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of love and loss
A friend of mine died last Sunday. I’ve been processing this loss all week. Disbelief and horror have given way to resignation, reflection. Tears threaten, sometimes. And at other times, I find myself...
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imagining citizens
I’ve been reading Annie K. Smart’s Citoyennes: Women and the Ideal of Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century France over the past few days, and as I read, I’m finding myself nodding along. Moving away from...
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dictionaries
I spent a glorious morning on Wednesday reading the dictionary. Actually, I read several dictionaries. And an encyclopedia. To be completely honest, I didn’t read the whole dictionary or encyclopedia;...
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tickle
Thomas Smith, “Change Islands Tickle,” 1828. Image courtesy of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Centre for Newfoundland Studies Thinking hard about sexual initiation today, and in particular,...
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(dis)embodied
Re-reading articles and books about methods and methodologies this week. I just came across this, written by the Swiss medical historian, Micheline Louis-Courvoisier: Par son existence même, [la...
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body memories; body knowledges
I spent a lovely weekend relaxing – well, somewhat – after completing another chapter draft early on Saturday morning. The book is taking shape as I write, and I’m excited to see it slowly coming...
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Guest Post: Margot Maddison-MacFadyen
This summer, I’ve invited my graduate students to submit blog posts to tellingtheflesh.com. Luckily, they’ve almost all expressed an interest. They’re a highly diverse bunch and I’m really looking...
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fish bladders and hymens
Pop over to the Wonders and Marvels blog for a short introduction to the art of faking virginity in early modern Europe. Here’s what Elizabeth Goldsmith writes: On what basis, I thought, do we continue...
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don’t read this while eating
I’m serious. Don’t read this if you’re eating…. Lisa Smith, who curates the Hans Sloane letters, offers insight into a particularly horrific cesarean section. So, finish your snack, and then… and only...
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dance with me
I’ve written, in the past, about the importance of taste and the palate as markers not only of identity, but also as tools for politics, histories, and more. Now, in the past two weeks, I’ve read a few...
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