Do you, or someone in your family, carry a small medical tattoo from the early 1950s?
Maybe it was never hidden; it just wasn’t talked about.
Maybe you remember lining up at a school, a church, or a community hall.
Maybe you only noticed it years later on a parent or grandparent’s body; a mark that raised questions no one quite answered.
We’re inviting you to share what you know.
Not just the facts, but the story:
How it was explained at the time
Who encouraged it, or assumed it was necessary
How it felt then; and how it feels now
What was said in your family; and what was left unsaid
If the story belongs to someone who is no longer alive, your memory of them matters too. Families often carry these histories long after the people who lived them are gone.
You don’t need perfect recall. You don’t need certainty.
If all you have is a photograph, a voice memo, a sentence you’ve repeated for years—that is enough.
If you’re willing, share it here.We’re in the process of collecting all available stories, and community contributions are a huge part of that!
What Happens After You Upload
Your submission is received by the project team.
We review it for clarity and follow-up needs.
If you indicate you are open to it, we may contact you to:
ask a few clarifying questions
request a higher-quality scan or recording
invite you to a longer oral-history interview
We do not promise that every submission will be used in the podcast; we treat every submission as valuable evidence of lived history.
By submitting materials, you are granting the project permission consistent with the options you selected above. You retain copyright in your original materials. You may request deletion or revise permissions by contacting the project team (bioethicsforthepeople@gmail.com), although content already published publicly may not be fully retractable from third-party platforms.
