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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  4/1/2020
  

  Singular They: Nonbinary Language in the Historical Community

  As the dictionary’s staff wrote in explaining their pick, “English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun... and as a consequence ‘they’ has been used for this purpose for over 600 years.”

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/19/2020
  

  The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism

  by Helen Lewis

  When people note that Shakespeare and Newton did some of their best work while England was ravaged by the plague, there is an obvious response: Neither of them had child-care responsibilities.

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• SOURCE: The Economist
  1/30/20
  

  The surprising history of “pregnancy portraits”

  For centuries British artists edited baby bumps out of their work. Why?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/5/20
  

  A genderless prophet drew hundreds of followers long before the age of nonbinary pronouns

  While non-binary identities have grown in visibility in recent years, some historians point to characters like the Public Universal Friend as evidence that gender-nonconforming people have always been a part of American society, long before the language existed to recognize them.

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• SOURCE: Radical History Review
  12/19/19
  

  The Power of Chilean Women Denouncing Gendered and Sexual Violence Through Song

  by Margaret Power

  For the last two years and a half women students and faculty have exposed and denounced the rampant sexual abuse and sexist education that take place in Chilean schools and universities. 

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• 12/15/19
  

  How the Gender Wars of the Early 1990s Shaped the World We Know

  by Philip Jenkins

  Political campaigns combined with media crusades and popular activism to effect a radical and irreversible change in concepts of sexual behavior, and to raise unprecedented alarm about the dangers of male sexual violence and harassment.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/24/19
  

  How steak became manly and salads became feminine

  by Paul Freedman

  When was it decided that women prefer some types of food – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while men are supposed to gravitate to chili, steak and bacon?

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• 10/29/19
  

  Native Americans, government authorities, and reproductive politics

  In her new book, assistant professor of history Brianna Theobald traces the long history of efforts by federal and local authorities to manage the reproductive lives of Native families, and the response from Native Americans themselves.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10/15/19
  

  Academic Twitter's Gender Imbalance

  Female academics have about half the followers of men on Twitter and wield otherwise diminished influence there, according to a new study. The analysis pertains to medicine, but women across fields say the findings ring true.

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• 9/29/19
  

  The Sexual Assault and Exploitation of Enslaved Men in America

  by Thomas A. Foster

  Sexual assault of enslaved men occurred systematically and in a wide variety of forms. 

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• SOURCE: BBC
  9/22/19
  

  Merriam Webster added 'they' as a non-binary pronoun. Here's a brief history of gender neutral pronouns

  These identifiers are nothing new and have actually been used throughout the history of literature.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  The Literary Battle of the Sexes, 1907-Style

  Of the 28 most popular books published between 1895 and 1902, 25 were by men. By 1904, though, the situation had begun to improve — and 1907 was a record-breaking year for women’s book sales.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/24/19
  

  Is Capitalism or Communism Better for Women? How the Kitchen Debate Gave a New Meaning to the Cold War 'Home Front'

   In American and Soviet homes, the capitalism-communism divide was a topic of conversation at many a kitchen table — and, most famously, in one model kitchen.

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• 7/21/19
  

  Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey

  by Robin Lindley

  An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey on Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales and More

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/14/19
  

  A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.

  They have tenure. She does not.

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• SOURCE: Atlantic Journal-Constitution
  6/7/19
  

  Enhancing the historical record is scholars’ foremost task

  by David Garrow

  David Garrow defends his recent controversial article about Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  5/30/19
  

  What Are We Supposed to Think of Martin Luther King Jr. Now?

  by Rod Radosh

  Some thought Garrow should keep his discoveries under wraps, but it is the job of the historian to tell the truth. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/8/19
  

  A historian's claims about Martin Luther King are shocking – and irresponsible

  by Donna Murch

  A recent essay claims the civil rights leader was present during a rape, but the evidence is shaky and there’s reason to be skeptical.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1//19
  

  The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field

  by Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer

  The history of women in sports and the discrimination they have long faced. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/12/2019
  

  When American Suffragists Tried to ‘Wear the Pants’

  by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

  Starting in the 1850s, proponents of the movement for women’s rights traded their long dresses for bloomers—and paid a heavy social price for it.