Join us for an evening with journalist Maïa Mazaurette to celebrate the publication of her newest books, Le Sexe selon Maïa (Éditions de la Martinière) and Sortir du trou, lever la tête (Éditions Anne Carrière). Le Sexe selon Maïa is inspired by Mazaurette’s eponymous popular sex column in Le Monde, which explores questions of contemporary sexuality and the body’s place in society.…
In 1979, near the height of second-wave feminism, a thirty-one-year old Indian immigrant started one of the first male strip clubs for women in Los Angeles. Within a few years The Chippendales spread to New York, and a touring show brought the oiled, muscled studs to fly-over country. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Chippendales were more than mere entertainment:…
From Homophobia to Homonationalism… and Back?: Russian-speaking LGBTQ Migrants in New York City in the Pursuit of the American Gay Dream Alexandra Novitskaya Doctoral Candidate Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook Visiting Scholar, Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, New York University From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.