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Before I Forget by Leonard Pitts Jr.6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() That number has reportedly withered to about 800,000.Īt one level, then, this is just a new iteration of an old story: the decline of print. In the ‘70s, when I first picked up Playboy, it claimed a circulation north of 5.5 million. Apparently, I’m not the only one to fall away. ![]() It’s been 20 years or more since I was even a semi-regular reader of Hugh Hefner’s magazine. It feels not unlike hearing that Disney World has fired Mickey Mouse or McDonald’s has stopped selling Big Macs: a famous brand jettisoning the very thing for which it is most famous, the thing by which it is defined. Beginning in March, its models will be scantily clad, but clad nevertheless. ![]() What’s wrong is behaving as if women can only be objects of allure, as if they have no value beyond that expressed by face and form.Īll that said, I’ve been trying to figure out how I feel about the recent news that Playboy, which pioneered the so-called “sophisticated” men’s magazine, will soon stop publishing nude photos of women. So what’s wrong is not presenting women as objects of allure. Namely, that sexuality is a part of life - indeed, one of the best parts. You may find that an odd admission for an avowed feminist, but I’ve always felt the argument over the sexual objectification of women tends to miss an important point. But I wasn’t exactly repulsed by the pictures. ![]()
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