Sexis Social: A publication by EdenFantasys community

Why So Uptight?

I was recently on a business trip and had an afternoon to kill and went to a museum for a change of pace. As I was walking around all of the great pieces of art, I noticed something. Back in the Renaissance people were not afraid to have everything hanging out and on view to the world.

Celebrities Turned to World War II Vet for Hook-Ups

But don't get it twisted. He's no pimp.

Laura Ingalls is Incredibly Unsexy

In a few weeks my sister and I are throwing an anniversary party for my parents. My parents are just as odd as I am so we decided to do an old West-Little-House-On-The-Prairie-style party at a Texas fort, complete with a chuck wagon serving supper and a women playing the fiddle into the night around the bonfire. It should be awesome.

I Love, Therefore I'm Nuts

Andrew Shaffer gives us the skinny on the private lives of 37 philosophers, in Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love, all full of various types of affairs, angst, desire, despair and scandal.

Can we blame Columbus for Syphilis or not?!

He is to blame. He is not. He is to blame... Oh, who knows, really?

The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to a Safe Haven of the AIDS Crisis Era, The Starlite

The Starlite Lounge, founded in 1959, was Brooklyn’s oldest gay bar and the first black owned gay bar in the city. It was more than a gay bar; it was more than a neighborhood safe haven; it was both and so much more to those who gathered on World AIDS Day to remember the times they shared.

Kisses from Adoring Fans Erode Oscar Wilde Monument

Memorial at Paris gravesite will be cleaned, put behind protective glass.

Is Divorce Really A Bad Thing? A History of Marriage (and Divorce) — Part 2

Last week when news of Kim Kardashian's divorce shook up the Internet, I asked: What's with the so-called “sanctity”of this marriage? Does the institution actually have any sanctity?

The short answer? No.

Russian Historian Turns Ghoulish Doll-Maker

He dug them up, took them home and dressed them up. Not kidding.

Catholic Church, Turns Out, is a Big Seller of Erotica

We imagine they'll have to say a few “Hail Marys.” Or something.

Gadhafi Had This Huge Thing for Condoleeza Rice

Dead Libyan leader kept photo albums and a video, set to music. Um. Eww?

Paleolithic Penis Art Tells Us How Sex Mattered, Way Back When

Censors and politicians are more recent inventions, you know?

Kim Kardashian and the Sanctity of Marriage: A History of Marriage — Part One

Kim Kardashian threw a lavish multi million dollar wedding, only to divorce two months later. The gossip has prompted a wave of tweets along the lines of... “tell me again why the sanctity of marriage is threatened by gays?” But I ask, has marriage ever had sanctity?

Colonization of the Sacred Breast

The powerful meanings breasts convey as life-givers and life-destroyers are varied and complex. There are the ‘good breasts’ that we associate with lactating mothers and the ‘bad breasts’ that kill us with cancer; in between we squeeze in the ‘naughty breasts’ of sexuality that, depending on perspective, can be bad, good or both.

Indian Girls Called 'Nakusa' Get New Names

In Hindi, it means “unwanted.” Maybe now, they won't be ...

Saddam's Bronze Booty to be Auctioned Off

Would you pay $15K for this particular piece of ass?

Syphilis in Europe: Don't Blame Columbus

You can blame him for a lot of things, sure, but not that.

Cannibal Murderer Model Denied Parole in California

Yes, we said “cannibal murderer model.” You read that correctly.

Couple Renews Wedding Vows 99 Times in 27 Years

If it was a few times, we'd call it romantic. But this is borderline OCD.

Hefner Helps Save Hollywood Mountain

Donation puts land trust over the top. Who would want to live next to that sign, anyway?!

Pride and Prejudice and Porn

Armed with choice words for the would-be literati who condemn her latest effort, writer Mitzi Szereto becomes Jane Austen by way of “Fanny Hill.”

Former Man on the Moon Aldrin in Love at 81

... but his wife calls younger woman “a predator” as divorce looms.

The Case of the Missing Topless Virgin Mary

Controversial statue in Prague is stolen ... if you find it, there's a $30,000 reward.

Christina Crawford to Show 'Mommy Dearest' in Nude Videos

Footage of Joan in the 1930s-'40s will be part of one-woman show.

Sexist Coffee Ads Made Right

My friend James sent me this awesome montage of sexist coffee ads from the 50’s. I can’t imagine a time when women wouldn’t respond with “Oh, perhaps I shouldn’t have added so much rat poison, dear.”

Brooklyn's 'Vagina Tree' Laid Low by Irene's Fury

Vagina lovers everywhere: A moment of silence, please.

Your Ancestors Had Sex with Neanderthals

And it was good for them! Or good for their immune systems, anyway.

Allies Wanted to Dose Hitler with Estrogen

Feminized fuehrer, perhaps, would have been less monstrous.

Marilyn Monroe Sex Tape? No One's Buying It

Whether it is, or it isn't—expect there to be lawyers involved.

Newly Discovered Rosa Parks Essay Describes 1931 Near-Rape

Document found among trove of 8,000 items to be auctioned by civil-rights icon's estate.

Simone Corday: Sex and Scandal Behind The Green Door

Mitchell Brothers stripper Simone Corday remembers her lover, Artie Mitchell, Hunter S. Thompson, and the killing that rocked San Francisco.

Important Advice about Boobs, from the Year 1694

Trust us, people took breasts seriously way back when, as well.

Giant Marilyn Monroe is More Than an Eyeful in Chicago

Just so you know—she's wearing giant white lace panties.

My Case for a Black Bond: Adding Some Color to the 007 Franchise

Last week, MGM pictures announced they were close to casting British actress Naomie Harris as the new Miss Moneypenny in their rebooted James Bond franchise. Sexy, smart and snarky, Harris promises to bring some real edge to the role of M’s dutiful secretary.

Sex Reassignment Surgery on Children Under Investigation in India

Sex change for girls allegedly a choice for hundreds of parents.

Moralists Already Hate NBC's 'The Playboy Club'

Drama about the '50s coming to the small screen in the fall.

Solicitation: The Secret Life of Johns, Part Six — If It Wasn’t A Secret, Would It Exist?

Would there be sex work in a sexually non-repressed society? It's one of those philosophical questions to wax over, in all of its unicorn-like glory. After all what does “sexually non-repressed” society even mean? Would we all be polyamorous...wearing fig leaves for clothes?

The Devil's Advocate: Has the Time Come to Bring an End to Affirmative Action?

Donald Trump thinks that Obama was too dumb to get into Harvard. Is that racist? Or does the accusation stem from well-intentioned policies of affirmative action that inadvertently undermine attempts to make society more equal?

Married Couples No Longer a Majority of Households

Unwedded coupling on the rise, according to 2010 census data.

Latina Glitter — The Stars of The U.S.'s Oldest Latina Drag Show

The stars of the oldest Latina drag show in the U.S. at La Cueva admit the term "drag" is a bit of a misnomer for their show — because the queens of this stage are not the usual men in drag you expect to find but male to female transgender performers.

Kate Middleton is No Cinderella ...

Doctored Disney images make the rounds on the Internet.

Sexual Tourism: An International Tour of Spring Fertility Festivals

Perhaps it’s a cliché, but it‘s eternally true: springtime brings thoughts of new life, birth, and evidence of sexual reproduction. As real chicks hatch from birds’ nests, we eat sugar-coated marshmallow chicks delivered by a mythical bunny (and we all know what bunnies like to do in their spare time).

Younger Nudists Avoiding Old-Style Resorts

“The whole lifestyle will just disappear unless we attract a younger crowd.”

Close Your Eyes and Think of England, and Other Cases of Sex Mis-education

For most people, talking to their kids about sex is awkward.

