Sex History Link Round-Up, Valentine’s Day Edition
Author Irv O. Neil is inspired by vintage femdommes in books and film. Friend and lingerie blogger, Slip Of A Girl, was featured at Collectors Weekly discussing slips — what else? The truth behind the...
View ArticleVirgins For The Cardinal
Virgins For The Cardinal, one of many randy religious-themed titles in The Monk’s Library series by Star Distributors. Star was a New York City-based adult book company which began in 1971, under the...
View ArticleAre You Ready For The Coxeman?
Probably not. At least I’m not. I simply can’t jump in at #32 in the series of vintage Coxeman novels, no matter how intriguing the I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing title is. (Published in 1973,...
View ArticleMoreno, Kissing & Telling
Rita Moreno’s memoir has been released, and it might just be the dirtiest Hollywood biography yet. I’m not saying it’s full of erotic passages — but it’s so honest, dishing the dirt about the misogyny...
View ArticleVintage Smut Writer: The Exclusive Irv O. Neil Interview
Have you ever wondered — even dreamt — about what it would have been like to be working in the golden age of smut? I know I have. So I’m delighted to be able to dish with author Irv O. Neil. …At least...
View ArticleWhat Silent Porn Star Has Been Reading
Just in case you don’t get PRISM reports, here’s a link round-up of what I’ve been reading (in terms of sex history) recently: John Coulthart‘s review of Peter Brook’s film The Marat/Sade (1967)....
View ArticleMarguerite Harrison Flashback
In 2008 I published The Sexism Behind King Kong Lies In The Grass. This is where we learn there are bigger, hairier, more knuckle-dragging annoyances than apes. And, boy, did Marguerite Harrison...
View ArticleA Loose Sex History Link Round-Up
My friend Deanna has a great discussion about fascinating antique photographs featuring women with their backs to the camera. (She also has started a Herstory Facebook Page, which covers women’s...
View ArticleGay Beards; The Facial Kind, Not The Companion Kind
Thanks to Kitschy Kitschy Coo, I learned that November is all about facial hair at the Smithsonian; which makes it a good time to mention Beards: An Unshaved History. There’s a great article about the...
View ArticleAmis Amiss?
New York Magazine recently provided a little graphic based on data about the sleeping patterns of “geniuses” (The data came from Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, by Mason Currey.) We’re supposed to be...
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