The Restaurant that Grills its Food over a Volcano
It’s about that time of year again when we’re dusting off our BBQs and getting…
Category Conversation Starters
Long-lost Erotica of a Pre-Freudian Sexologist
Forget Freud. Today, we’re snooping around the personal archives of Richard von Krafft-Ebing, a 19th…
Who was the LGBTQ Hero of Civil Rights Behind Martin Luther King?
The list of people who attended the March on Washington — Martin Luther King Jr.,…
Bridgerton’s Black Presence isn’t Total Fantasy, it’s Hidden History
There’s a reason why Google autofills questions about the authenticity of Black presence in 17th…
Who’s Afraid of Adolf Wölfli?
Some artists leave us tangled legacies– reputations tied up in creative theft, family feuds and…
The Outlawed Secret Masonic Society of Pugs
There was one way only for Europe’s intellectual elite to become a member of what…
Starved of a Realistic Female Body Image? Flesh & Curves this way…
Hi there. Don’t be shy, yes that’s a boobie and a curvy waist you just…
A Brief Compendium of Vintage Opium Underworlds
I don’t want to make anyone feel uncomfortable, so if you’re reluctant to step inside the world…
The Adorable, Squishable Soho Sex Shop
Do you remember the girl who revived an abandoned corner shop last year in East…
The Forgotten LGBT Queen of Paris and Her Secret Masonic Temple
She was the kind of woman who never belonged to anyone but herself. At least,…
Where the Nazis Hung Out in Occupied Paris
Today I found a photograph of an ordinary German coffee shop circa 1941, with German signage above the…
The “Other” Lost Generation of Black American Artists in Paris
Originally, this was supposed to be a pretty straight-forward piece on an American ex-pat artist…