For the Articles
Having read my wife's most recent blog entry about her chesticles, I feel compelled to provide a supplemental blog entry.
It is true that I said her chest was bigger than some of the girls in this month's issue. I point that out both because it is true but also because she once stated that all the girls featured have gigantic bolt-ons (read: implants). I naysayed that statement and have offered proof when possible.
All of that aside, I not-so-silently wonder if her blog followers now think I am pervy or one who objectifies women because I subscribe to, and have for nearly a decade, the magazine that is Playboy. Some see the magazine as smut and misogynistic, others see it as empowering to women and a celebration of the form of the fairer sex.
While I definitely am the latter rather than the former, I also -really- enjoy the articles. Cliche, right? I hope the wife chimes in on the comments and backs that statement when her own statement of "I read the articles too; they are good!" Don't get me wrong, the pictures are not objected to, but I would ACTUALLY get the magazine sans pictures. Hugh himself stated, "Without [playmates] I would be the publisher of a literary magazine." Such authors as Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, and Shel Silverstein (yes THAT Shel Silverstein) were very, very regular contributors to Playboy. The article argument is with merit. I hope everyone gives them a read.
It is true that I said her chest was bigger than some of the girls in this month's issue. I point that out both because it is true but also because she once stated that all the girls featured have gigantic bolt-ons (read: implants). I naysayed that statement and have offered proof when possible.
All of that aside, I not-so-silently wonder if her blog followers now think I am pervy or one who objectifies women because I subscribe to, and have for nearly a decade, the magazine that is Playboy. Some see the magazine as smut and misogynistic, others see it as empowering to women and a celebration of the form of the fairer sex.
While I definitely am the latter rather than the former, I also -really- enjoy the articles. Cliche, right? I hope the wife chimes in on the comments and backs that statement when her own statement of "I read the articles too; they are good!" Don't get me wrong, the pictures are not objected to, but I would ACTUALLY get the magazine sans pictures. Hugh himself stated, "Without [playmates] I would be the publisher of a literary magazine." Such authors as Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, and Shel Silverstein (yes THAT Shel Silverstein) were very, very regular contributors to Playboy. The article argument is with merit. I hope everyone gives them a read.
posted by MD at
4:48 PM
11 Comments:
To support you, my husband also subscribes to said magazine. He has for as long as we've been together, and I'm sure it started long before that.
When we got the latest issue a few days ago, I begged to see it, because I wanted to see the women...heehee, I wanted to check out the "Big Ten." But, he wouldn't hand it over to me because he was reading an artical. Really.
I'm sure he doesn't object to the pictures either - but he does read it front to back.
I have to admit, I'm more likely to just look, and maybe read the jokes, than he is. oh boy...
i think, like many other things, it's all about social labeling and less about the quality of the content - in terms of how the readership is seen.
i don't think you're pervy. i know that Mickey D all too well (ok, we've never met) than to think she'd marry the guy who'd be next up on Chris Hansen's chopping block.
While I can only speak for myself and not the rest of your wife's readership, I do not think you're pervy. At all.
Well, I kinda think you're pervy, but Playboy has nothing to do with it ;)
All kidding aside, we too are a Playboy family - I love the magazine, and I completely agree. The articles are usually amazing, and the interviews are good too. Now, to be fair, the first thing i read? The advisor. :D
Playboy is really the classy end of that sort of thing. If you wanted smut, you can definitely get that on the internet or your local porn shop.
Almost every time I come across a Playboy, I read the articles(and look at the pictures to see whose are smaller than mine:) ). The Anna Farris edition had a great article about Guns N' Roses.
You are not a perv. You are funny though.
I don't think there is a problem with Playboy at all. I mean if you suscribed to Bigg'ns or Busty Beauties then, well...maybe. But Playboy, not at all. So read on.
Playboy actually does have great articles and I think they have done alot for free speech and back in the day (and maybe even today) Hugh took articles for political and race topics most magazines wouldn't even want to acknowledge. He brought issues to the fore front while also giving men (or women) some eye candy! Brilliant I say.
And also, I think women are more interested in the pictures of the women....we like to judge and compare ;)
I agree with all of the statements above.
I always thought Playboy was just a nudey magazine. I was wrong. The photos are about 10% of the magazine. I really was shocked to see that. And there really are intellectual articles written by intelligent, well-respected authors. I thought people would just say, "...for the articles" with a wink and a joke. I didn't really think there were articles and if there were, that they weren't that good. I stood corrected.
Hef knows what he's doing and he does it really well. He created a literary magazine and threw in boobs and sex to get people to pick it up. Brilliant.
Now, I don't anticipate it's arrival to our home quite like my husband does, but I certainly read it when I find myself with time on my hands in the restroom. And I like it.
And yes, it is nice to see that not all women have implants and that some are even less endowed than I am.
(I find it interesting that 7 women have commented on this and not one of them said they had a problem with it. That seemed worth pointing out.)
Good call babe. You beat me to the punch. I figured there was at least one person this blogosphere that would find take umbrage with the magazine. To see so many POSITIVE comments was surprising.
And I think you hit on something also. That many judge PB as a nudey magazine with no social or cultural value but once they read they change their tunes. I point out that PB has an annual jazz event that is one of the best in the world. Bill Cosby himself is a huge proponent and visits the mansion often.
I also find it interesting that so many of the ladies pick up the magazine for the pictures. And to compare. HILARIOUS! H, I'm with you; more Adviser!
Those things that come with the magazine once you've renewed your subscription - those are depraved and unnecessary. They are gratuitous sex pamphets with no redeeming value whatsoever.
True enough. I didn't ask for the "Wet College Girls With Big Fakies" nor did I ask for "Buff Moms with Botoxed Everything".
I can't believe no one said this yet...
"What day is it?"
"Uh, October?"
"IT'S NUDEY MAGAZINE DAY!"
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