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Erotic pottery made by the Moche, the society that dominated Peru’s northern coast for 800 years until about A.D. 800. The invading Spanish were deeply shocked at the Moche’s sexual

This is an advertisement for the famous “Coraline Corset”, patented by two brothers, Dr Ira & Dr Lucien Warner in 1873. They marketed it as a “health corset”.! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚝

These are advertisements for the famous “Coraline Corset”, patented by two brothers, Dr Ira and Dr Lucien Warner. It was created in 1873 & marketed as a “health corset” as

This is Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio, c.1598. It’s one of the most dramatic & famous paintings of the Renaissance. Beyond the mighty Caravaggio, the tragic stories of three Italian

This is the bed of the legendary courtesan Émilie-Louise Delabigne (1848-1910). The writer Emile Zola wrote about it in his novel, Nana. ‘A bed such as has never existed, a

This is the work of African American photographer, Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004). Alvin photographed the gay community at the piers lining Manhattan’s west side in the 1970s. Pier 48 was then

Before sexting there was Victorian flirting etiquette. From The Mystery of Love, Courtship and Marriage Explained by Henry J Wehman (1890). Grab your fan, gloves, handkerchief, hat, & parasol & go flirt!

This is Lucille Bogan (1897-1948), an American blues singer. Along with Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, Bogan was one of the ‘big three’ women of early blues music. She recorded

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

This is Osh-Tisch (left) (1854-1929), a warrior, shaman, & artist of the Crow Nation. Osh-Tisch’s name translates to “Finds Them and Kills Them”. She was a Crow badé (also spelled

This is “Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise mankind” (1896) by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.Thread Gérôme was inspired by the philosopher Democritus, who wrote “of

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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