Sex Work in Contemporary Russia

By Emily Schuckman Matthews NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The female sex worker as one of Russia’s most revealing cultural symbols.

The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers

By Jared Stearns 20th and 21st Century United States

A revealing new biography sheds light on X-rated star Marilyn Chambers’ extraordinary career and explores her status as an unsung gay icon.

Filth, Flamboyance and Fun in Gay Slang Polari

By Lee Campbell Queer Philologies

Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.

Screening Gay Characters with Disabilities

By Petra Anders LGBTQ

Two contemporary films challenge traditional combinations of disability and sexuality in cinema.

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?

CFP: Histories of “Smut,” “Porn” and “Obscenity”

By notcheseditor CFP

How do we historicize the production, consumption and circulation of sexual images and texts?

Digital Witnesses: The Parker-Hulme Murder Case and the Teaching of Crime and Sexual Deviance

By Samantha Caslin Antipodean sexualities, Pedagogy

The Parker-Hulme murder gripped the town of Christchurch, New Zealand in the summer of 1954.