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Famous People's Scandalous Diaries

  First Posted: 02/23/2012 9:24 am   Updated: 02/23/2012 9:24 am

By Alison Nastasi for Flavorwire:

Writer Anaïs Nin didn’t just keep a diary, she made journaling an art form. She began putting pen to page during her adolescence and continued documenting her most intimate, sexually frank thoughts — often involving famous friends and bedfellows like Henry Miller — until her death in 1977.

The erotica maven’s birthday is today, and we’re taking a look at several other well-known, scandalous diarists who have shared their candid (and often naughty) thoughts and experiences for all to peruse. In the age of celebrity sex tapes, some of these admissions may seem timid now, but they certainly made waves during their time. Who would you add to the list? Click on to read our picks, and weigh in with yours below.

Kurt Cobain
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"I am a male, age 23, and I am lactating. My breasts have never been so sore. Not even after receiving titty twisters from bully school mates. They had hair down there long before I stopped playing with dolls. I haven't stopped playing with dolls. I havent masturbated in months, because I've lost my imagination. I close my eyes, and I see my father, little girls, german shepards, and TV news commentators, but no voluptuous, pouty-lipped, naked female sex kittens, wincing in ecstasy from the illusory positions I've conjured up in my mind. No, when I close my eyes I see lizards & flipper babies, the ones who were born deformed because their mothers took bad birth control pills. I am seriously afraid to touch myself." --Kurt Cobain's journals
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gutz54
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10:07 PM on 02/26/2012
Poor Kurt-- a guy with some talent but basically a tortured soul and a drug addict-- nothing more...
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Bettanowthanltr06
42 Fans
09:38 PM on 02/26/2012
sheesh, the guy is dead, let it rest already!
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darubo27usa
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08:59 PM on 02/26/2012
There's a fine line between lunacy and genious. these, were mostly looneys.
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hman570
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08:23 PM on 02/26/2012
Guess some people have to do something in their spare time.
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clancy3909
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08:22 PM on 02/26/2012
I love Kurts words!!You can see the genius behind the words if you are smart enough to really see them.You can also see how his depression went right to his core.
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iddottaw
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07:45 PM on 02/26/2012
Hello: It's not surprising that such a sick, twisted-minded person mated with another sick, twisted-minded addict Courtney Love.
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Karol Casey
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07:43 PM on 02/26/2012
Holy crap, just reading the comments makes me ill. The guy was a talent, guitarist, singer and wrote about his pains and others.............damn..let it go, he's gone. Let him be.
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robertkl2010
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07:24 PM on 02/26/2012
Best birthday gift ever April 5 the day this mental case blew his head off...
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mcyaflasun
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07:37 PM on 02/26/2012
Judgement, judgement, judgement, sigh.
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muckatuck
tell me...where is sanity?
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07:49 PM on 02/26/2012
that mental case fronted one of the most popular bands in history that helped define an entire genre and will likely be remembered for a long time to come.not for nothin', but who are you again and what have you done?
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James Gale
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07:02 PM on 02/26/2012
He's to be pitied, not admired. Only God could have helped him but he apparently didn't want God's help. Instead he turned to a shot-gun for help. What a waste of life and talent!
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mcyaflasun
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07:36 PM on 02/26/2012
If he truly knew God, or anyone could help him??? The desperation of a suicidal mind, is any human's guess, dude. Quite judgmental statement posted. I guess you know.
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muckatuck
tell me...where is sanity?
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07:53 PM on 02/26/2012
why not both? it's a pity no one was able to reach him, but he can still be admired for what he did accomplish.
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Z06Corvette500
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06:34 PM on 02/26/2012
Why are you even talking about this? He has been dead for a long time.Let him rest in pease.
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surfsup77
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06:04 PM on 02/26/2012
Lord Byron rules!
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rymic
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05:56 PM on 02/26/2012
What a weirdo...
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ReadTheStory
71 Fans
08:02 PM on 02/26/2012
By what standard?
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Simple Jim
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05:36 PM on 02/26/2012
Who misses drug addicts when they die?Only those who hung around them for the free drugs..good riddence to all of them...
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Suzy 24
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06:17 PM on 02/26/2012
Mothers,Fathers,Sisters,Brothers,Children love the drug addict who have died,it is an illness
and they are just as precious in the eyes of God and the family left behind as anyone else.
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mcyaflasun
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07:26 PM on 02/26/2012
Cool, I agree
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stru249
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05:34 PM on 02/26/2012
his father should have used a condom so we could have been spared all of this nonsense.
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muckatuck
tell me...where is sanity?
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07:54 PM on 02/26/2012
still took the time to read the 'nonsense' though huh?
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ReadTheStory
71 Fans
08:02 PM on 02/26/2012
Why do you think you are the one to decide that?
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darubo27usa
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09:03 PM on 02/26/2012
You must be a confused "philosopher", why do YOU question everyone elses's comments? are you unhappy with YOUR existence?
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postofficemike
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05:27 PM on 02/26/2012
Oh, I beg to differ. No more playing with anything for him!
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