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In 2013, the skeleton of Gaspare Pacchierotti, a very famous 19th century mezzo-soprano, was exhumed in order to study the effects that castration had on his body. This is his

This is John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” (1884). Although it doesn’t look remotely controversial today, when it was exhibited at 1884 Paris Salon, the public were so shocked & disgusted

This is the bed of the legendary courtesan Émilie-Louise Delabigne (1848-1910). The writer Emile Zola wrote about it in his novel, Nana. ‘A bed such as has never existed, a

I’m glad @VICE have taken down the article featuring Matt Loughrey’s edited photographs of victims of the Cambodian genocide, but their article featuring Loughrey’s manipulating mugshots of Australian female convicts

This is Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1910-31), a beautiful Cuban-American woman who sadly died of tuberculosis. Elena’s doctor, Carl Tanzler (1877-1952) was madly in love with her, and wasn’t going

The philosopher Diogenes (c.412-323 BCE) was described by Plato as ‘a Socrates gone mad'. He lived in a barrel & believed man must embrace nature & reject shame. He openly

My cousin found these under some floorboards when renovating a new house. If anyone recognises them and would like them back, please drop me a DM. If you’ve ever found

Behind the Green Door (1972) was one of the first American pornographic films to feature interracial sex between a white actress, Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009), & a black actor, Johnnie Keyes

This is Camille du Gast (1868-1942). She was a balloonist, parachutist, fencer, tobogganist, skier, horse trainer, concert pianist & singer. She was the second woman to compete in an international

Agnes Blannbekin (1244-1315) was an Austrian nun & mystic who had erotic visions. In one, she felt the foreskin of Jesus in her mouth. “And behold, soon she felt with

Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) was the sister of Napoleon, Duchess of Guastalla, an imperial French princess & princess consort of Sulmona & Rossano. She was once described as being “an extraordinary

This is Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio, c.1598. It’s one of the most dramatic & famous paintings of the Renaissance. Beyond the mighty Caravaggio, the tragic stories of three Italian