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CREAM LEMON: The Series That Shaped Erotic Japanese Animation - Part I

CREAM LEMON: The Series That Shaped Erotic Japanese Animation - Part I

OVAsDuring the 1980s, as the Japanese animation market expanded, largely due...

The Long-Lasting Fascination With the Sensual Motif of Lady Godiva

The Long-Lasting Fascination With the Sensual Motif of Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva was an eleventh century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and the wife of...

Hiroya Oku: Selling Sci-fi with Sex

Hiroya Oku: Selling Sci-fi with Sex

A provocateur of both high order and low, mangaka Hiroya Oku undoubtedly has...

BLURRED LINES VOLUME 3: THE KINKIEST PEOPLE IN HISTORY — From Foot Fetishes to Blood Rituals, Crossdressing Monarchs to Fetish Fashionistas

BLURRED LINES VOLUME 3: THE KINKIEST PEOPLE IN HISTORY — From Foot Fetishes to Blood Rituals, Crossdressing Monarchs to Fetish Fashionistas

Editor’s Note:Off-the-Curriculum History has a dirty little...

Desire Distorted By Precision In Paul Wunderlich’s Erotic Labyrinth

Desire Distorted By Precision In Paul Wunderlich’s Erotic Labyrinth

Ambiguity and EroticismThe work of German artist Paul Wunderlich (1927-2010)...

Beauty and Brutality; The Dark Erotic Art of Natalie Frank

Beauty and Brutality; The Dark Erotic Art of Natalie Frank

Natalie Frank's art explores themes of power and the human form. In her...

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