American Filth
American Filth
From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s…Social links:
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O Say Can You Cheat
The son of Francis Scott Key was a womanizer and then womanized a woman whose husband would not stand being cuckholded! Come to American Filth Live on June 29th in Atlanta. Tickets here.
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Polly Wanna F**king Cracker
Andrew Jackson had a bad bird...but did you know that pets often take on the personalities of their owners??? Frick! Come to American Filth Live! It's in Atlanta on 6/29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at this link: https://dynamiceldorado.fourthwalltickets.com/shows/american-filth-live.
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Ouija Board Husband! Comstock Part 3
Feminist scholar Ida Craddock taught sex education to young couples. She had a lot of experience and expertise to pass on because of her own intellectual and sexual relationship with her husband who was a ghost. But Comstock came calling after she published some pamphlets. Come to American Filth …
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Unpregnanted! Comstock Part 2
Anthony Comstock strikes again! This time going after notorious abortionist Madame Restell. Get your tickets to American Filth Live here!
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Boo Birth Control!!! Comstock Part 1
Big follower of Christ/mail snoop Anthony Comstock rails against obscenity and gets a law named after him passed in 1873! One thing he hates in particular? Birth control!! Come to American Filth Live! Tickets here.
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First Gay President??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 3
Has America already had a gay president??? Or was he just a fussy, prissy, well-dressed guy?? James Buchanan lived with the same man for decades in Washington, and many people find that pretty sus!
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GAY-braham Lincoln??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 2
Men continue to sleep in the same bed and maybe...give a little head. This time the couple in question shared a bed for four years. But yeah! Maybe they were just roommates! Or is Abraham Lincoln actually a little bit gay?
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Spicy Southerners! Bedfellows Headfellows Part 1
Some South Carolinian politicians in the 1820s did a lot more than sleeping. Just ask their fleshen poles.
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Oneid(ON'T MIND IF YOU BANG MY WIFE)a
Religious group? Sex cult? Polyamorous filth? Silverware manufacturer? The Oneida Community had it all.
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Exploiting the Mann Act
Progressive reformers are like, AH WHITE SLAVERY! And they pass a law to protect WHITE LADIES from PROSTITUTION! But then criminals are like, I'm going to exploit this.
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