Historical Media: Urania (1936)

One last issue of Urania for the road (wiki link [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania_(journal)]). This feminist journal was published from 1919 to 1940 and is composed of poems, news clippings, opinions, announcements, and letters related to the issue of a "sex binary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_binary]" in science, society, and culture. I am so thankful I came across this journal and I think it is important to let queer history inform our present-day conversations. This week I am reading Issue Nos. 115 & 116, January-April 1936 (pdf [https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uploads/r/the-womens-library/a/a/a/aaa407fe538233e09960cda051cee695ae6714f570fb5ec448ef99932d0ddd4f/ca583fc3-1acd-4839-88cd-8f7a2977bfb3-UKLSE_DL1_WR04_003_018_0001_0001.f569b154-3faf-4216-a005-b9c584473934.pdf]). It includes "An Authentic Change of Sex" of Zdeněk Koubek [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Koubek], the author Winifred Holtby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Holtby], "Jesus Ignored Sex," Dr. Margaret Mead’s Sex and Temperament [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mead#Sex_and_Temperament_in_Three_Primitive_Societies_(1935)], women’s suffrage in Japan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_Japan], and a trans book of essays called Eve’s Sour Apples [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Baty#Eve's_Sour_Apples]. All events mentioned are pulled directly from the QBurgh calendar [https://qburgh.com/events/]. Please consider making a donation to SisTers PGH [https://www.sisterspgh.org/donate], a BLACK and TRANS-led nonprofit organization that serves the Transgender community of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Electronic Donations can be sent to: PayPal.me/SisTersPGH [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SisTersPGH?fbclid=IwAR1pMCoiwCwXWuhIRjxsRbLOXn9hD9y3kazyvw33sbbvZUyOEgdVu-4FznI] CashApp: $isTersPGH [https://cash.app/$istersPGH] Venmo: SisTers-PGH [https://account.venmo.com/u/SisTers-PGH] You can find all other links for Nermer Nermer Network at linktr.ee/nermernermer [https://linktr.ee/nermernermer], including the Feedback Form [https://form.jotform.com/251203705948154] and links to other shows on the network including our movie watching show The Ole Switcheroo [https://tr.ee/XM8pa0JNC5]! If you'd prefer to send an email, you can reach me at nermernermernetwork@gmail.com [nermernermernetwork@gmail.com].