Noting that magazines were the most interactive form of traditional media and that my production, editorial, and management skills were completely transferable, I made the switch to interactive media in 1992. As the New York-based editor in chief of many image-heavy magazines, including Tiger Beat, Playgirl, and many entertainment titles, I was an early desktop-publishing user and had my first personal email account in 1983. I have been hooked on the human-computer interface since 1975 when I first did programming on punch cards for Computer Science 101. How did you get to that position? How did you move on to, Inc.? What did you do at Mattel, and what do you do now at, Inc. You have been instrumental in the development of girl games at Mattel. Though we salute anyone who tries to make it in the publishing world today, what we really desire is good writing and visuals that deal with people, both the male and female variety, as real human beings, not as graphic elements in someoneвЂ™s wet dream.Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Nancie Martin The magazine was focused on the idea of desire, but desire in every topic they touch-in the environment, health, politics. ItвЂ™s all very artsy and faux decadent and no penises in sight.Д«ut why do we need Playgirl now? The magazineвЂ™s pr says it вЂњrepresents an open message that eroticism has no gender right now, and no sexual tendency, and PlaygirlВ is pure eroticism on paper to take home. WeвЂ™re in for a lot of nudity, based on promises from Kuhns and teasing photos on the Playgirl Instagram account. (At least Playgirl has a woman, Skye Parrott, as editor-in-chief.) Getting Naked At this point in the 21st Century, itвЂ™s down-right irritating. The famed Seven Sisters, including McCallвЂ™s and Good Housekeeping, that reigned through much of the 20th Century were more often than not helmed by men.

The original Playgirl was run by a man, and can we just say that itвЂ™s long been baffling that men ever ran womenвЂ™s magazines. The person behind the relaunch is Jack Lindley Kuhns, which is a disappointment. (Yeah for the NextTribe age group making an appearance!) No, itвЂ™s not a sexualized look, but it seems like getting off on the wrong foot to start with yet more female skin. A new version launched this month, with 45-year-old ChloГ« Sevigny showing off her naked pregnant body on the cover. Thank God! The Reincarnation of PlaygirlД®ven though no one seemed to be asking for it, Playgirl is back. Read More: YouвЂ™re Never Too Old to Have a Crush. In 2016, the magazine folded, and our only question is-with the massive fall out going on in the publishing world-how did it last so long? In fact, in the early 2000s, the gay readership was estimated by Playgirl execs to be between 30 and 50 percent. The magazine changed hands several times, and grew increasingly popular with gay men. Mixed in with the pecs, porn-star mustaches, and penises were serious articles by important writers-Maya Angelou, for instance, if you can believe it. For a while Playgirl, whose tagline was вЂњEntertainment for Women,вЂќ had a good run, even though, letвЂ™s be honest, the full-frontal male anatomy is just not that photogenic. Fight fire with fire, seemed to be the thinking. This was a big deal at the time, supposedly an answer to the years of sexism perpetrated by the likes of Playboy and Penthouse.

But his вЂњequipmentвЂќ is discreetly obscured by his leg. He is shown reclining au naturale in a kitchen chair we see his inviting grin, his shapely chest, the ridges of his abs, and a peek of pubic hair. He was also the first centerfold in Playgirl magazine in 1973. Remember Lyle Waggoner? He was the ridiculously handsome co-star on The Carol Burnett Show back in the day.

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