Lynne Feeley

How the “obstetrical dilemma” and the dark history of pelvimetry met in the present.

Sara Marcus’s recent book argues that from the Reconstruction to the AIDS era, a distinct aesthetic formed around defeat in the realm of politics.

On Hosea Easton’s and David Walker’s attempts to debunk scientific racism.

A new biography and TV show present Emily Dickinson as a self-aware artist who created a life that defied the limits placed on women.

White women and the economy of slavery.