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America Vs. Thailand: Is Backwash Puritanism Better Than Dangerous Sex Work?

Are you kinda sick of hearing people debate the morality of the infamous Duke porn star? Thailand would agree, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

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From Angry Bees to Barbara Walters: Welcome to the Timeline of Good Vibrations

Barbara Walters has announced she loves to get randy with her vibrator, and no one's blushing. How did we get to this blissfully evolved place?

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Easy-Bake Oven: Sugar-highing America’s Children for 70 Years

Long-running toys can be fascinating historical objects.

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Women: Moral but Dumb. Watch This Suffragist Take Down Sexist Arguments

Every now and then we are reminded of the shocking fact that women used to have no vote. More shocking still? U.S.

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Ladies Home Journal 1911 Vision of 2011: No Mosquitoes, Flies, or Weaklings

Journalists, industry bigwigs, politicians, and academics alike love to toss out big, bold (and possibly fallacious!) predictions about future tren

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