Private Togo Piper didn’t have many personal belongings. When he died overseas in May 1943, all that was returned to […]
“Immoderate Menses” or Abortion? Bodily Knowledge and Illicit Intimacy in an 1851 Divorce Trial
In 1851, four years after actress Josephine Clifton’s death, she was named as one of Edwin Forrest’s adulterers during the […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news States of immunity. A Georgian guide to university life. […]
“A Most Damnable Fraud?” Public (Mis)conceptions and the Insanity Defense
James Kahler murdered his two daughters, ex-wife, and grandmother in Kansas on Thanksgiving in 2009. Kahler’s defense team wanted to […]
“The Egg” in the Twenty-First Century: A Family’s Holistic Healing and Cleansing Practice
In the early 2000s, my great-aunt performed a holistic healing act on my mother with an egg. My mother, sick […]
