Stories
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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The pill, autism and me
Realising that her contraceptive was having a negative effect on her mental health, Catriona Reid saw her concerns dismissed by doctors. As an autistic woman on the pill, she was not an anomaly, but has often been made to feel like one.
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The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
Catalogue
- Books
Before we were trans : a new history of gender / Kit Heyam.
Heyam, Kit, 1990-Date: 2022- Books
A bookshop of one's own : how a group of women set out to change the world / Jane Cholmeley.
Cholmeley, JaneDate: 2024- Books
The ancient religion of the great cosmic mother of all / by Monica Sjöö ; edited and extended by Barbara Mor.
Sjöö, Monica, 1938-2005Date: 1981- Books
Women, race and class / Angela Y. Davis.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-Date: 2019- Books
The new sex wars : sexual harm in the #MeToo era / Brenda Cossman.
Cossman, Brenda, 1960-Date: [2021]