Shorts

Why Has Transphobia Gone Mainstream in Philosophy?

Is philosophy uniquely hostile to trans people? No. It is hostile to marginalized people in general.

Sharing the products of historical inquiry isn’t enough—we’ve got to show our work.

As women’s wrestling has evolved, so has women’s wrestling gear.

Renaming streets and erecting statues aren’t nothing—but they aren’t enough, either.

We stayed for the hurricane, our bed already halfway to Texas.

150 years before the Da Vinci Code, there was a man who said he could talk to spirits.

Was ancient Mesopotamia the ur-text of the “West”? Is that even a good question?

Flowers, a day at the spa, a biography of Andrew Jackson? A meditation on mothers, history, Mother’s Day gift-giving.

What does it mean for a historian to fall in love?

It is easy to forget, even for historians, that the future does not exist.

The classic Parsi cookbook has changed much over the decades, yet remains curiously old-fashioned.