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 0 comments

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 0 comments

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 0 comments

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 2 comments

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

Sinead and Miley: A History Lesson

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom 7 comments

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