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A Terrifying New Chapter in the History of Motherhood

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Nefarious History of Motherhood post to discuss modern history–or at least history that is about to be made (and perhaps, a little, because I haven’t had time to do my research this week). The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday about a woman who locked her son out of his Facebook account [...]

The Great Obstetrician of Antiquity

Soranus, the Great Obstetrician of Antiquity, lived and worked in Roman territory in the second century CE. [Yes, his name is terribly unfortunate. Yet, let us remember that he and his contemporaries would have spoken Latin and Greek. So it may have been a very pleasing name. Let us hope so, for his patients' sakes.] [...]