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.

Homosensuality and the early modern Anglo-Ottoman encounter

By Nailya Shamgunova Early Modern

Sensationalised sexual depravity of the Ottomans was a popular trope in early modern European discourses on the Turks.

Some Like It Hot: Sex and the Sauna in Early Modern Sweden

By Charlotta Forss Early Modern

Early modern travellers found Sweden’s saunas both exotic and erotic, but local attitudes were more complicated.