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The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
Women in Trousers
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Voices and Saints

Saint-Denis

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023 • 1 min read

Saint-Denis on Notre Dame holding his head...

Photo: Anne97432

This image is circa 1475-1500 by miniature painter Jean Bourdichon.

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Diane de Poitiers and drinkable gold

As gold prices surge to historic highs, perhaps investors might consider drinking some of it to make themselves better looking? Both the U.S. and the E.U. have long authorized gold as a food additive and garnish in haute cuisine and schnapps, as long as it's pure,

Oct 20, 2025 4 min read

Vulva imagery and the Virgin

A secret seemingly known only to Reddit (the Sexuality subreddit), Instagram and Queer religious scholars is that sexual meaning can be found in, gasp, of all places, the iconography of the Virgin Mary. Prehistoric vulva imagery long preceded the Catholic Church, which pushed aside the pagan goddesses, but medieval manuscript

Oct 13, 2025 2 min read

Gretchen is the hero of Goethe's 'Faust'

In Germany these days there is a debate about whether schools should stop teaching classics like Goethe's Faust. After all, "in Berlin for example, 55% of all children and teenagers have familial roots outside of Germany, according to Berlin's statistics office" (source: Deutsche Welle)

Oct 6, 2025 3 min read

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A Tale of Two Women
The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Women in Trousers
About the Author

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