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april patrick

@aprilpatrick.bsky.social
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assoc prof. research in women's health, narrative med, periodicals, digital humanities. mom to 2 mostly-domesticated cats + 1 feral child. book: Women's Health in Britain & America: Texts & Contexts (Palgrave) / next proj: women & wellness in periodicals

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april patrick @aprilpatrick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Delighted to share new research at @mvsa.bsky.social conf this weekend. My first draft of a database about wellness in correspondence columns in 19c girls’ magazines is cool, but what really excites the conference crowd (of gals of a certain age) are YM, Seventeen, and American Girl advice books.
Cover of book The Care and Keeping of You
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april patrick @aprilpatrick.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My 7yo is obsessed with a novelty phrenology head I brought her from @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social and took it for show&tell today. It was that or a stuffed uterus+ovaries from @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, which her 2nd grade friends aren't ready for. Apple doesn't fall far, etc. #medhist #medhum
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