For sex ed teachers, explaining “the birds and the bees” to someone else’s kids is even more awkward.

And for the kids themselves? Hearing adult authority figures talk about sex is extremely awkward…and more troubling, often filled with lies.

Virginia Fires Law Firm that Backed Out of DoMA Fight

Conservative AG vengeful about defenseless Defense of Marriage Act.

Bad Girls and Promiscuity are Everywhere!

At least they were, in 1949. Something to tell your parents, or grandparents ...

The Nudie Artist: Burlesque Revived

To be simultaneously funny, sexy, seductive, and shocking is no easy task, but burlesque dancers manage to get a rise out of an audience, one way or another. New York’s Museum of Sex celebrates burlesque, past and present in the their recently opened exhibition "The Nudie Artist: Burlesque Revived," which not only explains the history of burlesque, but how it has become an art form in itself.

Fairy Tale Lust: Mother Goose Was A Naughty Bird, Part 2

Fairy Tale Lust: Mother Goose Is A Very Naughty Bird, Part 1

“Grandma, what big teeth you have...”
Even as a child–perhaps, a slightly peculiar one–I noticed there was something more provocative about the wolf’s teeth than there should've been. I could see him, hulking and hirsute in grandma’s nightie, bed frame creaking beneath his sinewy bulk as he surveyed the young girl, his sinfully long tongue wetting those ominous, luminous canines. Slavering.

The Bijou Theater | The Last Gay Adult Theater in America

In the middle of a ritzy Chicago neighborhood, among old brownstones and French bistros stands the Bijou — the oldest gay XXX theater in America. The Bijou celebrates it's 40th anniversary this year. Founded before the boutiques or the elementary school next door, it's cultivated a rich history and some unbelievable stories: prison sentences, a patron death, a tragic connection to a serial killer.

LA Lawmakers Consider Porn Ban in Libraries

It's not the watching that bothers them so much as the sharing.

Teaching Blowjobs and Bondage in Disastrous Times

The world is falling apart and I’m teaching fine cock sucking. Am I just playing in the band as the Titanic sinks? My birth nation is having a nuclear meltdown, and I’m carrying on teaching blowjobs and bondage, while fundraising for HIV. Yes, this may seem odd, and I know some may think me uncaring and having poor priorities, but somehow I know this is the right thing for me to do right now.

Vintage Vibe Ads Still Hit the Spot

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess that if you’re reading this, you own a vibrator. But how much do you know about the history of these tiny mechanical wonders?

Senators Demand Fight Against “Scourge of Obscenity”

Fortunately, there are only 42 of them who have nothing better to do.

Men and Women Starting to Look More Alike

Facial structures have changed over time, according to scientists.

California Lawmakers Would Mandate Teaching LGBT History

Law would put Harvey Milk, Alan Turing, Bayard Rustin, Barbara Gittings, et. al., in the books.

Why the Mosaic? — The Origins of Censorship in Japanese Pornography

It may surprise you to know that Japan, home to hentai, tentacle porn and bukakke, has had strict laws censoring its pornographic films for decades. In spite of easy access to uncensored images, thanks to the Internet, usage of the ubiquitous mosaic to blur images of genitals still persists.

Marine Biologists Discover the Secrets of ... Krill Sex

So is it voyeurism to film the love lives of tiny deep-sea crustaceans?

“World’s Oldest Erotica” Found by Archaeologists

Even if it doesn't turn you on, is it a turn-on knowing they were turned on?

“Have you ever been to the Mansion?”

Las Vegas Renaissance: Putting the Sin Back Into Sin City

When we heard Sin City had been “saved” a while back, we were skeptical. Like a full-on Disney experiment, when the town was invaded by a troupe of G-rated “Marketeers” who left in their wake a trail of daycare centers, Barney in-room TV marathons, and other sundry kid-friendly attractions, we shuddered.

