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AbstractThis article explores a series of newspaper articles from 1908, describing Miss C. – a Copenhagen woman who, apparently, hosted carnal orgies in which she 'converted' young women into sapphism. While most historical sources only hint at female same‐sex relationships or describe women's romantic (platonic) feelings for one another, these articles are explicit in their descriptions of lust and carnal sex. For this reason, they add nuance to our historical perceptions of (Western) female same‐sex relations during the turn of the twentieth century. Methodologically, I use my renovation of a Copenhagen flat as an entry point into the articles. I see both projects (the renovation and the analysis) through the lens of a palimpsest, understanding the surface to hide deeper layers of meaning. Thus, the renovation serves as an allegory of my search for knowledge about Miss C. and her lovers, which I attempt to uncover by engaging in reparative readings. As I develop the analysis, I reflect upon my longing to find historical characters who mirror my own identity, as well as the challenge faced by historians researching sexuality in their attempts to write about the past in ways that respect subjects without castrating them or depriving them of agency.

Since the mid-2000s, a number of Western countries have witnessed an increase in the number of children born into 'alternative' or 'queer' families. Parallel with this queer baby boom, online media technologies have become intertwined with most people's intimate lives. While these two phenomena have appeared simultaneously, their integration has seldom been explored. In an attempt to fill this gap, the present article explores the ways in which contemporary queer reproduction is interwoven with online media practices. Importantly, the article does not understand online media as a technology that simply facilitates queer kinship; rather, it argues that online media technology is a reproductive technology in its own right. Drawing on empirical examples of media practices of kinning, such as online shopping for donor sperm and locating 'donor siblings' via online fora such as Facebook, the article analyses the merging and intersection of online media and queer kinship. These analyses serve as a foundation for an exploration of contemporary kinship and the development of a new theoretical framework for contemporary queer reproduction. Empirically, the examples are from single women's (i.e. solo mothers) and lesbian couples' family making. Using Weston's work on 'chosen families' as a backdrop for discussion, the article describes families of choice in light of new online kinship connections. In particular, the article focuses on online-initiated connections between donor siblings and how such connections can re-inscribe biology as important to queer kinship. Furthermore, it closely examines how media technology guides queer reproduction in particular directions and how technology causes becoming as a family.

The article shows how the Danish news media's portrayals of meetings between visible minority males and ethnically Danish females have participated in constructing certain images of gender, sexuality and race/ ethnicity. It illustrates how understandings of these categories are interwoven with understandings of nationality and Danishness. The article shows how ethnically Danish females have been constructed as symbolic reproducers of the nation, and how sexual assaults against ethnically Danish women therefore have been interpreted as assaults against the nation. The article explains how this understanding has been at play in rape narratives where gender has been articulated in rape cases with white ethnically Danish perpetrators whereas race/ethnicity has been articulated as an explanation for rape in cases with visible minority perpetrators.

Andreassen gives a history of feminism and women's studies in Denmark from 1960-2003. By connecting academic research to developments of the women's movement and to the political and social context, she shows how the field has developed from a collective women's project to focusing on individual gender identities. ; Andreassen donne un historique du féminisme et de l'étude des femmes au Danemark de 1960 à 2003. En faisant le lien entre la recherche académique au développement du mouvement des femmes et au contexte politique et social, elle démontre comment le domaine a évolué du projet collectif de femmes à la concentration sur les identités individuelles entre les sexes.

Examines the "exotic" as popular entertainment in Danish exhibitions, 1878-1909, focusing on the sexual implications of the displayed persons & their relation to the matters of authenticity & evolutionary science. The displays -- eg, 25 Indians performing the activities of their daily village life in an exhibit at the Copenhagen Zoo -- may be viewed as representing the white male European's efforts to control the sexuality of both European & non-European women. Moreover, they may be seen as a collective endeavor to regulate & "narrate" a hierarchical world order. While the conventionally understood 19th-century colonial relationship does not explicitly pertain to the Danes & the "exotic" persons they briefly encountered in the exhibitions, a similar power & racial dynamic informed the contact. K. Coddon