Rape & the Sexual Politics of Homosociality: The U.S. Military Occupation of Okinawa

By Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci 20th and 21st Century United States, Asian Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, Sexual Violence

The metaphor of rape has framed understandings of the U.S. military’s occupation of Okinawa.

“When Sex Threatened the State”: An Interview with Saheed Aderinto

By Saheed Aderinto African Sexualities, Author Interviews, Empire and Colonialism, Sexual Labour

Aderinto argues that the British perceived prostitution as evidence of African “primitiveness.”

365 Notches: (re)marks on our 1st anniversary

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

It’s hard to believe that we are celebrating one year of Notches! On 6 January 2014,

Valentine’s as Prostitution, Marriage as a Trade: Commerce, Sex, History (and a recipe)

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour

Valentine’s Day most certainly blends sex, love, and commerce.

Sinead and Miley: A History Lesson

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Blurred lines between the protection and the control of women’s sexuality in the past and in the present,