Whores of Yore

Sex History. "A Catalogue of Jilts, Cracks, Nightwalkers, Whores, She-Friends, Kind Women & Others of the Linen-Lifting Tribe”

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The history of the word "whore" and how I use it here.

"Tis Pity She's a Whore: the 'Whore' in Whores of Yore" https://t.co/9gqTFoqyOt

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Possibly the greatest surname that has ever existed.

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2nd June is marked by sex workers, organisations and allies as International Sex Workers' Day, or International Whores' Day.

We remember action taken by sex workers in France in 1975, celebrate the work of SWs around the world, and continue to call for rights and safety.

#ISWD

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Are you a couple looking for a threesome? Let me stop you right there https://t.co/Qlvl11Tn7h

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It’s me! Presenting @HistoryHit’s brand new documentary on #Georgian Pleasures. You can watch right now at https://t.co/xr0QfRGLol & there’s a 14 day free trial n’all.

Thank you to all the wonderful historians who spoke to me for this one.

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What is the real #History behind #Bridgerton ? Join me and the @HistoryHit team as we delve into the dirtier side of the #Georgians in our new documentary #GeorgianSexDrugsRocknRoll

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Seriously, how do you know when you are in love?

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Just Lucille Ball being a Queen. #TakeYourHandsOffHerDavid

(Thanks to femalequotient on TT for this one)

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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the completely spectacular @DrJenGunter about the history of the menopause.

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I have nothing against tantric sex – just don’t call it therapy https://t.co/aVwMDu4PEl

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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to exquisitely erudite @LesleyDowner about her work & research on the history of the Geisha.

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(He was joking, btw)

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Mark Twain once called Titian's “The Venus of Urbino” (1538) the ‘foulest, the vilest, the obscenest picture the world possesses.’

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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the hip shakingly good Alanna Nash about her research on the sex life of #ElvisPresley

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Read more about this here https://t.co/n04vxlPA0y

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Today is #WorldPenguinDay , so here is a story about the “astonishing depravity" and "hooligan males" of the Adélie penguins recorded in Cape Adare in 1911.

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George went on to serve in the Grand Fleet and at Gallipoli in WW1, and later founded the British Schools Exploring Society in 1932. He remained president of the exploring society until he died in 1956. An obituary described him as "a truly great English gentleman".