Archive - Bitchy History

1969: Tipalet Cigarette Ad - Primary Source Tea

Artifacts from the Patriarchy - Just Blow Smoke in Her Face, Apparently

12 hrs ago • ProfessorMeredith

Stop Gendering the Entire Human Personality

Courage, care, ambition and vulnerability do not belong to separate sexes.

Jul 15 • ProfessorMeredith

It’s Not About Babies. It’s About Which Babies.

On pronatalism, eugenics, and the Republican obsession with producing the “right” kind of future.

Jul 13 • ProfessorMeredith

The Smithsonian’s Real Crime Was Refusing to Provide Emotional Support for Nationalism

America’s museums are being punished for doing history instead of reassuring the country that it has always been the hero.

Jul 11 • ProfessorMeredith

They Lost the Abortion Vote, So Now They’re Coming for the Pills

We're watching democracy be forced to run a marathon while state legislatures keeps moving the finish line.

Jul 9 • ProfessorMeredith

If Removing the Impalement Scenes Ruins the Game for You, We Need to Talk

On Lara Croft, gendered violence, and the things some players don't want examined too closely.

Jul 7 • ProfessorMeredith

You Look Like Stevie Nicks in '75

Or: Why Patriarchy Keeps Making Women Compete With Themselves

Jul 3 • ProfessorMeredith

The Past Is Not Dead. It’s Under Active Renovation.

Why every fight about history is really a fight about power.

Jul 1 • ProfessorMeredith

1970s: “Innocence Is Sexier Than You Think” - Primary Source Tea

Artifacts from the Patriarchy - From Ivory Soap to Love’s Baby Soft, the beauty industry kept asking women to be softer, younger, and less like adults.

Jul 1 • ProfessorMeredith

June 2026

The State Always Has an Opinion About Your Body

The Orville, Topa, and the Institutions That Decide Who Gets to Exist

Jun 30 • ProfessorMeredith

Women Keep Having the Audacity to Choose

Male Grievance, Historical Illiteracy, and Why Some Men Think Feminism Is the Problem

Jun 29 • ProfessorMeredith

Feminism Didn’t Steal Your Glass Slipper

A historian takes on choice feminism, anti-feminist nostalgia, and the claim that women’s freedom ruined women’s lives.

Jun 27 • ProfessorMeredith

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