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Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then

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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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But abortion was illegal in Arizona.

Key Points: 
  • But abortion was illegal in Arizona.
  • Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for US$100 – about $2,000 today – to perform the abortion.
  • Juhl left the office, then tried to give herself an abortion and returned to Boido’s practice in physical distress.
  • It is unclear whether Boido performed an abortion, removed fetal tissue, or merely gave her pain medication.
  • As someone who teaches history in Arizona and researches slavery, I think it is useful to understand what life was like in Arizona when this abortion ban was in force.

A women’s rights desert

  • In 1864, Arizona – which was an official territory of the United States – was a vast desert.
  • Most women living in territorial Arizona were Diné, meaning Navajo, or Chiricahua Apache.
  • All women in Arizona could not vote, serve on juries or exercise full control over property in a marriage.
  • Throughout his life, he would have three more wives, including a 12-year-old, a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old at the time of their weddings.

Women’s rights in territorial Arizona

  • Women had few basic rights in Arizona before it became a state in 1912.
  • Hispanic and African American women had even fewer rights than white women.
  • Arizona punished anyone who kidnapped a Black person for the purpose of selling them into slavery.
  • In 1913, one year after Arizona became a state, women finally got the right to vote.

Getting an abortion in territorial Arizona

  • Some women like Juhl did indeed violate Arizona’s abortion ban, based on historical evidence of physicians charging a high fee.
  • The jury “found her guilty of performing an illegal operation,” according to the Arizona Republican newspaper.
  • Arizona kept this 1864 abortion ban in place until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade in 1973, that the right to get an abortion was constitutionally guaranteed.
  • The court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022, sparking a series of events that have led to the resurrection of the 1864 Arizona abortion ban.


Calvin Schermerhorn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Press release - Parliament approves first ever EU rules on combating violence against women

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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Parliament approves first ever EU rules on combating violence against women

Key Points: 
  • Parliament approves first ever EU rules on combating violence against women
    - Actions to prevent rape and increase understanding of consent
    - Forced marriage and female genital mutilation considered crimes
    - Disclosing private information online without consent is prohibited, as is “cyber-flashing”
    - Specialised assistance for victims
    The new rules aim to prevent gender-based violence and protect its victims, especially women and victims of domestic violence.
  • Parliament adopted on Wednesday, with 522 in favour, 27 against, and 72 abstentions, the first ever EU rules on combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  • The directive calls for stronger laws against cyberviolence, better assistance for victims, and steps to prevent rape.
  • The new rules prohibit female genital mutilation and forced marriage and outline particular guidelines for offenses committed online, such as the disclosure of private information and cyberflashing.

Fallout: an expertly crafted TV adaptation that manages to incorporate some of the best elements of gameplay

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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Lucy (Ella Purnell), a vault dweller leaves the safety of her bunker for the Wasteland to search for her missing father.

Key Points: 
  • Lucy (Ella Purnell), a vault dweller leaves the safety of her bunker for the Wasteland to search for her missing father.
  • The success of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation in 2023 set a high bar for game-to-television adaptations.
  • However, director Jonathan Nolan has said that he’s coming to this show as a fan, having been hooked on Fallout 3.
  • The show expands and develops the Fallout universe and lore, satisfying long-time fans while telling a compelling, standalone story accessible for newcomers.

Character creation and combat

  • For example, in the game, Fallout players must create their character, assign values to different attributes and select secondary perks and skills, like faster weapon reloading or radiation resistance.
  • Lucy is introduced presenting herself as a candidate for marriage to a partner from a neighbouring vault.
  • Fans will appreciate this nod to character creation while the sequence still makes sense for non-gamers.
  • Howard’s character also seems to have opted for the “Bloody Mess” character perk judging by the exploding body parts.

You have discovered Vault 4

  • Seeking supplies, the duo venture into a ruined medical centre, promptly falling through a trapdoor into Vault 4.
  • A particularly memorable encounter for me from Fallout 3 was discovering Vault 108, where I was set upon by vault dwellers, all gleefully and eerily calling out the name “Gary”.
  • Watching Lucy and Maximus (mainly Lucy – Maximus is distracted by slippers and popcorn) unpick Vault 4’s story captures that same journey.

Before the bombs fell

  • Fallout makes extensive use of discoverable messages on computer terminals in the many ruined buildings across the Wasteland.
  • These frequently offer fascinating insight into the lives of people before the bombs fell.
  • The time dedicated to these flashbacks is a real series strength, building to a franchise-defining revelation in the finale.


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Peter Howell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Ancient nomads you’ve probably never heard of disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago. Now, DNA analysis reveals how they lived

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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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For centuries, our main sources of information have been pottery sherds, burial sites and ancient texts.

Key Points: 
  • For centuries, our main sources of information have been pottery sherds, burial sites and ancient texts.
  • But the study of ancient DNA is changing what we know about the human past, and what we can know.

