“I’m Hugh Hefner. You might think you know all about me — the magazine, the mansions, the parties, the women — but you don’t know the half of it,” a narrator begins in the first trailer for Amazon’s American Playboy:… Continue Reading
In February, Playboy Chief Creative Officer Cooper Hefner announced that the magazine is making a return to nudity. As Thelemites continue to fight against repression and superstition, this seems particularly relevant. Indeed, Aleister Crowley himself said,* “The sexual nature of a… Continue Reading
According to Quartz, Playboy isn’t ditching nudes because of online porn. Online porn has been around for decades. Instead, “Dumping the brand’s association with nudity, however mild compared to online porn standards, gives it a better image in countries where… Continue Reading