Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Cultural historian Dr Fern Riddell appears regularly on tv and radio as an expert in Victorian sex and suffrage, and if anyone knows their history in this area, it’s Fern.…
Why Do We Still Pretend Diets Work?
Everyone sort of knows that diets peter out. Eventually you stop following them, and the weight comes back. What most people don’t know is that they often lead to weight…
Why have you never heard of Kavumu? Because media is broken.
If journalists believe readers don’t care about places like Congo, they’re not going to cover it. But if outlets don’t write about places that are “hard” to cover, then readers…
Michigan mask rule change: Many questions. Some answers. What to know.
“CDC guidance informs individual behavior, and does not have the force of law,” Boyd wrote. Even if you’re vaccinated, you should still wear a mask in all health care settings,…
The means by which you need to survive are privately owned
selling your labor under capitalism
Protests in Colombia
who is protesting and why
Capitalism is a scam
you don't make enough money
Reform is an endorsement of a system
being okay with state violence
Mother’s Day Proclamation
Just a reminder that mother’s day started as a war protest
I Think You Should Leave’s Hot Dog Guy Is More Than Just a Meme
The sketch, which isn’t on YouTube but you can watch on Netflix, starts after a hot dog–shaped car has crashed into a menswear shop. As the stunned onlookers emerge from…