(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Given that the last essay discussed medical interventions like amputation, it seems like a suitable time to take a look at the devices we’ve developed to help people deal with … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) It wasn’t long ago that the last thing you would want to do in the entire world was come under the knife of a surgeon. Having been through multiple surgeries … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) You can’t effectively fix what’s wrong with a body if you don’t have a good understanding of the body itself. But depending on when and where you lived, getting that … Continue reading
(This month’s medical essays will largely be focused on matters of anatomy or surgery, but this first one is going to talk more broadly about diagnosis of both injuries and illness. If you’re feeling too stressed out by covid, don’t … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Not all holidays involve parades, and not all parades happen because of a holiday. But there’s enough overlap for this to seem like a suitable place to take a look … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) We’ve got our holidays. It’s time to parrrr-taaaaay! . . . maybe. Depending on who we are, and what the occasion is. At the extreme non-celebration end of the spectrum, … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Compared with sacred holidays, secular ones are relatively new, at least as a widespread thing. In part this is because the sacred used to be much more pervasive in daily … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) ‘Tis the season for holidays in many parts of the Anglophone world. Not just the commercial juggernaut that is Christmas and the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving just past, but Hanukkah, … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Bastards aren’t the inevitable consequence of adultery, but they’re pretty common. They don’t have to be, of course. With birth control, one can have oodles of standard-issue heterosexual intercourse without … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) In theory, most cultures agree that once you marry a person (or persons), you’re not supposed to sleep around outside of that bond. In practice . . . Adultery happens … Continue reading
