Wednesday, August 1, 2018

History of Gems

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If you have a particular material of interest, this is a great blog where you can start: https://www.jewelpedia.net/medieval-anti-poisons/

Breasted Fountains

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Throughout history, fountains have been a sign of ingenuity, engineering, wealth, and civic generosity. They also became an interesting site...

Threads from Poop and Milk

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Using animal proteins to make clothing is not a new concept, but it is gaining a resurgence in interest. Under fascism in Italy, milk prot...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

On Cauls

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Cauls are parts of the amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus. Sometimes babies are born with this entire membrane still intact and sometim...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Ted Talkery

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Vanessa Ruiz discusses anatomical illustration in contemporary artwork: And if you want to see some X-ray art, this is where to ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The Many Hearts of Jenna Morello

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Here is a smattering of her cast resin hearts: See here full shop HERE .

Chinese Cricket Cages

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Crickets have long been fascinating pets in China and Japan. They are hunted, brought home, and put in tiny, ornate cages. Some were also ma...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Cut and clipped bodies by Oejerum

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See his work on his website:  http://oejerum.dk/

Queering Eco-Psychology and Post-Anthropocene Dreams

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The recent Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts in Copenhagen was a wild ride , replete with considerations of refiguring human-pl...

The Art of Sigrid Sara

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See text via The Order of the Good Death . Here are some images to get you started on a fascinating journey: The artist a...
Monday, June 18, 2018

The Historical Body in Copenhagen

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First the Medical Museion: Reconstruction of the torso of Alexis St. Martin, who was observed for years by William Beaumont after a gun...

Get Your Vampire Study On

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Some scholarly sources on vampires in New England: Bell (2004), Vampires and death in New England, 1784 to 1892 http://www.yorku.ca/kdennin...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Quote of the Day

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"It was a cool December morning when William C. Minor cut off his penis." From http://mentalfloss.com/article/504609/murderer-w...

Artist Doreen Garner

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A fascinating, terrifying, beautiful work dealing with trauma, the physicality of the body, and the history of violence against black wome...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Quote of the Day: "I cannot see any good reason to think of the way, say, oral sex, triggers or fails to trigger disgust any differentl...

Terrible Period Advice

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See the article  HERE

Who knew gallstones could be so beautiful?

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Image from from Thomas Schnalke's "Das Ding an Sich: Zur Geschichte eines berliner Gallensteins."