Looking through the Speculum

By Judith Houck NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Women’s bodies were not the only focus of the women’s health movement in the United States.

The Massage Establishments Scandal: Coding and De-coding Sex Work at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By Jessica Gregory Sexual Labour

The late-Victorian massage parlour and its promotions became a site of moralistic concern, but could its ambiguous intentions be de-coded?

Before AIDS: Gay Health Politics in the 1970s

By Katie Batza 20th and 21st Century United States, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

This book traces the emergence of a vibrant and multi-faceted national gay medical infrastructure during the 1970s.