The Borders of AIDS tells a story about how powerful people used AIDS as an opportunity to enact bans and quarantines and how ordinary people resisted.
Tag: US politics
Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State-Part 3
Mass incarceration cannot be understood without looking through the lenses of gender and sexuality.
Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer and the Rise of “Family Life” in Early Sex Education
Liberal Protestants influenced major shifts—and later divisions—among sex educators.
Presidential Penis Politics: A Micro-History
Donald J. Trump’s penis, size unknown, has reared its head as a political issue.
Sex and the American Quest for a Relatable Past
How we remember the sex lives of the founding fathers reflects contemporary concerns and projections.
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