How Julia Skinner Does History
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I want to help people see themselves as a bridge between the past and the future.
Reviews
Harry Benjamin, the Maverick
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Through his participation in the medical community, the theater community, and his connections to literary artists, Benjamin openly questioned how medical professionals and society at large defined and categorized gender.
Revive Your Darlings
The Great Leg Show!
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Hot pants served as a sartorial riposte to the fashion industry’s relentless campaign for the midi.
Field Trip
No Gloves Required
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Historians are well aware that a good old map invites curiosity and connection.
History & Mystery
The Clue in the Old Lace
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Fashion history is rarely as straightforward as Nancy Drew led me to believe.
Mailbag
Why Do Archivists Get Rid Of Things (And Enjoy It)?
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Just because something is cool doesn’t mean it belongs in an archive.
How I Do History
How Allison Horrocks Does History
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“. . . if a wide brimmed Stetson gets us going, I’m content to start there.”
Them, Or Me, Or Us?
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They created a space to share their own experiences, and found their experiences were shared by others.
Entertainment & Recreation
How Canons Are Formed
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Many Progressive Era playwrights were women. So how did they become “invisible” in the canon?
Features
Conspiracy to Commit Sodomy
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Within the longer history of gay spaces and gay porn, eBay’s policing of “adult materials” is nothing new.
Reviews
The Plague Is Not Over
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Twenty-five years ago, straight Americans were ready to call an end to the AIDS pandemic. But for Sarah Schulman, it has never receded.
How I Do History
How Aimee Loiselle Does History
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An unexpected job opportunity launched seven years of adjunct teaching and rekindled Aimee Loiselle’s interest in scholarly history.
Personal Pan Histories
Personal Pan Histories: Jell-O
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Jell-O remains an easy, popular way to enter the domestic realm.
Personal Pan Histories
Personal Pan Histories: Wacky Cake
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A cake made without milk or butter? Don’t tell the Minnesota Dairy Industry Committee!
Personal Pan Histories
Personal Pan Histories: Instant Coffee
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I suppose it really is addiction. But I’ve quit most of the other fun ones.
Shorts
What About The Bad Job Offers?
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After finishing a doctoral program, the goal for many has always been a tenure-track job offer. But what about really terrible offers?
Shorts
Selling Splitnik; or, Aunt Olga Goes to Moscow
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She was there to promote a way of life that little resembled her own.
Features
History Now
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How is the pandemic shaping the work of history and the lives of those who do that work?
Shorts
Queen of Heaven, Empress of Hell
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In late medieval texts, the Virgin Mary was a skilled debater–and a dab hand with a club.
Shorts
The Pitfalls of Fandom for Women of Color
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What happens if we demystify fandom as a haven for female desire?
Features
A Little More Knowledge Lights Our Way
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Who gets to take meaning from things and have that meaning-making respected and valued?
Shorts
Embroidery as Record and Resistance
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The association of embroidery with the feminine has led many to overlook its history as a subversive medium.
Shorts
Why Has Transphobia Gone Mainstream in Philosophy?
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Is philosophy uniquely hostile to trans people? No. It is hostile to marginalized people in general.
Shorts
A Brief History of Trans Philosophy
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Philosophy has long been something done to trans people, not by them.
Reviews
The Women Who Showed Us Life
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Over its four-decade run, LIFE Magazine had 105 staff photographers. Six of them were women.