Esther Newton’s Butch Career

By Esther Newton LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

I love reading and writing stories but, until my memoir, most have been about other people.

Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa: An Interview with Ashley Currier

By Ashley Currier African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

How elites used politicized homophobia to consolidate their moral and political authority.

Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture

By Hongwei Bao Asian Sexualities, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Queer China reveals a vibrant picture of queer communities and cultures since their inception in post-Mao China.

The Brothel of Pompeii

By Sarah Levin-Richardson Ancient World, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Pompeii’s brothel is the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity.

The Beauty and the Terror

By Catherine Fletcher Early Modern, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The Italian Renaissance was far stranger and darker than many of us realise, and that sex and sexuality played an important role in this unsavoury side of the sixteenth century.

Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand

By Chris Brickell Antipodean sexualities, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

New Zealand’s teenagers embraced romantic and sexual possibilities, and their lives tell of wider social attitudes to morality and respectability

Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Social Thought

By Durba Mitra Asian Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Sexual Labour

How ideas of deviant female sexuality became foundational to modern social thought in colonial India.