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  1. genetics
    The Endless Dance of Genetics and Human HistoryGenes give rise to culture, and culture can determine which genes survive.
    By Jesse Singal
  2. body-shaming
    King Tut Is a Victim of Body Shame Posthumously.
    By Allison P. Davis
  3. hairstory lesson
    The Most Important Hair on Last Night’s ScandalRanked.
    By Allison P. Davis
  4. ovaries week
    What the 17th Century Can Teach Us About VaginasAn inside-out penis?
    By Lili Loofbourow
  5. reading lists
    10 Lewinsky Stories to Read While You Wait for Her Vanity Fair EssayA walk down memory lane.
    By Allison P. Davis
  6. history
    Today’s Google Doodle Is Dorothy Irene HeightThe search engine responds to criticism that their Doodles are sexist.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  7. history
    Why We’re Obsessed With Founding Father SexFan-fic or otherwise.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  8. bag envy
    What’s in the Bag? A brief history of shopping bags.
    By Maggie Lange
  9. How to Have Sex in Communal Living SpacesAs dictated by historical practices.
    By Allison P. Davis
  10. brief history
    Victoria’s Secret Angels: A Historical PerspectiveOn the occasion of the annual fashion show, we look way, way back.
    By Maggie Lange
  11. underwear
    Victoria’s Secret HistoryThe company that got rid of undergarment-purchasing embarrassment.
    By Maggie Lange
  12. history
    It’s the History of Sports BrasSo little bounce, so much fun.
    By Maggie Lange
  13. Be Never Board: A Dossier of Boarding-School ScandalsDrugs, sex, brain damage, and general damage.
    By Maggie Lange
  14. it’s vintage
    Back When Pigeons Wore BrasMaidenform’s WWII carrier pigeon vests.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  15. it’s vintage
    Mug Shots of Victorian Lady CriminalsOrange is the new Downton Abbey.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  16. diversity issues
    The First Black Supermodel, Whom History ForgotDonyale Luna was both before her time and gone too soon.
    By Keli Goff
  17. history
    Tampon Applicator Invented So We Wouldn’t Enjoy Tampons Too MuchThere must have been a misunderstanding.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  18. first looks
    Oprah’s Corset-Maker Tries Her Hand at HistoryCamilla Huey created handmade corset sculptures inspired by the women in Aaron Burr’s life.
    By Julie Ma
  19. material world
    5 Shopping Sprees So Wild, They Made HistoryMeet the millionaire shopaholics of yore.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  20. feminist history
    Read Every Page of Brillantine, Sheila Heti’s Lost ZineIt’s found a home in NYU’s Riot Grrrl Library.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  21. lists
    The 21 Most Badass Bald-Woman MomentsFrom Hathaway to Britney, Cleopatra, and Christian saints.
    By Rebecca Harrington
  22. tru wuv
    The 50 Best Couples in Fashion’s HistoryMarc and Sofia, Karl and Choupette, Mary-Kate and Ashley — plus 47 other symbiotic unions worth celebrating.
    By Aaron Wong
  23. gallery
    Ninety-Two Years of Women Voting, in PicturesFrom suffragettes to Sarah Palin. Not a binder in sight.
    By The Cut
  24. museums
    A Talking Jean Paul Gaultier Doll Will Greet Visitors at His Retrospective ExhibitAlso on exhibit: a teddy bear which Jean Paul Gaultier stuck paper breasts onto when he was a child.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  25. history
    Video: A Look at the Met and Brooklyn Museum’s New Fashion ExhibitsYou may already be familiar with that little party to celebrate them, which we’ve only been obsessing over all day.
    By Harriet Mays Powell