The Marie Lafarge poisoning case that I wrote about last week remains a mystery to me. When I try to decide for myself whether she was guilty or innocent, I find myself going back and forth, unable to settle on
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They broke laws and conventions by… wearing trousers! This week’s mini post is a Mathilde de Morny-inspired list of French women who wore “men’s clothes”. Whether to it was to better express their sexuality, or give them more freedom of
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There were countless thousands of sex workers in Paris during the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) with the vast majority living miserable hand-to-mouth existences. At the very top of the profession were a select few courtesans, or démi mondaines, who
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