It was enjoyable to be interviewed by a student at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia about the history of contraceptive pill cases, in light of an exhibition about women's pharmaceutical objects at the campus art museum. #contraception #birthcontrol sjuhawknews.com/38703/showca...

Mamdani got a humanities degree. His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.

also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...

NEW QUEER HISTORY ARTICLE from me & @charlielynch.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

I wrote a little about my three favorite books of the year, including @slagstadk.bsky.social's "Standardizing Sex" for the book review site Shepherd. Congratulations to Dr. Slagstad on such a deeply researched and well-argued book. 📚 shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

Annie is now officially over Halloween. Take that, mini pumpkin! #blackcat #caturday #catsofbluesky

Annie is a little skeptical of pumpkins but wishes everyone a happy Halloween anyway. #blackcat #halloweencat

My author copy of “Commercial Intimacy” arrived! My chapter, “Wonders for the Health of Women,” answers the age-old question— what if a firehose company prototyped a contraceptive douche? #academicsky #booksky

I discussed the issues with Annie last night and then voted early today. It’s a kick that my early voting site is the Met Museum.

I made you a spooky present! 🍂 nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948030...

Annie striking a pose on #caturday. #blackcat #catsofbluesky

As a 3x Indiana University alum, it’s a challenge for me to say it, but in this case, here’s a well deserved #goboilers for the Purdue Exponent staff for getting the IU student newspaper in print in time for homecoming.

Annie is always enthusiastic about treats— every day is #caturday around here. #blackcat #catsofbluesky

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.” My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It was so fun to give a short talk at @nysoclib.bsky.social last night with other writers, including poets, essayists, & memoirists. #skystorians

Attention #histsex folks: this article looks great!

I picked up a few things for my kitty at the local pet store this morning, and shop cat Bubbles was very interested in my tote bag. #catsofbluesky

Cuomo could never.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

I am saddened and angered to hear this news. “Indian Sex Life” is a game-changing book in the history of sexuality, and Mitra deserves a secure place from which she can continue to develop her already-field-defining scholarship.

It’s true. Annie offers more proof.

I am trying to prioritize my own writing more, and Annie is good at encouraging me. #blackcat #caturday

"Thank you to Carolyn Strauss, Hannah Bos, and Paul Thureen who wrote a show about connecting and love in a time when compassion is seen as a weakness." Congrats to Jeff Hiller on his win for Somebody Somewhere, a which centers on finding your family and loving them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlCo...

Girl’s night in with Annie. #caturday #blackcat #catsofbluesky

Hanging out with Annie on #caturday. #blackcat #catsofbluesky

Looks good to me. #booksky #academicsky (image is of a square room with the main area labeled “library” and three much smaller rooms within it labeled “bedroom,” “bath,” and “kitchen.”

Women’s health: who cares? Reproduction, resistance and reckoning Sabina Dosani mh.bmj.com/content/51/3...

I just finished my Indiana University colleague and friend Don Maxwell’s book “Unguarded Borders” published by @rutgersupress.bsky.social. We had a writing group in graduate school, and it is great to see his ideas on citizenship and belonging come to fruition. #booksky

To explain this photo a bit more: back then, most programming was done on paper (sometimes on special coding sheets), then punched onto cards/tape, then fed into a mainframe to be tested (& if necessary debugged). Counterintuitively, needing LESS computer time was the mark of a better programmer!

Annie is five years old today and celebrating how she knows best: hiding under the bed and sleeping. 🖤🎂

#blackcatappreciationday is every day around here. #blackcat

5. Historians cannot be restrained by the rigidity of citation management software

… if you pay attention to their materiality, unofficial archives can be a window into the soul of an organization and its relationship to its past.

Street kitty (who likely has a home due to being in good condition) asking for pets on #caturday.

Finally received my own copy www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Congratulations to @drkyliesmith.bsky.social, @cethompson.bsky.social, and their coauthors on the publication of “Do Less Harm!” Annie approves.

This story beautifully illustrates how war haunts lives and relationships long after the action takes place. It’s also a story of persistence, Internet cooperation, and archival care. The final photo is stunning.

I was just at a women’s salon recently and talking about menopause and it really hit me how awful it is that society looks down on a stage of life that so many women before us weren’t even lucky enough to get to.

Out now: the third volume of the History of Modern Germany Series @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social: Andrew Bonnel‘s book on revolutions (following @katielmsutton.bsky.social’s „Sexuality“ and my own „Technology“). www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/th...

At the Met yesterday and enjoyed seeing these nineteenth-century animal friends in “The New Art of American Photography” exhibition. I bet @catsofyore.bsky.social will like them too. #catsofbluesky

Annie was not pleased by the fireworks last night. 😾 #caturday #blackcat

I’m in shock at the devastation to higher education in Indiana that is being committed in this list. Mike Braun and his wrecking crew should hang their heads in shame.

My book now has a cover! "Standardizing Sex" is the first book to trace the emergence of trans medicine in Scandinavia from the 1920s onwards. It explores the construction and negotiation of medical expertise among medical professionals, patients, and activists in press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

My one and only author/editor copy of #dolessharm has arrived! 368 pages of goodness put together by me and @cethompson.bsky.social and 27 other fantastic authors. Thank you @hopkinspress.bsky.social ! Buy yours here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

The open access version of Selling Sexual Knowledge is out (hardcopies coming shortly)! Reposting this little thread from December where I take a break from chowing down on holiday treats to talk a little about what it's actually about and why I wrote it.

This news out of Bloomington is so depressing. All of these programs have value by teaching and producing knowledge.

This man is laser focused on vacating any rights to medical privacy and reproductive autonomy.

It was delightful to speak again with @k8lister.bsky.social on her podcast Betwixt the Sheets about Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey Reports. Have a listen here. #histsex @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-...

#caturday timeline cleanse courtesy of Annie. 🐾 #blackcat

So excited for this book! #histsex