A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Disasters have histories. A brief history of gay theater. The controversial Sister Serpents. Nasty women, meet gobby women. How social media spread a historical lie. “For decades, our coverage was racist.” The ten women of the FBI’s most wanted. The whitewashing of King’s assassination…. Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Secrets of a brothel privy. Susan B. Anthony’s bad food. A woman on Mount Rushmore? The history of the “ideal” woman. Lena Dunham’s lesson for doctors. Why black disability history matters. Walking in Harriet Tubman’s footsteps. Key concepts and research in bioethics. Women’s Experiences… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of the “ditz” voice. Menstruating while disabled. Vintage posters of strong women. The vaccine that changed the world. The illnesses and death of Queen Mary I. Super Spooner and the Witchcraft murder. The story of the skull found in a London pub…. Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Under Victorian microscopes. When poop becomes medicine. The racist history of crisis actors. When London pubs were full at 7 AM. The feminist history of the French fairy tale. Human bones could belong to infamous pirate. The history and future of feminist resistance in… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Selling American vigor. Every president’s health ranked. Slavery and the American university. How Americans preserved British English. Audio love letters were hot in the 30s and 40s. The oldest known valentine was written in prison. News Flash: History is not just for straight people…. Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Treating the influenza in 1918-9. The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident. This picture will make you nostalgic. A history of military parades in the US. The rich cultural history of nameplate jewelry. How to have a historically accurate lover’s tiff. The complicated history of race… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of women fighting wildfires. Was the real Lone Ranger a black man? Collecting data about tuberculosis in 1900. The court case that killed the “ladies menu.” When women channeled the dead to be heard. The true story of Waco is still one… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Tiny houses, narrow visions. Have you seen this punchbowl? Remembering the black radical press. Michelangelo’s grocery list is beautiful. The mysterious murder of Florrie Little. When mass murder is an intimate affair. The raw water craze might be a bad idea. A history of… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Radical jugs? Afterlife of a factory. A 1907 multicultural vision test. Michel Foucault and Miley Cyrus. Meet TV’s first black lesbian superhero. Historians and government shutdowns. The secret sexual history of the barre workout. How the Spanish flu affected on American town. Teenage feminism… Read more →

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Why is giving birth so hard? Exploring the history of Afro-Mexicans. What’s so natural about natural medicine? The history of the internet’s first viral video. The invisibility of women military historians. The 1930s painting that declared lesbian love. An opera about gay life in… Read more →