The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers

By Jared Stearns 20th and 21st Century United States

A revealing new biography sheds light on X-rated star Marilyn Chambers’ extraordinary career and explores her status as an unsung gay icon.

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.

“What can I do to be normal?” Queer Female Desire in Letters to Dr. Alfred Kinsey

By Amanda Littauer 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Many postwar Americans were obsessed with sexual normality but their stories reveal queer possibilities.

Stranger Danger and the Sexual Revolution

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, Sexual Violence

The sexual content of stranger danger films grew more sexually explicit over time.