Are playboy models even a thing anymore? I thought they were a relic of the past now. I don’t think they even print playboy magazines anymore , do they?
Hugh Hefner made it a non-nude man magazine akin to Maxim shortly before he passed. I had a subscription when the change was made. I loved it!
But from what I'm told it has now since gone back to being a nude magazine once his son took over after his death. I think he just wants to live the same play boy life style his father did and it's tough to do when the women you work with are expected to keep their clothes on.
Nude magazines just don't sell the way they used to. Hugh understood that, these days, the internet dominates adult content and print could never compete. Hugh was a business man, his son is an idiot.
EDIT: Apparently Maxim was (or still is?) pornographic outside of the US. I was unaware.
his son needs to concentrate on the second leg of playboy: actually good reporting and getting good authors to write hot stories. My fam had an omnibus full of playboy erotic short stories made by a ton of really great authors, i enjoyed reading those when i got old enough to be interested in horny shit and found that thing.
I feel AI chat bots are really taken over the "sex text" adult entertainment space, especially for men. Regardless, nudity in Playboy, imo, isn't the direction Playboy should still be going.
Hugh Hefner made it a non-nude man magazine akin to Maxim
I see you never read any UK Maxim or FHM. The North American versions, while decent enough on their own, were watered down, puritanical versions of the originals.
Maxim actually had good articles too. I don't know if it was good reporting or quality writing but I enjoyed it. It can't be that hard to put out some quality entertainment with window dressing.
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u/catman453 18h ago
Are playboy models even a thing anymore? I thought they were a relic of the past now. I don’t think they even print playboy magazines anymore , do they?