The Outlawed Secret Masonic Society of Pugs
There was one way only for Europe’s intellectual elite to become a member of what…
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The Adorable, Squishable Soho Sex Shop
Do you remember the girl who revived an abandoned corner shop last year in East…
North Korea’s Most Popular Pop Group is Everything you Expected
You could say I got a little off-track from my usual internet route today and…
Japan’s Ancient Attitude to Sex was Way Freakier than you’d Imagine
At a glance, the picture looks perfectly innocent: a 19th century, posh portrait of woman…
The Mysterious Art of the Falling Panties
Apparently, women’s underwear in the 1950s was just pants. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist). I stumbled upon…
Max Factor’s Clown Contouring Make-Up of Early Television
I doubt these ladies felt at all ready for their close-up, but this is what…
The X-Rated Paris Grave
In Paris’ city of the dead, where winding cobblestone pathways have their own street signs, graves look…
17 Eyebrow-Raising Headlines on Vintage Cosmopolitan Magazines
Cosmopolitan is and always has been provocative women’s magazine. I remember reading it as a…
Centuries Ago, They were Facetuning, Filtering and Catfishing Too
In 1539, Anne of Cleves met her hot-tempered fiancé, King Henry VIII, for the very…
Vintage Japanese Advertising Could Sell Us Anything
The foamiest men’s shampoo to make bath-time oodles more fun? The latest must-have make-up for…
Hollywood’s Doom Book and other Tales of Blacklisting in American Cinema
Before we even knew it as “Hollywood”, the American film industry was a very different…
The Secret Lives of Fashion Mannequins
For a brief moment in the 1930s, one of the most famous celebrities of the…