Did intellectualizing sex make it more acceptable to discuss in public?
The ins and outs of sex in the lab.
A history of unconventional intimacy.
Hard times.
A history of the world’s most famous sex manual.
Fake psychics, astrology, and a universal sexual truth.
Mags and their digital descendants.
Sex sells.
Ancient aphrodisiacs, love potions, and the quest for a boost.
When it came to technology, the sex industry was ahead of the curve.
A headline-making caveman.
Centuries of disrobing, from Salome to Showgirls.
It may be dated, but there’s something to be said for the first of its kind.
What could bring more good fortune than a phallic amulet?
How the spread impacted human relationships across time.
Nordic boot knockin'. Vikings arguably get a bit of a bad rap. The Viking age was by no stretch of the imagination a feminist utopia—just like almost every other culture in history, there were a gr...
Did Egypt's most celebrated queen really have a vibrator filled with bees?
The legacy and resurgence of the notorious hole in the wall.
The founding father of sexology in the US was researching wasps until he was assigned to teach sex-ed.
King Edward VII employed custom-made sex furniture, but how did it work?
From Manila to Victorian England.
The social side of 18th-century masturbation.
One of these things is the ideal start to a day, the other is a nice breakfast.
From brothels to the underground dominatrix scene.
From “I love you” to “I’m sorry for your loss”.
Not your average pulmonary artery.
Was the world’s most famous courtesan a devious seductress or unwilling scapegoat?
Catherine Robbe-Grillet is in her tenth decade of life, lives in a beautiful French castle, and is fully committed to BDSM. The great science fiction author Robert Heinlein once wrote, “Every gener...
How the OG online dating platform came to be—and why it continues on.
The most famous sex researchers on merging the clinical and sensual.
