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Lizzie Reis

@lzreis23.bsky.social
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Historian of medicine, gender, and bioethics. Author, BODIES IN DOUBT: AN AMERICAN HISTORY OF INTERSEX and DAMNED WOMEN: SINNERS AND WITCHES IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND. Emeritus at Univ. of Oregon and retired from CUNY. www.lizziereis.com

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Matthew Dennis @matthewdennis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new substack post, on the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death, and the perils of making political "sense" of the senseless.
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Blood Will Out: On the Elusive Meaning of an Icon
In a Historical Vein: What should we make of the new Charlie Kirk statue, with its red patina?
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Matt just started a Substack. Here's the first one -- about why 9-11 isn't a federal holiday.
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On “Patriot Day,” September 11, 2026
Why isn’t September 11 a federal holiday?
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I did a thing on Reddit: “Ask a Historian,” about my book, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. I’m posting it here if anyone wants to take a look. People asked lots of great questions!
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I wrote a short response to the essay Andrew Sullivan published in the NYT a couple of weeks ago. It annoyed me for many reasons, and here are a few of them:
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Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay
In a recent New York Times, author Andrew Sullivan, a conservative British-American political commentator and former editor of The New Republic, argues that the trans movement has gone too far, pro…
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My book, Bodies in Doubt, was mentioned specifically in the NYT today — one of many books banned from the Naval Academy library. The erasure is maddening, to put it mildly.
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These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I wrote this essay about the effort to exonerate accused “witches” in colonial Maryland. Some people think it’s frivolous in light of everything else going on. But I think that recognizing historic acts of injustice can help us to identify misguided and reckless discrimination today.
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Fly Free | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Maryland, colonial authorities tried and convicted seven women of witchcraft. One was hanged in 1685. Now, Heather Bagnall, a member of the Maryland House of Del...
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. Gift link here: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...
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Why are Republican states trying to overturn a pillar of disability rights?
They may not be successful in repealing Section 504 as part of the attack on treating gender dysphoria, but it begs the question of what they might come for next.
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
M. Gessen deftly brings together many anxieties about fertility, regret, gender norms, and more. And they mentioned my work on intersex! I agree that trans rights are reproductive rights.
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Opinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic
Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here's something to actually do:https://5calls.org/issue/oppose-cabinet-recess-appointments/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3v7Di6MhKdd8XzK2zdNUMHoTqIIKtHJymWgbKKdfv7Ai95W5rmXj8ih1I_aem_6MhvfiPd7KnHNxUO0Tzhjw
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Many good ideas here: wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
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10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/
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Lizzie Reis @lzreis23.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
One of my colleagues, Logan McBride, produced this amazing film, “Degrees of Freedom,” premiering at the Dances With Films festival! danceswithfilms.com/DEGREES-OF-F...
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DEGREES OF FREEDOM | Dances With Films
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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This week at Nursing Clio, Jessi Benson writes about the centrality of the “good death” to the modern hospice movement. nursingclio.org/2024/11/13/a...
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A Good Death: The Modern Hospice Movement
“She was at home, this is where she wanted to be. It wasn’t easy, but it was right.” He said this to me on his mother’s back porch after I pronounced her and finished providing post-mortem ca…
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