Posts Tagged “women”

The Semmelweis Medical Museum

From Atlas Obscura: Semmelweis worked dur­ing the mid-1800s in the mater­nity ward of a clinic. Women in mater­nity wards all over the world were expe­ri­enc­ing a mys­te­ri­ous dis­ease called, “childbed sick­ness,” today known as puer­peral fever. As many as 30% of moth­ers died from this dis­ease every month. Semmelweis was tor­mented over the deaths of […]

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Days of Perpetually Lonesome August (08−28−11)

Another beau­ti­ful and amaz­ing fan video on YouTube. Related arti­cles Reason.tv: 40 Years of Drug War Failure — LEAP’s Neill Franklin (reason.com) August 28, 1955: LA Rams and NY Giants Play First Overtime NFL Game at Multnomah Stadium (portland.daveknows.org) — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — –

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Women in Peril and Other Bullshit

From MensPulpMags.com (which is a fan­tas­tic site, btw)… — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — –

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Look at These Fuckers Get Airborne

Related arti­cles Pip Ivan Observatory (atlasobscura.com) Ghost towns for­ever (bojack.org) Breaking news: Bicycling isn’t prac­ti­cal (bojack.org) Are blogs for women bad? (susannahbreslin.blogspot.com) The Dangerous Myth of Gender Difference (bigthink.com) — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — – — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — –

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