Using Memes to Extinguish Sexism in Poland

By Aneta Stepien Modern Europe

The feminist memes by Polish artist, Marta Frej, feature women of all ages engaging in ordinary everyday tasks. But don’t be fooled, the messages included in the memes are powerful and revolutionary.

Rethinking Early Modern Women’s Masturbation

By Paige Donaghy Early Modern

Why is women’s masturbation absent from most studies examining sexual practices of early modern people?

Pleasing and Teasing: Bourgeois Sexuality in the Age of Commerce

By Tom Cutterham Early Modern

Angelica Church lived at the intersection of two revolutions, in a world of dangerous financial speculation, intense political intrigue, and the play of passions between men and women.

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

Denounced: How Modernizing Mexico Criminalized Infanticide and Abortion

By Nora Jaffary Latin American Sexualities

In Mexico, colonial courts maintained relative silence about abortion and infanticide. Things changed in 1871.

Johanna Elberskirchen: Sexual Radical and Woman of Her Time

By Edward Ross Dickinson Modern Europe

Elberskirchen sounds to us today like an extraordinary voice. Yet what is striking is that she was rather ordinary.

A Relationship Revealed

By Cassandra Good Early America

The miniature “Beauty Revealed” suggests an erotic relationship between an early American artist and a statesman.