Lady Chatterley’s Lover: A Queer Case

By Gareth Smith LGBTQ, United Kingdom

The Chatterley trial hinged on the disavowing or defending of ‘deviant’ sexual acts within the novel, making it a distinctly queer case.

Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain

By Carissa Harris Author Interviews, Medieval, Pedagogy, Sexual Violence

Obscenity is useful as a tool for teaching about sex and consent in the Middle Ages, and today.

Sexual Revolution: Event or Process?

By Christopher Mitchell 20th and 21st Century United States

The most important dimension of the sexual revolution of the ’60s and ’70s was the increased freedom of sexual speech.

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

By notcheseditor CFP

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

“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West

By Brian Watson United Kingdom

Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.