Devil's Advocate: Is Blogging Worth it? Part 3

Anonymous blogging has risks, but also advantages. The sex blogging community itself wouldn’t be such a rich and thriving place if everybody’s salacious sexual stories were easily linked to their names, faces and the website of the schools their kids attended.

Deborah Lutz Dishes the Dirt On Victorian Sex Rebels

In a quest to pull the covers off prim Victorian society, Deborah Lutz, a renowned New York scholar and Professor of Victorian literature and culture at Long Island University, researched the work and lives of a group of Victorian freethinkers who blazed a trail for many current trends in modern art and literature.

Atheist Student Group Offers Porn for Bibles

Last year's event went so well, they're doing it again ...

Grape Inbreeding Could Threaten Wine Supply

Genetically, they're all just a little too much alike ...

Picasso’s Coveted Nude Mistress Goes on Display

Painting expected to fetch perhaps $29 million at auction.

Devil's Advocate: Is Blogging Worth the Risk? Part 2

In the early days of blogging, writers only had to “self censor” if they thought their mother or pastor might be reading their ramblings. Now, it’s all too common to find employers perusing your posts, too…and taking notes—which is why many bloggers have decided the only way to be secure expressing opinions is behind the mask of anonymity.

Same-Sex Parenting More Prevalent in the South

Stereotypes of gay parents belied by latest census data.

HIV Cure: Premature, Overstated Optimism or Medical Miracle?

“He loves me. He loves me naught. He loves me. He loves me naught. He loves me…”

Caligula’s Villa Discovered by Tomb Raider

Thief confesses, archeologists thrilled.

Valentine's Day Stuff Banned in Iran

No cards. No Cupids. No dozen roses. Etc.

MoSex Celebrates The Carnal Cartoon Age with New “Comics Stripped” Exhibit in NYC

The crowd at the “Comic Stripped” exhibition at the Museum of Sex was extremely—animated.

Playboy, Once Again, Belongs to Hefner

Founder takes financially troubled company back from shareholders.

Oh, You Sexy Lizard!

Contemplating a world without men ...

Sex Worker Cards Used in UK Pop Art Installation

Gilbert & George revisit their roots for latest show.

Kinsey’s Collection of Stag Films May Finally See the Light of Day

14,000 films have been locked away for decades.

“Rosie the Riveter” Dies at 86

WWII and women's movement icon Geraldine Hoff Doyle.

Lovergirl and Ivory Queen Teena Marie Passes at Age 54

Tributes pour in for singer whose voice “launched a thousand babies”

Letter from the Editor: Weddings, Vacations, Babies and Funerals

Is Blogging Worth the Risk? Part 1

From Christmas to XXX-Mas: A Letter from the Editor

Andy Warhol in Motion at New MoMA Exhibit

Eat, sleep and get blowjobs. Some men might say that’s all you really need in life—and going by some of his film titles, it seems that Andy Warhol might have agreed with them.

Jim Morrison Pardoned After 40 Years

Whether he exposed himself or not didn’t matter, in the end.

Pandas, Porn and Viagra

Scientists have tried everything. You do want more pandas, right?

Special Anniversary Celebration: Nina Hartley Meets Dildos in Space!

Stitch and Bitch: Not Your Granny’s Sewing Circle

In the Blood: AIDS and the Arts, Part 2

Yesterday, we explored expressions of artistic imagery touched firsthand or via inspiration by HIV/AIDS. Today, a poet and songstress felled by this deadly killer, whose voices have become anthem to a landscape of both hope and loss.

In the Blood: AIDS and the Arts, Part 1

In honor of World AIDS Day, Sexis offers a retrospective of fine artists and performers whose lives and works were informed by the disease. While some viewed HIV/AIDS through the lens of loving observation, and others have passed on, their creative efforts serve to inspire us all.

