Historians are gossips who tease the dead

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

I was a gossip, teasing the dead.

Jack the Ripper: Case Never Closed

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Why does Jack the Ripper generate so much popular interest?

Where are animals in the history of sexuality?

By Gabriel Rosenberg 20th and 21st Century United States, Food and Sexuality, Sexual Labour, Sexual Violence

What is the place of animals in the history of sexuality?

(Sexual) Labour Day

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Researching prostitution makes Julia Laite more of a labour historian than a historian of sexuality.

Valentine’s as Prostitution, Marriage as a Trade: Commerce, Sex, History (and a recipe)

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour

Valentine’s Day most certainly blends sex, love, and commerce.

Sinead and Miley: A History Lesson

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Blurred lines between the protection and the control of women’s sexuality in the past and in the present,