“To His Mistress Going to Bed” (c. 1593) is an erotic poem by John Donne.  In the piece the poet encourages his lover to undress, asking her to remove her clothes, starting at the top and finishing at the bottom. …

Emmanuelle (1974) is an erotic French film about the wife of a diplomat stationed in Bangkok.  Bored, the wife is sexually active, and the other characters also engage in sexual activity.  While no penetration is shown, the film includes masturbation,…

Evelyn Claire (b. 1996) is an American cam girl, model, actor, gamer and painter.  She began her career as a cam girl and nude model.  Among her approximately 250 films are All Her Attention, Bad Roommate, Book Club, Eyes on…

A fired clay tablet depicts a naked man and a woman embracing on a bed.  It measures about two inches by four inches. Dating from the Old Babylonian period (c. 1800 BC), it rests now in the British Museum. A…

Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a British writer, soldier, diplomat and explorer.  He wrote articles and books on a wide variety of topics, including language, falconry, fencing, travel and ethnography.  Burton was famed as the first European to journey to…

Navred Reef, real name: Tom Van der Feer, (1932-1982) was a Dutch/American photographer and director.  He photographed nude models and produced 8mm film loops.  (Some of the loops featured a young Linda Lovelace).  Working closely with Zebedy Colt, he created…

Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism (1879) by Mark Twain is a short speech on masturbation.  Twain delivered the talk to the Stomach Club, an informal fellowship of American expatriate writers and painters in Paris.  Onanism contains fictional quotes…

Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-54 BC) was a poet of the late Roman Republic.  Writing in Latin, using a blend of scholarly language and street slang, he composed poetry about himself and his friends.  His Carmina, based on a manuscript…

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…