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No, Anne Boleyn Was Not Black.

If whitewashing is okay, so is black Anne Boleyn, but I wish they’d…

Real Dating Advice From A 1938 Magazine. Omg, Lol The Pics.

#2. If you need a brassiere, wear one…

An 1889 Magazine Asked Single Women Why They Aren’t Married and Ouch, The Replies

Men didn’t help with…

They Say Marilyn Monroe’s Mother Was Insane. I’m Not So Sure.

Depression, abuse and trauma are not…

The Slut of the Tudor Court

Kitty Howard is the child abuse survivor history loves to hate

Victorian Women Wore The Most Hilarious Underwear

If you think pajamas with a trap door look…

10 Dumb and Deadly Things Victorian Women Did To Be Prettier

Makeup was for prostitutes, so “good…

Snow White Was Real and The Magic Mirror Was Creepy and Weird

Mirror, mirror on the wall, weirdest…

Real Dating Ads From the 1880s. You Couldn’t Make These Up if You Tried

Money was a big deal, women must be domesticated, an old maid was 27, and there was a weird mechanic fetish

The Tragic End of America’s First Supermodel

From Hollywood fame to abandoned muse.

Joseph Pulitzer Told Her To Get Thrown In An 1887 Insane Asylum. She Did

What they did to women was…

How Prostitutes Changed Fashion History

High Fashion Harlots: How Prostitutes Changed Fashion History

Courtesans were the trendsetters of…

Ossiana Tepfenhart

Vinegar Valentines Are The Victorian Trend That Need To Come Back

No, you (hopefully) aren’t going to…

5 Seduction Secrets from Juliette Récamier

5 Seduction Secrets from Juliette Récamier

She inspired novels, art, and furniture. She also broke a…

Victorian Rules for Sex, Marriage and Being A Good Wife

Why can’t you ask a question? Why is your…

Victorian Dresses Were Death Traps Sprayed With Kerosene

Thousands of women burned to death, screaming…

Judy Garland’s Mother Was The “Real” Wicked Witch

“I never felt wanted unless I was onstage performing”

The Murder of a Medici Princess

The Murder of a Medici Princess

Women didn’t commit adultery and get away with it in the Medici court

5 Horrible Ways Women Tried to Lose Weight Throughout History

A tapeworm a day keeps the fat away

They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President

The tragic story of President John F…

“For Most of History, Anonymous Was A Woman” — Virginia Woolf

Sexually abused at age six, death robbed…

If Men Really Believed Women Were Equal, They’d Do More Housework

The Hollywood movie star who changed…

10 Sexist Vintage Birth Control Ads Translated for Modern Readers

This household cleaning product fed…

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