Who were the Avars?


The Avars were a nomadic people originating from eastern central Asia. From the 6th to the 9th century CE, they wielded power over much of eastern central Europe.

  • The Avars are renowned among archaeologists for their distinctive belt garnitures, but their broader legacy has been overshadowed by predecessors such as the Huns.
  • Nevertheless, Avar burial sites provide invaluable insights into their customs and way of life.

Kinship patterns, social practices and population dynamics

  • We combined ancient DNA data with archaeological, anthropological and historical context.
  • As a result, we have been able to reconstruct extensive pedigrees, shedding light on kinship patterns, social practices and population dynamics of this enigmatic period.


We sampled all available human remains from four fully excavated Avar-era cemeteries, including those at Rákóczifalva and Hajdúnánás in what is now Hungary. This resulted in a meticulous analysis of 424 individuals. Around 300 of these individuals had close relatives buried in the same cemetery. This allowed us to reconstruct multiple extensive pedigrees spanning up to nine generations and 250 years.

Communities were organised around main fathers’ lines

  • Our results suggest Avar society ran on a strict system of descent through the father’s line (patrilineal descent).
  • In contrast, women played a crucial role in fostering social ties by marrying outside their family’s community.
  • Our study also revealed a transition in the main line of descent within Rákóczifalva, when one pedigree took over from another.
  • Our results show an apparent genetic continuity can mask the replacement of entire communities.

Future direction of research


Our study, carried out with researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany and at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, is part of a larger project called HistoGenes funded by the European Research Council. This project shows we can use ancient DNA to examine entire communities, rather than just individuals. We think there is a lot more we can learn.

  • Now we aim to deepen our understanding of ancestral Avar society by expanding our research over a wider geographical area within the Avar realm.
  • Additionally, we plan to study evidence of pathogens and disease among the individuals in this research, to understand more about their health and lives.
  • Another avenue of research is improving the dating of Avar sites.
  • Bunbury receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) (project number CE170100015).
  • Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 856453.

Beyoncé and Dolly Parton’s versions of Jolene represent two sides of southern femininity

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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On her new album, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé puts a new spin on Dolly Parton’s classic song, Jolene.

Key Points: 
  • On her new album, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé puts a new spin on Dolly Parton’s classic song, Jolene.
  • Some people commenting online were vocal about not liking Beyoncé’s version, often citing its lack of vulnerability when compared to Parton’s version.
  • There are upwards of 80 covers of Jolene, but Beyoncé’s is a departure from the rest.
  • The Houston native’s Jolene is decidedly Black, and therein lies the crux of the different reactions towards the song.
  • It is important to examine the story Dolly Parton tells on Jolene because it, too, is rooted in her racial and gendered identity as much as Beyoncé’s Jolene is.

How is Beyoncé’s story the same but different?

  • Towards the end of the song, Beyoncé and her partner turn a corner and offer hope against the disruption that Jolene represents.
  • Beyoncé’s Jolene is introduced by Dolly Parton herself in a short interlude.
  • Parton makes a clear association between her experience with Jolene and Beyoncé’s experience with “Becky with the good hair” (or “hussy” as Parton says).
  • But the term has evolved to encompass racially ambiguous women with European or Asian features, lighter skin and loose curls or straight hair.
  • Why would we expect the song to be the same when these two women are far from?


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Kadian Pow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Friend breakups: why they can sometimes feel as bad as falling out of love

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Though we tend to think of bad breakups as the end of romantic relationships, losing a friend – especially one who has been close to you – can be just as hard.

Key Points: 
  • Though we tend to think of bad breakups as the end of romantic relationships, losing a friend – especially one who has been close to you – can be just as hard.
  • In a recent session of a personal development group I run, several participants in their 20s and 30s got talking about being dumped by a friend.
  • Most thought things were okay, then received a long text in which the friend explained they were unhappy and wanted no further contract.
  • This is part of our genetic design, readying us to grow up and build adult lives independent of our parents.
  • This article is part of Quarter Life, a series about issues affecting those of us in our 20s and 30s.
  • The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
  • Research shows that the most common method of ending a friendship is by avoidance – not addressing the issues involved.

Why friendships break up

  • A serious romantic relationship or starting a family means the time and focus given to the friendship will naturally decrease.
  • Friendships don’t have to end over changes like this, if you can try to empathise with what your friend is going through rather than judging them or taking it personally.
  • Long friendships will naturally go through fluctuations, so it’s normal if sometimes you feel closer and other times further apart.
  • This can cause your feelings of closeness to suffer.
  • Even worse, the friend could try to make you feel bad about yourself – guilt-tripping you for developing other relationships or interests.

How to cope

  • You can help yourself get through such waves by practising diaphragmatic breathing, which is evidenced to reduce stress.
  • Discussing the situation with someone else can help, and might allow you to see what you can learn from it.
  • When coping with any type of breakup, traits of resilience (optimism, self-esteem and grit) will help you adapt.


