Recent News

“In thinking about queer bodies and community sports spaces, there is an explicit commitment to doing sports differently.” Who’s Coming Out to Play

In light of the upcoming (and previously postponed) 2020 Summer Olympic games, this week’s blog post encourages us to reconsider our perceptions and beliefs surrounding sports, athletic spaces, and societal … Read More >

“The more we vilify sex work, the more we marginalize those who participate in it. The more we marginalize any group of people, the more we allow abuse and violence to fester.” Slut-Shaming, Whorephobia, and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution

As MQUP author Meredith Ralston argues – and as current events continue … Read More >

From anti-mask protests, to conspiracy theories, to the repercussions of a Trump presidency, the global pandemic has done more than alter our daily routines, it has also forced us to confront some uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our societal ideals of masculinity. In this week’s blog post, MQUP author Daniel Hannah sheds light on … Read More >

In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we have compiled a list highlighting some new and forthcoming titles by a few of MQUP’s outstanding women authors.

Exploring important topics ranging from the nineteenth-century study of female hysteria; to the #MeToo movement and the myths of rape culture; to the important contributions of … Read More >

Fresh off the press, new release “Smitten by Giraffe, My Life as a Citizen Scientist” by Anne Innis Dagg, has received its first major review! The following in an excerpt taken from the review that recently appeared in Publishers Weekly.

“In this plainspoken memoir, Canadian zoologist Dagg (Giraffe: Biology, Behavior and Conservation) chronicles … Read More >