Why Some of Us Hesitated to Say #MeToo

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 20, 2017 To speak out on the issue of male power abuse, many women must leap into a personal reservoir of pain. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Playboy’s Interviews Were Models of the Art Form

By Hillel Italie / AP Sep 30, 2017 Publisher Hugh Hefner was known most for his role in the sexual revolution, his magazine's long and searching conservations were remarkable for the people who spoke and for what they said. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner Dies at 91

Andrew Dalton / AP Sep 28, 2017 The entrepreneur helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation in the U.S. He was widely admired but far from universally beloved. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Mr. Hefner Says No More Nudes

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‘Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 16, 2015 "Fifty Shades of Grey" is part of a corporate capitalist onslaught that has seen women dehumanized, men desensitized, children damaged and violence and exploitation glorified. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Uncensored Playboy Is (Not) Coming to the iPad

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 According to a tweeting Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine, "both old & new" is coming to the iPad, and it "will be uncensored." That's somewhat surprising, considering that Apple CEO Steve Jobs once claimed that the iPad was designed to offer "freedom from porn." (Update) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Penthouse Offers to Buy Playboy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 Is it media concentration if no one reads the articles? The owner of Penthouse magazine has offered to buy rival Playboy for $210 million in a move that would bring two of the largest men's magazines under the same ownership umbrella. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

So Long, Bettie Page

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Long before Madonna, Dita Von Teese or any number of aspiring sirens squeezed into their first corsets, there was proto-vixen Bettie Page, who brought her own racy sensibility to the art of pinup photography in the 1950s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )