Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: A Roundtable on the Politics of Sexual Representations in the 1970s – Part 3

By notcheseditor 20th and 21st Century United States

1970s pornography included far more than Deep Throat (1972).

Queering the Redneck Riviera

By Jerry Watkins 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

This book explores relationships between sexuality, postwar capitalism, and conservative morality in the last half of the 20th century.

Queer History in the Divided City: A New Approach to Digital Mapping

By Ian Darnell 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History

St. Louis’s queer geography complicates patterns of racial polarization.

The College Roots of Hugh Hefner and Playboy

By Nathan Tye 20th and 21st Century United States

A college humor magazine, Shaft, documents Hugh Hefner’s first forays into commercializing sex.

A Portrait of Jane Crow: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

By Alexie Glover 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

Rosalind Rosenberg describes Pauli Murray’s struggles with her gender identity and demonstrates that Murray was truly a person ahead of her time.

Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: A Roundtable on the Politics of Sexual Representations in the 1970s – Part 2

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States

What can pornography’s history tell us about its basic appeal?

Collecting Riot Grrrl: Sexual Awakening in NYU’s Punk Archive

By Lisa Brigandi 20th and 21st Century United States

NYU’s Riot Grrrl Collection is that of a movement that provided a new path for young women’s sexuality