“Party Games” and “Pulling Train”: Understanding the Brett Kavanaugh Gang Rape Allegation

By Desiree Abu-Odeh 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

The history of responses to campus gang rape can help us understand recent allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Macho Tips: The Erotics of the Mexican Body in a Gay Magazine

By Juan Carlos Mezo Gonzalez Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

The Mexican gay magazine Macho Tips (1985-1989) engaged with national ideologies of race and gender.

A Red Hot Cold War

By Emily Lobenstein Modern Europe

The 1990 Soviet edition of Playboy reveals the persistent tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Searching for Sex Crimes in Rural Nebraska

By Brian Trump 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

Trips to courthouses across Nebraska raised important questions about how to conduct research on sexual violence in rural spaces.

‘This isn’t so boring if you can get an outside climax’: Dr Joan Malleson and sexual counselling in Britain

By Caroline Rusterholz Medicine and the Body, United Kingdom

Archival recordings of sexual counselling sessions illuminate how sexual problems might be understood by both practitioners and patients.

Like a Virgin? The Medieval Origins of a Modern Debate

By Katherine Harvey Medieval

A recent Vatican ruling on consecrated virgins has caused controversy, but there are medieval precedents for the new approach.

The Art and Politics of the Dick Pic

By GVGK Tang 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body, Public History

What do safer sex campaigns and their histories tell us about how erotic masculinities are crafted amid crisis?