I did a thing on Reddit: “Ask a Historian,” about my book, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. I’m posting it here if anyone wants to take a look. People asked lots of great questions!

Thank you so much, Jenn!

Thanks, Dan! I really enjoyed doing this!

I'm honored that you included Damned Women! I'd be happy to talk to your students if that would be useful. DM me if you want!

I wrote a short response to the essay Andrew Sullivan published in the NYT a couple of weeks ago. It annoyed me for many reasons, and here are a few of them:

My book, Bodies in Doubt, was mentioned specifically in the NYT today — one of many books banned from the Naval Academy library. The erasure is maddening, to put it mildly.

I wrote this essay about the effort to exonerate accused “witches” in colonial Maryland. Some people think it’s frivolous in light of everything else going on. But I think that recognizing historic acts of injustice can help us to identify misguided and reckless discrimination today.

Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. Gift link here: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...

M. Gessen deftly brings together many anxieties about fertility, regret, gender norms, and more. And they mentioned my work on intersex! I agree that trans rights are reproductive rights.

Here's something to actually do:https://5calls.org/issue/oppose-cabinet-recess-appointments/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3v7Di6MhKdd8XzK2zdNUMHoTqIIKtHJymWgbKKdfv7Ai95W5rmXj8ih1I_aem_6MhvfiPd7KnHNxUO0Tzhjw

Many good ideas here:
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/

One of my colleagues, Logan McBride, produced this amazing film, “Degrees of Freedom,” premiering at the Dances With Films festival! danceswithfilms.com/DEGREES-OF-F...

This week at Nursing Clio, Jessi Benson writes about the centrality of the “good death” to the modern hospice movement. nursingclio.org/2024/11/13/a...