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New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

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Interviews with researchers on sex-related issues.

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Artwork for New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Latest Episodes

Commercial dating agencies that facilitate marriages across national borders comprise a $2.5 billion global industry. Ideas about the industry are rife with stereotypes-younger, more physically attractive brides from non-Western countries being paire... more

A cutting-edge volume on current trends in sex work, from sugar relationships and cyber brothels to financial domination, sex worker activism, and feminist porn

Sex is for sale in more ways than ever. It can be bought and sold online, in sex clubs, ... more

Why are BDSM practitioners so happy? It turns out, BDSM isn't just about whips and chains.

With engaging stories and a warm, conversational tone, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life (Bloomsbury Acacdemic, 2025) by Dr. Alic... more

Queer Correctives: Discursive Neo-homophobia, Sexuality and Christianity in Singapore (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) explores Christian discourses of sex and sexuality in Singapore to argue that metanoia, the theological concept of spiritual transformat... more

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Monica Liu
Author of 'Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise'
Stanford University Press
Episode: Monica Liu, "Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Vincent Pak
Assistant Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
Episode: Vincent Pak, "Queer Correctives: Discursive Neo-homophobia, Sexuality and Christianity in Singapore" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Jennifer Barry
Historian of early Christianity specializing in gender and gender violence.
Episode: Jennifer Barry, "Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination" (U California Press, 2025)
Dr. Laurian Bowles
Vann Professor of Racial Justice and Associate Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Davidson College
Davidson College
Episode: Laurian R. Bowles, "Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)
Patrice D. Douglass
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at UC Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley
Episode: Patrice D. Douglass, "Engendering Blackness: Slavery and the Ontology of Sexual Violence" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Marla Segol
Associate Professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
University of Buffalo
Episode: Marla Segol, "Kabbalah and Sex Magic: A Mythical-Ritual Genealogy" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2022)
Ayo Wahlberg
A researcher focused on sperm banking and reproductive technologies in China.
University of California Press
Episode: Ayo Wahlberg, "Good Quality: The Routinization of Sperm Banking in China" (U California Press, 2018)
Chris Washington
Author of Nonbinary Jane Austen and Associate Professor of English at Francis Marion University
Francis Marion University
Episode: Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Marion Bower
Author of The Life and Work of Joan Riviere, trained as a teacher and psychoanalytic psychotherapist
Routledge
Episode: Marion Bower, "The Life and Work of Joan Riviere: Freud, Klein and Female Sexuality" (Routledge, 2018)

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Hanna Torsh
Host of the Language on the Move Podcast

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4.2 out of 5 stars from 11 ratings
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    I really liked some episodes which had some interviews with researchers and sex workers, but with the May 2023 episode with Mary Eberstadt, I’ve learned this podcast series is just as bad as the mainstream media

    There is no sex worker solidarity without solidarity for trans people. If you’re reading this and thinking “well not everything is black and white, you just don’t want people to express their opinions freely”, please go educate yourself with some recent research on the current statistic... more

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Listeners appreciate the depth and rigor of discussions, often finding the interviews enlightening and the content intellectually stimulating.
Some feedback indicates a desire for more inclusive conversations, especially concerning solidarity across diverse communities within topics of sex work and transgender issues.

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Monica Liu, "Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Q: What is the message you want the reader to leave with once they finish your book?
The stereotypes of mail-order brides being young and financially struggling do not hold true; many are from diverse economic backgrounds and their motivations are more nuanced.
Monica Liu, "Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Q: What is happening in China that is pushing the women out of the area?
The economic growth has led to increasing income disparity and rising rates of divorce and age discrimination in dating and labor markets.
Monica Liu, "Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Q: What did you find out there?
I found the women at this agency to be just absolutely fascinating and wanting to learn more about their lives.
Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg, "Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: What are some of the cultural myths about relationships that BDSM practices directly challenge?
Alicia discussed how BDSM emphasizes the importance of clear communication and consent, debunking the myth that love alone will ensure a fulfilling sexual relationship.
Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg, "Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: How did the two of you come together and decide to write this book?
Alicia approached Arielle with the idea after multiple students suggested studying BDSM, highlighting their long-term collaborative relationship and shared research interests.

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