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We are Irina, Emma and Léa. We are women, feminists and passionate about the narratives, representations and uses of the past. Because of this, we truly question ourselves on the gender question, prostitution and the links we can draw between feminism and history. Between present and past, between fantasies and realities, between a male, a prostitute gaze and something in the middle, maybe? This podcast mini series is one of our answers.This podcast ins an undergraduate academic work that should be listened with your critical mind as this subject could take several years of research ! Thank ...

Drayon Blackett Red light History of Seattle Prostitution In Brothel's

This investigation delves into the complex and often overlooked issues surrounding prostitution. While many individuals instinctively seek the causes behind societal vices, a significant portion of the intelligent population in New York has suffered the consequences of this persistent issue without exploring its root causes. Each year, countless lives are impacted, as broken health and tarnished reputations emerge from this vice. Is it too late to awaken your curiosity and compassion for this critical matter? We argue that it is high time to conduct an inquiry that addresses these pressing ...

This "crucial" (The Advocate) and "compelling" (BuzzFeed) history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century. The Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of...

Sex workers in 19th-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women. While today a popular bar and a city lane are famously named after Madame Brussels, the identities of the other ‘flash madams’, the ‘dressed girls’ who worked for them and the hundreds of women who solicited on the streets of the Little Lon district of Melbourne are not remembered.