To say that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the world’s most recognizable artists is an understatement. In recent decades, […]
Love Your Asian Body: An Interview with Eric Wat
In his new book Love Your Asian Body, writer Eric Wat uses oral history to tell the stories of Asian […]
From Label to Table: An Interview with Xaq Frohlich
Do you read food labels in the grocery store? Even if you don’t, you’ll want to read Xaq Frohlich’s new […]
Simple Goiter: A Woman’s Disease and a Woman’s Problem to Solve
Most people have a small, butterfly-shaped gland in their neck sitting in front of their trachea. I am no longer […]
The Intimate History of Confinement
From the first page, it’s clear that Dr. Jessica Cox’s Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain […]
Sexual Education in Schools: The Harm of Exclusion
We teach our children about the birds and the bees, but for some, this talk is as foreign as the […]
Remembering the Forgotten “Black Angels”
Many historians, including myself, have told the story of New York City’s Sea View Hospital, a tuberculosis sanatorium that operated […]
Bishops and Politicians in the Delivery Room: A Review of Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals
“There are some situations where the mother may in fact die along with her child. But—and this is the Catholic […]
In 19th-Century Philadelphia, Female Medical Students Lobbied Hard for Mutual Aid
In the waning years of the nineteenth century, future doctors kept falling sick. Students at the Woman’s Medical College of […]
Exploring Critical Menstrual Studies in the Nordic Region: The Importance of Local Specificities
In 2017, the walls of Stockholm’s subway system featured new art: black and white sketches of women participating in different […]
