An Independent Book of the Month Penises, and the things people do with them, have been
subjects of controversy for a long time. This book examines how one thing that some people …

This book explores the dick pic in popular culture. Drawing from a range of disciplines,
cultural analyses, lived experiences and theoretical approaches, this book explores the …

Male circumcision maintains a strong connection with religious responsibilities and
masculinity construction in Turkey, but some Muslim men oppose this ritual today. This …

This article explores the rise of 'intactivism', a social movement which positions itself as
being against circumcision, in the pages of Hustler magazine. Intactivism has largely been …

In this article, I set out to study Foreskin Quarterly, which was the Official Publication of the
Uncircumcised Society of America (USA). Over the course of its history, it changed editorial …

This article explores the circumcision debates as they unfolded in gay men's magazines
from the 1980s to the new millennium. The article focuses on the ways the debates shifted …

Puberty marks a time of significant transition in the life of a boy as he progresses toward
adulthood—and a time of confusion and concern. Many questions are likely thought or …

While visual eroticism is an accepted theme in cinema, the penis is still the last frontier of
representation onscreen, either covered from the gaze of viewers or coated in phallic status …

This article explores the gendered construction of disgust, and analyzes how it plays out in
directorial-debut Assholes. Based on feminist and queer scholarship on abjection, disgust …

Every so often, we receive a particularly valuable comment from the peer review of an
article; and sometimes—though, sadly, this is even less frequent—that comment takes us …