Are you a woman in midlife (or older) who has struggled with an eating disorder as an adult? A new anthology, “This Is Not Your Mother’s Eating Disorder,”is looking for your story in the form of a personal essay! 

You can read more about the anthology and submit your writing here!

John holding a copy of The Nursing Clio Reader in the foreground of the photo while he smiles just behind it. He has some facial hair and wavy salt and pepper hair.

A photo of the first page of John’s chapter “Sec isn’t just having babies…”

Hi all, I wanted to break into the timeline to share that The Nursing Clio Reader is published today! And I’m a part of it! Congratulations to everyone at @nursingclio.bsky.social for pulling this project together.

hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously

New flyer just dropped--spread the word with healthcare folks and among disabled adults. Download at link.
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...

Hey Google, show me an example of how disordered eating in men is often overlooked as biohacking

Our book is coming!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh

The fact that there’s a cap on how much money disabled people can make but not a cap on how much billionaires can make is part of what’s wrong with this country.

Book cover with various kinds of evidence of family history arrayed around the author and title, the latter is _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_. The kinds of materials include printed texts, manuscripts, a red book (shhhhh that figures largely in the Introduction!), a watercolor family record, Fraktur, gravestone, and a sampler. One repeated text says "born free, born free (etc)"

It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

As an Indian, my contempt for (rich white) anti-vaxxers in the west is so deep I often cannot quite find the words to express my contempt.
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?

Front cover of Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality (2022) by @eliotschrefer.bsky.social.

Front cover of A Little Queer Natural History (2024) (titled A little Gay Natural History in the UK) by @joshlukedavis.bsky.social.

Front cover of Queer Animals & Plants Coloring Book (2023) by Kes Otter Lieffe and illustrated by Anja Van Geert.

Front cover of Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom (2024) by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social.

There are now some wonderful books for young people about queerness in nature - *perfect* for Christmas stockings! 🌈📚🎅🦌🎁

#books #queer #LGBTQ+ #PrideInSTEM #Christmas

Poster with black and white image of a shirtless skinny white person with a beard, moustache and balck cap sitting on the lap of a tattooed, shirtless skinny white person with short dark hair who is sitting in an advanced wheelchair. Behind them are photos on a white wall. The text reads: DISBAILITY JUSTICE AND QUEER CRIP ART CURATION With Author and Curator Kenny Fries. 23.01.2025. Begins at 4PM | Dunton Tower 2017, Carleton University. In partnership with the Department of History, Cultural Mediations, and the School for Studies in Art and Culture, join Kenny Fries for an evening discussing the intersections between queer and disability histories. We will explore depictions of "the perfect body" in queer communities, and how individuals who identify as both queer and disabled have been integrating these histories through art. MORE INFORMATION: FIONNUALABRAUN@CMAIL.CARLETON.CA

If you're in Ottawa, you'll want to come to this! Organized by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and compatriots!

Response to coups by elected leaders:

- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens

- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics

- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court

Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

#Histmed, are you out there?! AAHM is now on Bluesky 💙 We will no longer use our Twitter account, so follow along here for announcements, updates on our centennial meeting, and an ✨occasional✨ plea for donations.

If you’re really looking to impress someone on a first date, offer to pay for dinner and then “accidentally” have your library card fall out of your wallet

Blue A powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America.   New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman’s life; for some women, it is also their lowes...

Hi! I'm a historian of women and gender, health, and politics! Finally deactivated on the bad place. My excuse for delaying was promotion for my new book, Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression. But the amazing new energy here made it easy. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

LGBTQ+ History in the US, Twentieth Century Reproductive Health in America, Intro to American Studies aka Disability History of the US, Cultural History of Alcohol and Drugs in America, along with survey courses in US history, World history, and Texas history.

I decided to make the leap on over. I'm a historian of medicine and public health, focusing on disability history. I'm currently teaching Early American History through Biography and American History through Memoir at Texas State University, and have taught other courses: