Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009) was an actor, dancer, singer and model.  One of the premier performers of the Golden Age of Erotic Films, she helped establish adult films as an art.  Among her films were Behind the Green Door, Resurrection of…

Jin Ming Pei (The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotus) (1610) is a Chinese erotic novel written by the pseudonymous Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng or “The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling”.  In 1695 Zhang Zhupo deleted or rewrote some of the passages.  The book’s…

Anna Lisa Wagner (b. 1996) is an American erotic artist, who works as a model, actor, director and photographer.  Signed as a Ford model while still a teen, she became a Penthouse Pet in 2019.  She also appeared in Playboy…

Young and Beautiful (2013) is an erotic French film about Isabelle, a young woman discovering her sexuality.  After losing her virginity during summer vacation, she is disappointed that she feels nothing about it.  She returns to Paris and becomes a…

John Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and critic.  A superb prose stylist, he mostly wrote about the middle-class, though he later addressed other subjects.  He was the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes. Updike was one…

L’Origine du Monde (1866) is a painting created by Gustave Courbet.  It depicts a woman lying on a bed, her legs spread, her vagina, belly and right breast uncovered.  The figure is anonymous, though it is probably the artist’s model…

Zebedy Colt (1929-2004) was an American musician, actor and director.  A mainstream actor on Broadway and in Hollywood, he recorded I’ll Sing for You, a ground-breaking gay album in the late 1960’s.  He also became involved in erotic films at…

India Summer (b. 1975) is an American adult film actor and model.  She is known as perhaps the premier MILF performer.  One of the busiest actors, she has appeared in numerous hardcore and softcore scenes.  Among her films are An…

History of My Life or Histoire de ma vie (1822) is the memoir of Giacomo Casanova, the Venetian adventurer.  Originally published in censored editions, an unexpurgated version was only released in 1962.  The manuscript, upon which the book is based,…

The Vixen Media Group creates elegant erotic films.  Founded in 2014, its headquarters are in Los Angeles, with branch offices in Barcelona, Altea and Montreal.  Its films are released on the websites Vixen, Tushy, Blacked, Blacked Raw, Tushy Raw, Deeper…