“Ever since Playgirl’s launch in the early ’70s, its full-frontal male nudes and steamy copy have attracted an avid gay following. In 1999, former Playgirl editor in chief Claire Harth admitted the truth: “Though gay men had their own pornographic magazines, like Mandate and David, Playgirl was easier to buy and featured the kind of models gay men prefer-straight guys. the women and men ranked each other using the same ten characteristics. men ranked how much money a woman has at number six and women ranked how good looking a man is at number five and It also points to why Playgirl failed: a good looking naked hunk is not a high priority.īTW (in case you're wondering) of the ten characteristics: It also reveals why there's a glass ceiling: men compete for money and women complete for beauty. why there's a cosmetics and beauty industry for women but not for men. ~90% of men ranked how good looking a woman is as the first or second most important characteristic. ~90% of women ranked how much money a man has as the first or second most important characteristic. Of the 18% of men who ranked some other characteristic number one, over 80% ranked how good looking a woman is second. Of the 35% of women who ranked some other characteristic number one, 85% ranked how much money a man has second.Ĩ2% of men ranked how good-looking a woman is as the number one most important characteristic. Probably still does.I'm reminded of a survey done of heteronormative adult women and men of reproductive age asking them to rank ten characteristics of the opposite sex in order of importance.Ħ5% of women ranked how much money a man has as the most important characteristic. And he also did this photoshoot with Farrah Fawcett, shaved his legs for a commercial, and went naked under a fur coat to sell coats. before you hate, bear in mind Joe Namath appeared in Playgirl back in the day. Tasteful, classy, with plenty of intellectual literature pieces, and "art", sprinkled in amongst the twelve pictorials of guy's dongs flopping around. Good to know I can just subscribe to Playgirl now for $240 a year (cover price) and can change them up monthly.
“It is not anything like the pornographic Playgirl that died in 2015,” said Samir Husni, founder and director of the Magazine Innovation Center at The University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism/ “This Playgirl feels more like a nice coffee table book with nude pictures and great articles.”Īh yes, I've been in the market for new coffee table books I can have out for when guests come over. The first edition was priced to sell at $1 a copy, or $8 for a year’s subscription.īut while Parrott’s edition still contains a portfolio of a dozen nude male images shot by Harley Weir, it also includes personal essays and art, including an piece written by New York Times bestselling author Carvell Wallace that starts off: “Good f***ing riddance to the patriarchy.” The new version also costs a lot more at $20 a pop. I also know everybody is scratching their head wondering why a pregnant, non-photoshopped, (checks notes) Chloe Sevigny is on the cover and not some well-hung dreamboat of man.Īnd unlike the original 1973 issue, there’s not a man in sight on the cover. I know everybody has been wondering "what the fuck happened to Playgirl?" lately so this news comes at just the right time. But Parrott says she’s attempting to capture the enlightened feminist appeal of the mags early years, which boasted writers like Maya Angelou to Gloria Steinem, and not the porn mag for gay men it became when it folded in 2015. It’s now owned by Jack Lanley-Kuhns, who two years ago tapped Skye Parrott, former co-founder of the art and fashion magazine Dossier, to be editor-in-chief of the relaunch. Like the first edition - founded by LA nightclub owner Douglas Lambert with Marin Scott Milan helming editorial - the current incarnation is also a man/woman tag-team. NY Post - Playgirl returned to newsstands last month and like the original that debuted in 1973, it quickly sold out.
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