Mr. Sexsmith's Other Girlfriend: I Believe In Gratitude

A Brief History of Aphrodisiac Cookbooks

The Happy Hooker Remembers Bob Guccione

“It all started with a friendly phone call from Bob who had tracked me down to Amsterdam in 1971 …”

The Score (Part Two)

The journey music takes from the time it enters through the ears to when it arrives between the thighs is informed by factors of both culture and physiology. (Yeah, we knew there had to be a reason why only the few and the kinky have sex to the tune of "Jive Talkin'"...)

Dian Hanson: To Boldly Go Where No Pornographer Has Gone Before, Part 2

Dian Hanson: To Boldly Go Where No Pornographer Has Gone Before

Say “Ahhh” to The Deep Throat Sex Scandal

In 1972, the first feature-length, fuck flick caused quite a stir—and not just thanks to the copious amounts of on-screen oral sex. No, it was the behind-the-scenes tales of abuse and arrests that made the real story of the $600-million grossing film pretty hard to swallow.

Texas Abstains from Comprehensive Sex Ed; Naked Boatmen in China; LGBT Support Services Ready to Help

The Lone Star State opts to continue "abstinence only" despite availability of funds to expand sexual education programs in high schools.

Reviving the Runaways: Who Should Rule When Law, Psychology and Teenage Hormones Collide?

Proposition 8 Overturned, Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

The U.S. government is chipping away at getting same-sex marriage legalized.

What Dreams May Come? A Talk with Museum of Sex Curator Sarah Forbes

Civil Activist Hugh Hefner, the Origins of Modern Sex, Deep Throat Sings Off Broadway

A new documentary focusing on Hugh Hefner debuts today, exposing a side of the cultural icon that oftentimes goes unseen—his role as a political and civil activist.

Historic Gay Booty Found, Kardashian Says No to Fan’s Surgery

Sexual outlaw and underground literary figure Samuel Steward passed away in 1993, leaving behind a recently discovered Aladdin’s cave of gay paraphernalia.

Gay Zombie Sex Banned Down Under, Another Stone-Age Sex Toy, SFW Playboy

A softcore version of a film about the gay undead has been banned from appearing at the Melbourne International Film Festival because of scenes in which an “alien zombie finds dead bodies and has sex with them to bring them back to life.”

The Naked Reader: Coming in Colors: The Landscape of African-American Erotica, Part 1

What is erotic? Ask the question of 100 people, 100 different answers volley back like flaming arrows toward a castle under siege. Each is as unique as the stripes on a tiger, some markedly more dangerous, all indisputably valid.

Plugged In: Internet Censorship

Technology is widely touted as the anti-censor, opening up realms of knowledge from the mundane to the sublime to all people with unlimited access. But all Internet connections are not created equal, and the controversy over sexual materials has only intensified on the digital stage. From iPhones to censorwalls, the battle over freedom of information rages on.

Hef's Private Side, Reality Kings Sued, Naked Mannequin Terrorizes Nebraska Town

After functioning as a public company for more than 39 years, majority stockholder Hugh Hefner—ironically, a man best known for making privates public—announced hopes of taking Playboy Enterprises private.

Polanski Gets Off Swiss Free

Swiss authorities announced that Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the United States, and is no longer under house arrest, effectively ending a 30-year pursuit of the award-winning film director who fled the country after pleading guilty to charges of having had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

I Am A Patriot

Renewed Scrutiny for Marilyn Monroe and Wonder Woman’s Chests, Sex.com Up For Sale

Interest in Marilyn Monroe’s chest has not waned in the last fifty years, as bidders recently spent a staggering $45,000 on chest X-Rays taken of the blonde bombshell.

Larry King Hangs Up Suspenders

Larry King announced yesterday that he would step down from his illustrious position as late night TV’s longest running talk show host after weathering a sex scandal and marriage woes.

Sen. Robert Byrd Flies Away, St. Francis Draws a Blank at Gay Pride Parade

Robert Byrd, the longest-living U.S. Senator, passed away today at the age of 92.

