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A Comparison of Ancient Roman and Greek Norms in Sexuality and Gender

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 18:16:00 +0000

The expectations and even the very way they defined terms such as ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ differed greatly from

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:52:54 +0000

The history of transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United States is one of struggle, but also

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:33:40 +0000

The category of ‘persons who have changed their sex’ in the wonder books cannot be exactly matched onto

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:33:26 +0000

Men were transient figures (and often dupes) of light-fingered sex workers, but women’s relationships with each other were

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:19:39 +0000

In 1776, a 24-year-old Quaker woman named Jemima Wilkinson died of fever, and came back to life as

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:35:13 +0000

During the past two decades, historians of twentieth-century Britain have delineated the landscape of a “modern sexual and

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:35:39 +0000

In early modern Sweden bathing was a part of everyday life. There were public and private hot-steam baths,

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:34:31 +0000

The word aphrodisiac only began to be used to describe such foods in the late seventeenth century. The

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18:33:08 +0000

One of the biggest challenges facing medieval historians is interpreting the actions of individuals at a remove of

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:42:32 +0000

The Boston Tea Party, a foundational moment of political rebellion, was a protest against tea, and tea itself