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The Pope’s Pornographic Bathroom
My Slate series on the Vatican climaxed, as it were, with a piece about my adventures getting in to the so-called Stufetta del Bibbiena, the bathroom decorated with erotic art by Raphael in 1516 – causing a good deal of outrage amongst some of the more reverent Catholic readers, even though the Vatican itself has […]
WHAT WAS J. EDGAR HOOVER’S FAVORITE PARTY DRESS?
November 17, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
The new Clint Eastwood/Leonardo DiCaprio biopic, J. Edgar, includes a nod towards the rumors that the FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover was a secret cross-dresser, when the young, distraught J. Edgar puts on a dress after his mother’s death. The historical accuracy of the colorful — and enduring — story is something I looked into […]
THE HOLY GUIDE TO COITAL POSITIONS
October 24, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
While I was researching Napoleon’s Privates: 2500 Years of History Unzipped and The Sinner’s Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe, the lore of medieval sex kept cropping up… and often in surprising ways. Somehow the human race survived the Middle Ages, no mean feat when you consider how much literature was […]
Nevada Rose: Inside the American Brothel
The state of Nevada is home to the country’s only legal brothel industry. While legalized prostitution is often an industry considered undesirable by many, it’s important to the economic survival of the communities where it’s legal and harbors deep roots in the history and settlement of the American West. Nevada Rose, the first book of […]
JUST SAY “ITHYPHALLIC”: A Weiner election meditation
September 13, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
As the post-Weinergate special election looms in New York today, a visitor to the city could be struggling in vain to grasp what ex-congressman Anthony Weiner actually did this summer to warrant his abject and tear-filled resignation, since the mainstream press remains quaintly coy regarding sexual terminology. One can learn from the New York Times […]
Here, kitty, kitty: Taschen’s big book series gets pussy (XXX)
Here at the Museum, we’re huge fans of Taschen’s sexy books and carry quite a collection of their gorgeous glossies on our store shelves. We have the entire body part series to date: The Big Butt Book The Big Book of Legs The Big Book of Breasts The Big Penis Book So you can imagine […]
Share your best (or worst!) vibrator story to win a Jimmy Jane!
The epic Jimmy Jane Form 2 is now available at the museum store and the good news is that we’re giving one of these babies away ($135.00 value)! But we can’t just toss off this palm-ful o’ pleasure. We need to make sure you you want it…you need it! If you want to win this […]
THE FIRST SEX TOURS
August 27, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
Thailand, Rio de Janeiro and Budapest may have reputations for wild sex play these days, but they are rank newcomers compared to some ancient destinations in Europe. For over 2000 years, the beautiful Italian island of Capri in the Bay of Naples was renowned for debauchery on a Titanic scale. As I […]
APHRODISIAC ATTACK
July 29, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
The dust has settled on the great “Sex and Travel” event hosted in MoSex’s atmospheric OralFix bar, where I read with Elisabeth Eaves (pictured below, in a suitably grainy photo by my friend Erin Levi). As the scale model of the legendary “sex chair” of King Edward VII was revealed (see the MoSex blog posting), […]
Sex and travel night on July 26
Elisabeth Eaves, author of Wanderlust: A Love Affair With Five Continents and Tony Perrottet, author of The Sinner’s Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe (and our very own guest blogger!), will read from their work and discuss the intersection of lust and travel — past, present and future. Tuesday, July 26, 7 pm @ MoSex, […]
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December 14, 2011 by Tony Perrottet
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