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Both are based on binary systems, and the Dutch artist Anna Lucia Goense is mining that fact for inspiration. Needlework and ...

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What happens when a 19th-century Emily Dickinson becomes a Gen Z rebel? You get a Pride anthem disguised as a period drama.

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There weren't any laws against abortion in the U.S. until the 19th century—and as those laws grew more restrictive, many women sought abortions in secret. Surgeon George T. Strother, shown at ...