The Adorable, Squishable Soho Sex Shop
Do you remember the girl who revived an abandoned corner shop last year in East…
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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…
Chronicles of an Affair with his Secretary, Found in an Abandoned Suitcase
The briefcase was found three decades after the affair took place, abandoned in a German…
The Strange, Unspoken Glorification of Sexual Assault in Art History
There’s something not quite right about that painting, wouldn’t you say? The many depictions of…
Meet the Original “Victoria’s Secret” Beauties of the 1920s
When looking at black and white photographs of women considered glamorous in the 1920s and…
Secretly Documenting the Intimate World of 19th Century Sex Workers
No one knew that William Goldman led a double life. A model citizen and well-respected…
Men Wore Corsets, History Says
Pink for girls, blue for boys. Heels for women, flats for men. Corsets for ladies,…
Lulu White and her Belle Epoque Mansion of Interracial Sex Work
In New Orleans, stories seem to seep out of the soggy ground. Something about the…
The X-Rated Paris Grave
In Paris’ city of the dead, where winding cobblestone pathways have their own street signs, graves look…
Inside the Airtight Time Capsule Room Sealed in 1940, to Open in Six-Thousand Years
With all the Marty McFly “Back to the Future” fever that’s taken over the internet recently, taking…