Eva Payne
@evapayne.bsky.social
Historian of gender, sexuality, and US empire | Author of Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution (Princeton University Press, 2024) | Assistant Prof @ U of Mississippi | Avid birder
https://evabpayne.com
https://evabpayne.com
Come hang out at @redemmas.org on Wednesday October 1st!
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Come hang out at @redemmas.org on Wednesday October 1st!
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Listen: @evapayne.bsky.social, author of Empire of Purity, speaks to @amprestigepod.bsky.social about American sexual exceptionalism and the history of the US war on prostitution:
The History of the US War on Prostitution
On this episode of American Prestige, Eva Payne on the imperial roots of the American fight against sex work.
www.thenation.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Listen: @evapayne.bsky.social, author of Empire of Purity, speaks to @amprestigepod.bsky.social about American sexual exceptionalism and the history of the US war on prostitution:
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E214 - The History of Americans’ Global War on Prostitution w/@evapayne.bsky.social
Eva Payne is on the show to talk about her book "Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution"!
Eva Payne is on the show to talk about her book "Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution"!
June 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
E214 - The History of Americans’ Global War on Prostitution w/@evapayne.bsky.social
Eva Payne is on the show to talk about her book "Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution"!
Eva Payne is on the show to talk about her book "Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution"!
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Consider registering for our program co-sponsored with the @ihrc-umn.bsky.social.
The online webinar examines the Page Act of 1875 and rethinks its significance 150 years later.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Register here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The online webinar examines the Page Act of 1875 and rethinks its significance 150 years later.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Register here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Consider registering for our program co-sponsored with the @ihrc-umn.bsky.social.
The online webinar examines the Page Act of 1875 and rethinks its significance 150 years later.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Register here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The online webinar examines the Page Act of 1875 and rethinks its significance 150 years later.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Register here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Still at 30% discount #UNCPress!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Still at 30% discount #UNCPress!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
An excellent recommendation!
Recommended: The New Yorker on @evapayne.bsky.social's fascinating book about America's attempt to control the sex trade by commandeering women's bodies. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade
Why should American exceptionalism end at the red-light district?
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:24 PM
An excellent recommendation!
Check out Empire of Purity in the New Yorker!! @princetonupress.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade
Why should American exceptionalism end at the red-light district?
www.newyorker.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Check out Empire of Purity in the New Yorker!! @princetonupress.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“Belgium made history on Sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension.”
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections
The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
“Belgium made history on Sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension.”
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
The control of women’s bodies, under the guise of protection, has been a crucial part of how US power has operated and expanded on the global stage. Americans’ war on prostitution in the early twentieth century helped to cement this pattern.
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Protecting or punishing women through an ‘empire of purity’?
Debates over women’s right to bodily autonomy and how the government might best protect women marked the 2024 US presidential race.
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November 25, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The control of women’s bodies, under the guise of protection, has been a crucial part of how US power has operated and expanded on the global stage. Americans’ war on prostitution in the early twentieth century helped to cement this pattern.
hubs.ly/Q02YRGm50 @princetonupress.bsky.social
hubs.ly/Q02YRGm50 @princetonupress.bsky.social
I wrote about the longer history of using "protecting" women to police them
In this edition of Ideas, Eva Payne delves into the history of the U.S. crusade against prostitution and draws compelling parallels to contemporary issues affecting women.
press.princeton.edu/ideas/protec...
#sociology #Policy #politics #history @evapayne.bsky.social
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#sociology #Policy #politics #history @evapayne.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I wrote about the longer history of using "protecting" women to police them
Come see me and Tess Lefmann on Tuesday evening! @princetonupress.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Come see me and Tess Lefmann on Tuesday evening! @princetonupress.bsky.social
Empire of Purity is here! Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social!
November 15, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Empire of Purity is here! Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social!
I wrote a book and it has a cover!
April 17, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I wrote a book and it has a cover!