U.S. General Recalled from Afghanistan, Anne Frank’s Sex Life

General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan, was called back to Washington over a recently published profile that painted those in the White House as “disappointing” and “wimps.”

Keith Haring: Pop-culture Prince, Art World Antihero, Enduring Activist

It's been 20 years since artist provacatuer Keith Haring passed away; a pioneer for AIDS activism, who himself succumbed to the disease. The imagery he left behind is a catalog of both innocent delight and quirky, carnal wit. The world was his canvas: From the sidewalks of New York City to the human body, nothing was safe and everything was sacred.

No Female Viagra for Japanese Porn Star...or Perez Hilton

Among doctors and researchers, the debate rages over how to diagnose female sexual problems, and if such problems are treatable with drugs at all, unlike their male counterparts.

Going Down in History, Part 2

A dozen years have passed since a curvy intern and the President of the United States launched an infamous sex scandal that left a mark infinitely more indelible on our culture than a telltale DNA stain on a blue dress.

The Naked Reader Book Club: Going Down, an Oral History, Part 1

June is a month that honors many things. Among its most delightful designations: Oral Sex Month. In honor of this fine tradition, in the coming weeks, our Naked Reader selections will be consumed with all things oral, sensual and pleasurable.

SexFeed:The Life and Death of Artist Louise Bourgeois

SexFeed:Gay Surrogacy, Feature Film Amid Attacks in Israel

SexFeed: Atlantis, Space Robots and Sex Dolls

SexFeed: So Many Political Sex Scandals, So Little Time

Plugged In: iPorn—Is the Sin in the App or the Apple?

Technology and porn have always been butt buddies, but the most prudish mobile device out there is the one in everyone’s pocket. The iPhone acts like your paranoid Aunt Marge when it comes to sexy apps, even though its own browser puts the World Wide Wank at your fingertips. How did we get here, and what does it mean for the future of digital sex?

SexFeed: Go See Banned Trousers in a Wicked Camper This Cinco de Mayo.

The Naked Reader Book Club: Playing the Race Card

The Naked Reader Book Club: The Subversive Universe According to Krassner

Paul Krassner is a writer, agitator, humorist and social watchdog extraordinaire. Where the establishment is matter, Krassner is antimatter. He speaks with the voice and the conscience of a generation who knew better than to trust the status quo. His message of thoughtful rebellion is as timely now as it was in the ’60s… perhaps even more.

The Naked Reader Book Club: Ars Erotica, Part 2

From censored to celebrated, erotica emerges from its dark alley and brown-paper-wrapper past to stake its claim on the bookshelves along with classic literature of every genre.

The Naked Reader Book Club: Ars Erotica, Part 1

In 1978’s The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault coined the phrase “Ars Erotica” (a.k.a. “the Art of Pleasure”) to differentiate between the “Eastern perception of sex as an art form” and “the Western approach of laboratory and statistical.” Erotica, as old as the human race itself, has evolved on a parallel course, and like the society from which it springs, continues to be a work in progress.

The Penis Festival

The Godfather of Masochism: In Memoriam: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

On the 115th anniversary of his death, we still have much to learn about sex, power and the true nature of love from the man for whom the term “masochism” was invented.

On Spooning

The Victorian Era added an important term to the sexual lexicon, other than merkin. When a family shared a bed, Mother and Father would instruct the kiddies to squish together and lie on their sides facing the same direction. Everyone stayed warm and more children could fit in the bed. Thus, spooning was born.

The Strange, True History and Evolution of the Personal Ad

Contrary to popular belief, the personal ad is not yet another invention of the internet. It’s been around for centuries, continuing to evolve with each generation’s needs, desires, and fetishistic frenzies—from the earnest days of ‘matrimony papers’ to today’s user-friendly searches on websites such as Craigslist.

Smoke After Sex? (You’re probably just doing it too fast.)

