Gayle Rubin laid the foundation for queer theory as a graduate student at Michigan in the early 70s with the essay The Traffic in Women, which was followed a decade later by an equally influential essay, Thinking Sex. This volume collects her essays covering topics ranging from BDSM to feminist debates on pornography and sex to lesbian and gay history.

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction. Sex, Gender, Politics 11. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (1975) 332. The Trouble with Trafficking: Afterthoughts on "The Traffic in Women" 663. Introduction to A Woman Appeared to Me 874. The Leather Menace: Comments on Politics and S/M 1095. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality 1376. Afterword to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 1827. Postscript to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 1908. Blood under the Bridge: Reflections on "Thinking Sex" 1949. The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole 22410. Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries 24111. Misguided, Dangerous, and Wrong: An Analysis of Antipornography Politics 25412. Sexual Traffic: Interview with Gayle Rubin by Judith Butler 27613. Studying Sexual Subcultures: Excavating the Ethnography of Gay Communities in Urban North America 31014. Geologies of Queer Studies: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again 347Notes 357Bibliography 425Index 469