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The secret hystery of a womb
| Anna Blundy
A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
| Sita Reddy
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy
| Helen BabbsThomas S G Farnetti
Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?
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Why are women more willing donors than men?
| Hannah PartosThomas S G Farnetti
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
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The meanings of hurt
| Alanna SkuseSteven Pocock
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.