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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) died 145 years ago today. He is remembered as master of the fairytale & beloved children’s author. He was also a rather odd potato. So prepare
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Andersen may never have had sex, but he masturbated a lot, and whenever he did he recorded it in his diary with a ++. He was very frank in his
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In 1916, after the Austro-Hungarian artist Oskar Kokoschka was rejected by his lover, composer Alma Mahler, he had a this life sized replica doll of her made. He wrote that
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This is the work of Japanese photographer Yoshiyuki Iwase (1904-2001). Yoshiyuki was born in in Onjuku, a fishing village on the pacific side of the Chiba peninsula, near Tokyo Bay.
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Mary Seacole (1805-81) was a pioneering Jamaican business woman & nurse, who set up the "British Hotel" during the Crimean War to care for soldiers. Florence Nightingale refused to let
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This is Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Wilde (1895-1941), Oscar Wilde’s niece. She was the only Wilde to keep that name after Oscar’s scandalous trial for indecency. Dolly was a socialite, who was
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“129 Ways to Get a Husband” article from 1958. It includes such gems as “don’t be afraid to associate with more attractive girls - they may have some left overs”
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This is the work of Chinese artist, Pan Yuliang (潘玉良, 1895 – 1977). Pan became famous for being the first woman to paint in xiyanghua, (Western style), but her work
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This is Olympia, by Édouard Manet. It was exhibited in the 1865 Paris Salon & caused an absolute scandal as it clearly depicted a sex worker. It was condemned as
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The motif of ‘vagina dentata’, or ‘toothed vagina’, is found in folklore around the world. This myth suggests that a woman can castrate a man, using her toothed vagina as
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Inspired by this post and ongoing global statue issues, here is a thread of unusual, sexy, & downright inappropriate statues from around the world. Please add your own in the
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Joséphine Baker (1906-75) was an American born, French entertainer of the Jazz Age. When France fell to the Nazis she became a spy for the French Resistance. When the war
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