Elizabeth Cotton, "UberTherapy: The New Business of Mental Health" (Policy Press, 2025)

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Hilary R. Buxton, "Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain (U Chicago Press, 2026) examines how imperial precedents and racial ideologies shaped the medical treatments that the British state offered to several million Black and brown servicemen during World War I. In recoveri ...  Show more

Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity

A woman miscarries and is charged with murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administers and loses custody of her newborn. Four women are convicted of horrific crimes against children they never touched, based on junk science and homophobia and spend nearly ...  Show more

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