A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- The macho sperm myth.
- How to do witchcraft for real.
- Poems in the language of death.
- The Lizzie Borden house is up for sale.
- Get in losers, we’re singing sea shanties.
- The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo.
- A history of Latin America through rock music.
- Meet Alberta King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s mother.
- The history of the death penalty in the United States.
- An oral history of the Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupon.
- Helen Keller conspiracy theories are awash with ableism.
- The secret letters of history’s first-known businesswomen.
- The most scandalous film ever (not) shown in Washington.
- History tells us vaccines alone aren’t enough to eradicate a virus.
- The internet’s most incredible collection of food history has been saved.