Sonja Falck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Bollywood is playing a large supporting role in India’s elections

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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The BJP claims India as a Hindu nation.

Key Points: 
  • The BJP claims India as a Hindu nation.
  • The use of Indian popular cinema for political ends has a long history – one that predates Indian independence.
  • Since the 1980s, it also set in motion a nationwide trend of using cinematic means to capture the attention of voters.

Mobilizing film fans for electoral campaigns

  • She discusses case studies of film fans who even worship their favorite celebrities as deities by creating temples to these stars within residential and commercial spaces.
  • Srinivas found that film fans can make or destroy the careers and lives of stars.
  • If a star decides to venture into politics, these film fans can become active participants in the star’s political campaigns.
  • But if the star does something that the fans disapprove of, they will as easily boycott his films and even destroy the star’s career.

An alignment of cinema and politics


The cinema industry in Tamil Nadu, more than any other in India, has evolved closely with political and social developments in the region since the 1940s. The ideals of Tamil nationalism, a political movement that changed the course of history in Tamil Nadu, were powerfully communicated through the medium of entertainment films. Often, the personalities associated with these films were physically present alongside politicians at party meetings.

  • In my research, I found that the alignment of cinema and politics in Tamil Nadu was helped by the use of identical advertising media.
  • A favored publicity medium of both the cinema industry and party members was the hand-painted plywood cutout.
  • In this way, they helped to transfer the power of the cinematic star image to the image of the leader.
  • I argued that these advertisements played an important role in visualizing, and shaping, the identity politics of Tamil nationalism.

Cinema’s role in divisive politics

  • Another series of films in the biopic genre showcases the historical legacy of right-wing Hindu nationalist organizations and their leaders.
  • “PM Narendra Modi,” which reminded voters of the prime minister’s rise from poverty, was scheduled for release just before the 2019 elections.
  • The film, which demonizes Muslims and shows them committing extremely barbaric and cruel acts, is among those publicly endorsed by the prime minister himself.


Preminda Jacob does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Love, Dating & Marriage Ministry Host Love, Dating and Marriage Conference Tour Across 22 Cities

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Saturday, March 30, 2024
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Dr. Kingsley And Mildred Okonkwo Trigger Enthusiastic Responses Highlighting Growing Demand For Relationship Enrichment Conferences.

Key Points: 
  • Houston, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - March 29, 2024) - Love, Dating and Marriage Conference Tour, hosted by Love, Dating & Marriage Ministry is proud to announce that it has begun its 2024 tour.
  • Renowned experts in family life and relationships, Dr. Kingsley and Mildred Okonkwo trigger enthusiastic responses as they embark on a transformative global journey with their Love, Dating, and Marriage conference tour.
  • The LDMWITHPK TOUR for 2024 is anticipated to meet the same expectations as more tour dates will be announced on https://www.ldmwithpktour.com/ .
  • The organizers are thrilled to see such an incredible level of interest and enthusiasm for the Love, Dating, and Marriage Conference tours.

One-Two Punch of Wireless and PLC Set to Transform IIoT

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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Reliable communication is a critical piece of industrial systems becoming "smart," as it facilitates remote monitoring and management capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • Reliable communication is a critical piece of industrial systems becoming "smart," as it facilitates remote monitoring and management capabilities.
  • Making this all possible is the marriage of two powerful communication technologies: Power Line Communication (PLC) and wireless mesh networks.
  • Together, they create a hybrid network that combines the reliability of PLC with the accessibility of wireless, forming the backbone of a robust IIoT ecosystem.
  • As technology continues to evolve, the adoption of PLC and wireless hybrid networks is expected to grow, unlocking new possibilities and driving innovation across industries.

Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria Partners with Mike’s Hot Honey® to Debut First-Ever Deep Dish Pizza Collaboration in Celebration of National Deep Dish Pizza Day

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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Available starting on National Deep Dish Pizza Day (April 5), Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria will introduce Lou’s x Mike’s Hot Honey Pizza, a limited-time offering in both deep dish and thin crust for dine-in, carryout and delivery at all Lou Malnati’s locations in Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Phoenix.

Key Points: 
  • Available starting on National Deep Dish Pizza Day (April 5), Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria will introduce Lou’s x Mike’s Hot Honey Pizza, a limited-time offering in both deep dish and thin crust for dine-in, carryout and delivery at all Lou Malnati’s locations in Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Phoenix.
  • Pairing Lou’s legendary deep dish pizza and signature ingredients with the sweet heat drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey combines the flavors of two iconic pizza cities.
  • The new legendary deep dish features mozzarella, sausage, giardiniera and cupped pepperoni topped with a drizzle of sweet and spicy Mike’s Hot Honey.
  • "We are thrilled to be partnering with the oldest family name in Chicago pizza to create our first deep dish pizza collaboration," said Mike Kurtz, founder of Mike's Hot Honey.