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Explore vintage magazines and films through timeless pieces from our archives.
'The Mysteries of Conjugal Love Revealed'
I have heard it said (most recently at the He's Not Here Lounge in Bayonne) that the 17th century was the span of transition from the medieval to the modern world. Indeed, it is lamentable that many of the heroic minds of that great and forth-beaming age have been forgotten. We are familiar with the names of Galileo, Descartes, and Newton, but I doubt that many, even among those of us who guess all the answers on The Joker's Wild, recognize the name of Venette, who was to sex what Newton was to apples.
By Lenny Legman9 years ago in Filthy
The Persecution of Eros' Ralph Ginzburg
What follows is far more than the personality profile of publisher Ralph Ginzburg. It is the recap of an outrageous incident of governmental persecution, in which Ginzburg ultimately served time in prison for having exercised his Constitutional right of freedom of expression. The trial, conviction, and incarceration of Ralph Ginzburg, for publishing an artful, erotic magazine named Eros—a magazine which today would be considered tame and tasteful—was a last-ditch effort by the forces of censorship to repress the sexual revolution which was burgeoning in the early 1960s. The plot against Ginzburg boomeranged, because his persecution was such a blatant violation of Constitutional freedoms that the government was shamed into expanding sexual liberty even beyond Ginzburg's dreams at the time he first published Eros in 1962.
By Lizzie Boudoir9 years ago in Filthy
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Filthy Gorgeous tells the story of a self-made billionaire who used his first success, Penthouse, to build a media empire that included over 100 publications. Guccione was a crusader for freedom of speech, an outspoken advocate of Vietnam Veteran’s rights, and the man who cost former Miss America, Vanessa Williams, her crown. Guccione also exposed the hypocrisy of the religious constituents who attempted to destroy him while hiring prostitutes for their own pleasure.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Sheila Kennedy's 'No One's Pet' Excerpt: The First Penthouse Shoot
Beneath the glamorous surface of a Penthouse Pet’s life in the mansion lies a dark and often scandalous story. For the first time in the history of the iconic adult magazine Penthouse, the curtain is lifted on life in Bob Guccione’s famous mansion. No One’s Pet: The Autobiography of Sheila Kennedy reveals the inner workings of the media magnate’s private sanctum.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Sex Magic of the Sensual Sorceress
All the wild witches, those most noble ladies,” wrote W. B. Yeats, a prescient Irish poet must have unwound a cingulum or two before we thought to do so. And judging from the undraped magnificence of this most charming sorceress, witches are not the hawk-nosed hags that we once were taught to shun.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
1970s Celebrity Ass
It is a funny thing, but celebrity ass wasn't that big in the 1970s. The celebrities that had them were certainly famous for them, but over all it was a breast man's world. The Jerry Seinfeld ass man was the anomaly. Most celebrities were less inclined to flaunt their best asset, and it would be decades before Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian mad ass big, or big ass depending on how you look at it. Back in the 1970s celebrity ass was less popular than 1970s celebrity boobs. But there were always the exceptions to the rule.
By Caesar Finkle9 years ago in Filthy
What Sex Was Like in Ancient Rome
You've probably seen some sort of televised version of what sex was like in ancient Rome, since every film or TV series set in that era seems to give us gore and nudity by the plenty. But that hardly means that the erotic practices we've seen on our screens are accurate representations of how the Roman's got busy—and maybe, like us, you've found yourself wondering from time to time what sex was like in times gone by.
By Lizzie Boudoir9 years ago in Filthy
Donald Trump Playboy Interview
Before the master of hype cemented himself as the master of politics and changed the Republican party forever, he was a lot like every other flamboyant, self-aggrandizing hustler, who happened to be a billionaire. In 2015, he evolved into something that only Mr. Trump himself could have predicted, and he did so. Envisioning himself as president in an iconic Playboy interview in March 1990, while not his priority, was certainly on the table. Ironically enough, he predicted that it would be on the Democratic ticket.
By OG Collection 9 years ago in Filthy
Things to Put on Your Sex Bucket List
When you have that one person you love and can do almost anything with there is nothing you won't do, including doing things to help your sex life evolve. There are many things you can put on a 'sex bucket list' that will help your sex lives more exciting, pleasurable, and infinitely amazing, while strengthening your relationship and increasing your intimacy. Having sex should never be routine or the same old same old, it should be something fun and worthy of exploring beyond limits and imagination. Living in our modern era we are luck enough to have all sorts of materials that can point us in the right direction–like magazines, videos, the internet– that help make it a breeze to find things to put on that sex bucket list of yours. So what are you waiting for? Open up your mind, indulge your sense of curiosity and set out on a sexual adventure – maybe you will even discover you're into more kinkier stuff than you thought.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
Vintage Sexist Dating Advice
We say ‘vintage sexist dating advice’ because a lot has changed over the last six or seven decades. We don’t experience an overload of advice that objectifies women and presents them as less significant, intelligent or capable than men. In fact, there are very few women who are referred to as ‘house wives’ these days because most women work and earn just as much, if not more than their partners. In many respects, the relationship dynamic in a relationship has changed. There are stay at home dads, who cook, clean and raise the children. There are couples who split a bunch of the daily housework and tend to reject traditional gender roles, whether on purpose on accident. But we can't value where we are if we don't look at where we've been, starting with vintage sexist dating advice.
By Bea Norton9 years ago in Filthy
Vintage Rules for Being a Lady. Created with: OG Collection.
It worked then, and it still works. The rules for being a lady are as much applicable today as they were decades ago. That's not to say, there is not an appeal to the crass biker chicks making their daily appearance on social media GIFs. But there is something grand and sexy about the sophisticated lady that never goes out of style. Maybe it is more fun thinking about taking your clothing off, when you are actually wearing clothing to begin with. Problem is, in a "me" generation obsessed with instant gratification, no one wants to take the time to read the rules. So read the vintage rules for being a lady and get current with what real men are into.
By OG Collection 9 years ago in Filthy
'Paris is Burning' Inspired LGBTQ Culture in America
Recently certain words like “yas” or “queen”, “shade”, “read” and “realness” have become popular sayings in everyday life-speak of most millennials. It’s on our favorite TV shows, strewn throughout social media, on podcasts - you name it, these words all over the place. Most people think this slang came from TV shows like Broad City and Real House Wives of Atlanta or a certain viral YouTube video of a girl screaming “YAAASSS GAGA you look so good!” but sorry people, they did not! Those words originated from one of the most influential LGBTQ documentaries from 1990 called Paris is Burning directed by Jennie Livingston. Thanks to this cutting edge and way before its time film, today many people, including young LGBTQ and heterosexual people alike, are able to embrace and learn about Queer culture in its most rawest form. The documentary exists as a relic of the ballroom scene, which today very much still exists, just not in the same way as it once did.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
