Esme Louise James’ Kinky History series is the hottest word on lustful saints and the history of sex toys.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Like many academics, Esmé Louise James, a PhD candidate at Melbourne University, regularly spends months working on research articles which, once published, are read by a handful of people before disappearing into journal databases. Such is the fate of most academic articles, no matter how juicy the subject matter. And the subjects James studies are, as juicy as it gets.
“Until then, I’d really thought that TikTok was a place for silly videos,” says James. “I was just there for a giggle, and suddenly I see Mary teaching the work of Michelangelo. I had no idea the platform could be used for that.” Spurred on by that initial success, James uploaded more content - ranging from historical slang for the penis, , fun facts about philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s penchant for flashing his rear end to strangers and early methods of contraception, such as ancient Egyptian women “shoving crocodile faeces up their hoo-has”.Kinky History
James refers to her millions of followers as a “community”. People send her pictures or facts from archives and libraries around the world, and some of her content now comes from such leads.
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