Added on December 13, 2018 Interview How the “Advisory State” Shapes American Bodies and Politics: A Conversation with Rachel Louise Moran In her new book Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique, historian Rachel Louise Moran examines […]
Added on October 24, 2018 Pregnancy Loss The Proof of Pregnancy In February 1819, the Caswell County Superior Court in North Carolina tried three white women for infanticide. At issue was […]
Added on September 13, 2017 Bites of History , Historical essay The Gastropolitics of School Lunch For Americans of a certain age, the term school lunch evokes the worst elements of institutional dining: soggy pizza, mushy […]