becauseiamawoman:

sexweek:

From turn of the century anti-prostitution pamphlets to ACT UP to Salt-n-Pepa’s infamous “Let’s Talk About Sex” EP, generations of Americans have relied on images to learn about sex. This website accompanies the Sex, America retrospective at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. This exhibit on the history of sex ed offered a look at the books, films, posters, music videos, and photographs that have depicted American sexuality from 1885 to the present day.

In 2010, Harvard senior Nayeli Rodriguez ‘10, a senior in Quincy House and a Visual and Environmental Studies major, curated “SEX, America” a show that was “a comprehensive encounter with the changes and challenges our country has faced in more than a century of educating its populous formally and informally about a subject that is as taboo as it is celebratory of human life. The title alone — “SEX, America” – tells us we are in unique territory. You can almost hear the jingle of the old TV series “Love Boat”: “Sex, American style, truer than the red, white and blue.” Except the “truths” are often the site of deep political, religious and personal tension. It’s about sex, America, so pay attention.”

(Source: Office of Fine Arts blog)

Very cool.