And certainly these days, since almost no one smokes anymore. For years, smoking and sex have been tied together. Literature, cinema and television have celebrated the post-coital cigarette to the point of cliché for eons. And now, unless you’re French or Quentin Tarantino, smoking is outré—in a big way. Is the image, moreover the act, even relevant anymore?

That Was Then, This is Now

Every era has had its rules for acceptable standards for clothing, communications, relationships, etc. There were also consequences for stepping outside that behavior. Here’s a look at quid pro quo—then and now—highlighting different eras in history to trace the trajectory of passion, fashion and culture.

Sex v. FCC: Epilogue and Backstory

The wacky, super-true tale of the FCC—how it came to power, and why it fears boobs.

Sex v. FCC: Act I

What is sex itself were hauled before the FCC and forced to defend itself? G.L. Morrison considers the twists, turns, and inherent satire of such an eventuality.

Bettie Page: Posed for Our Sins

The pinup model who wanted to be a missionary...

Above Our Nelly Knees: The Stonewall Riots at 40

The 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots takes place this Sunday. Sexis takes a look back at what Stonewall meant then, and what it means to this day.

Rhythm of Sin: The War on Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll

Music is sexy. Dangerous sexy. Back in the annals of history, some caveman Casanova figured out smacking out a rhythm on a rock with your club was more conducive to lovemaking than clubbing her over the head. Women have loved drummers ever since.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part 7

Hubris in Neon: SEXIS sits down for a one-on-one with the ’80s, and, as usual, “The Me Decade” speaks for itself, or in this case, himself…

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part Six

The ’70s: The most odious decade ever. No kidding. It was beyond bad. I mean, Roger Moore as James Bond? Puh-lease! Well, at least everyone was fucking.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part Five

From white kid gloves to a roll in the mud, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the rise and fall of the Madonna/whore decade!

Eroticism & the Executive Branch: Sex Lives of the Presidents

So everyone's all atwitter about the hotness of our new First Couple, right? But we've been obsessing on the sexayness of our Commanders in Briefs since, well...as long as we've had presidents. From the rumors of Lincoln's homosexuality to the derrings do and don't of FDR, to the inherent weirdness of Garfield—Wise Young Mommy takes a fond look back at the sex lives of a few of our presidents.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part Four

The Fifties! The Pelvis. Poodle skirts. Pat Boone. Nat King Cole. Hugh Hefner. James Dean. Ozzie and Harriet. Is it Safe to Come Out of the Bomb Shelter Yet?

Ragged Glory: The Rise and Fall of the Noble Stag

Today, we know porn as a mainstream product which pervades nearly every facet of our social fabric. It wasn't always that way--a century ago, pornography was a strictly underground affair, rearing its head up in men's lodges and dance bars as the stag film. Bob Modern takes a look back at the glory days of the stag, from meat shots to Apple Knockers and all the way to Marilyn Monroe herself.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part Three: Supply, Demand, Gender-Bending and Nuclear Cheesecake

Springtime for Hitler on the Paris Runways. Pin-Up Girls Pump More than Morale. Plus our 21-Gun Salute to Gender Bending in the Military.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part Two: A Rumination on Tomatoes, Platinum Blondes and the Rise of Butch Chic

Warning! Dangerous curves ahead. Blonde ambition conquers all…and we ain’t talkin’ Madonna.

Seminal Styles of the 20th Century: Designers, Divas and Fashion Firsts That Shook the World--Part One: From the Gilded Age to the Flapper

Does sex influence fashion, or does fashion influence sex?

Mondo Sexo: The Heady Days of Sexploitation Sinema

Are you curious? And if you are, are you curious-yellow, or blue? Before blue movies were legal, there was a decades-long movement of filmmakers pushing sexual boundaries--a genre known affectionately as sexploitation. Bob Modern takes a fond look back at film's most lurid and eccentric genre.

The Venus Pendulum: A Brief History of Women and Sex

How do you condense the history of female sexuality into 1500-ish words? With dignity, aplomb, and an occasional dig at the Victorians.