Sexuality
The Untouchables vs. the Touchables
One of Eliot Ness's less well-publicized duties.
Full article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 19, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Medicine, Sexuality, 1940s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 6
The artist is Federico Beltran Masses.
"Hints of drugginess in the eyes, and suggestions of Sapphic eroticism laid on with a trowel, created a sultry visual cocktail that appealed equally to celebrities of the order of Rudolph Valentino, Joan Crawford and King George VI, all of whom had their portraits painted, and the general public."
Full essay here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 19, 2017 -
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Category: Addictions, Art, Sexuality, Russia, Twentieth Century
Yanks in the UK
This makes Brexit all the more mandatory!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 27, 2017 -
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Category: Antisocial Activites, Culture and Civilization, Family, Sexuality, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Europe, North America
Rosaleen Norton: Australia’s Most Famous Witch
Excellent NatGeo article here, with more videos.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 07, 2017 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Sexuality, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Australia, Twentieth Century
Nuclear Bikini Contest
Want a job at a nuke plant? Hope you look good in a bikini.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 03, 2017 -
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Category: Body, Sexuality, Europe, Power Generation
House Call from Faux Dress Fitter
Despite all the contemporary tales of ingenious upskirt photographers and toilet-cam operators, I don't believe anyone has recently utilized the "free dress comes with home fitting service" routine.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 23, 2017 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Crime, Domestic, Sexuality, 1950s
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls
"Sex trafficking 2016," meet "white slavery 1910."Original text here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 16, 2016 -
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Category: Crime, Sexuality, Public Indecency, The More Things Change, 1910s
“Sex” by Shirley Bassey
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 10, 2016 -
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Category: Music, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Peanut Butter believed to be aphrodisiac
In 1971, it was widely reported that a girls' high school in Johannesburg, South Africa had banned peanut butter due to a concern that peanuts were a sexual stimulant.This news, of course, was met with incredulity by the American press, but given the lack of details in the story (the school, for instance, was never named) I suspected it might be an urban legend reported as news. However, in a New Scientist article published two years later (Nov 1, 1973) I was able to find some more information which suggests that the story apparently was true, and that the ban was inspired by local African folk belief about peanuts:
Sydney Morning Herald - July 19, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 17, 2016 -
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Category: Food, Sexuality, 1970s
Between Lust and Watching TV
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 17, 2016 -
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Category: Music, Sexuality, Television, Husbands, Wives, 1970s
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