A stack of three books: A Womb of One’s Own (top); The Child Follows the Womb (middle); Birthing Romans (bottom).
Three friends, three historians, three books about women in ancient Roman. ❤️❤️❤️
Tara is smiling and holding up her book, A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome.
It's here! My author copies have arrived. There's still time to pre-order before the official release date on May 5th: www.ucpress.edu/books/a-womb...
@sarahebond.bsky.social breaks down why saying that enslaved people ate better than poor free persons in Ancient Rome is a problem
I have literally never cared about anything as much as Republicans (including those on the Supreme Court) care about whether someone was actually born with a penis.
Adam and Eve under an apple tree with a snake sort of peering down at them
Did Women Ruin The Workplace
Front cover of new book--"All Geographers Should be Feminist Geographers." Showcases university building and sculpture at Mentor's Circle at University of Delaware.
New Book! "All Geographers Should be Feminist Geographers: Creating Care-full Academic Spaces" now available from UGA Press.
Excited to talk about the book with folks, so please consider if this topic and ideas are well-suited to department seminars, class visits, or other conversational spaces.
My favorite comment on the FT story
Lol race science is back baby, and it's stupider and more transparently capitalist than ever
Working on some aspect of clothing in #LateAntiquity? Going to NAPS? Submit a proposal to the @catacombsociety.bsky.social organized panel!
This level of high-profile reporting on the causes and consequences of c-sections is unprecedented in the US. Kudos to Sarah Kliff. She's soliciting tips for further reporting on c-sections: www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-kliff I'm linking both articles as gifts below (4/6)
The US c-section rate is ~33% and placenta accreta rates have jumped from 1 in 4000 pregnancies to 1 in 272 in the last 50 years. (3/6)
another highlighting placental accreta, a condition where the placenta grows into the scar from a previous c-section and which can cause people to catastrophically bleed out in as little as 10 minutes. (2/6)
The NYTimes is coming hard for c-sections today (!) One article addressing "the worst test in medicine" (continuous electronic fetal monitoring) and how it leads to unnecessary c-sections (known & ignored for decades) (1/6)
This is how I feel about many of my toddler's books. They're just giving him ideas. I had to hide one potty training book because it was all about how he shouldn't use the potty for anything except pottying (e.g. as a boat or a container for snacks). Such things had never occurred to him.
The death of expertise
This level of high-profile reporting on the causes and consequences of c-sections is unprecedented in the US. Kudos to Sarah Kliff. She's soliciting tips for further reporting on c-sections www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-kli... I'm linking both articles as gifts below (3)
The US c-section rate is ~33% and placenta accreta rates have jumped from 1 in 4000 pregnancies to 1 in 272 in the last 50 years.
another highlighting placental accreta, a condition where the placenta grows into the scar from a previous c-section and which can cause people to catastrophically bleed out in as little as 10 minutes. (2)
It’s pronounced “Cyclist”.
Cc @stuporradical.bsky.social @sonaar.bsky.social & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
I cried watching Mamdani's acceptance speech today because it's so incredible to see an American politician fighting for straight forward, tangible things that would make life better for people like me, like free buses and subsidized childcare.
I have created and assigned a printed course pack for the first time in my 11-year career in higher ed and I am having the best class ever! The students are doing the readings and they are engaged in discussions.
So excited for my friend Curtis's awesome book, coming out appropriately on Jan. 6! He has been working on this material for long time and, unfortunately, it keeps being more relevant than ever.
Thanks, Curtis! ❤️
Book cover reads "Tara Mulder; A Womb of One's Own; Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome," over a drawing a ancient Roman pregnant votive statue.
My book is coming on May 7, 2026. Pre-orders available now from Barnes & Noble and Bookshop!
www.ucpress.edu/books/a-womb...
@baldwin.senate.gov Please tell us that you are a NO on cloture too!
@baldwin.senate.gov Why aren't there two Noes next to your name on this chart?? Vote against passage and cloture!
My review for Science magazine of Helen King's "Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts"
I’m glad that you are on BlueSky now and I don’t have to go to X for updates! Thank you for the work you are doing to stand up to Trump and Musk.
