Sexuality
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
June Knight and Her Stripping Marionette
Not sure why a stripper with June Knight's obvious qualifications should feel the need to add a puppet to her act. But I guess a gimmick made you stand out.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 22, 2016 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Sexuality, ShowBiz, 1960s, 1970s
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
The Easy Woman: 1963
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 12, 2016 -
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Category: Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Women, Mental Health and Insanity
Dulce Dolor
DULCE DOLOR from Filmaciones de la Ciudad on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 18, 2016 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Sexuality, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Candy
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