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How to handle your period: ten pieces of (bad) advice from history

Period pains are nothing new. Nor are innovative suggestions for how to deal with them.

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Can isolation lead to manipulation?

Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.

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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

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Dark Matter responds to ‘Epidemic threats and racist legacies’

Animated-collage artist Dark Matter brings his unique combination of live footage and archive imagery to respond to a text suggesting that the field of epidemiology emerged in the 19th century imbued with the doctrine of Western imperialism.

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  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • Seasonable suggestions / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Seasonable suggestions / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • Suggestions for the Better Protection and Care of the Insane
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