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The House of Incest

Henry Miller

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Henry Miller
Henry Miller in 1940

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Vulva imagery and the Virgin

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'

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
Roman Monster found dead in the Tiber River

Roman Monster found dead in the Tiber River

This is really a story about money and riches, but more on that in a minute. Even today it reads like a tabloid headline but, in January 1496, after the Tiber River flooded the city of Rome, a rumor got around that a monster had been found in the mud
Sep 29, 2025 3 min read
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  • 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
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  • Spinster
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  • The Town Square
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  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
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