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Thread started 02/13/17 2:07pm

kpowers

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Playboy Returns

Playboy returns to nudity in new issue

After the men’s lifestyle magazine stopped featuring nude pictorials in 2015, the nude shots are making a comeback with Playboy's March/April 2017 issue featuring topless Playmate Elizabeth Elam as Miss March 2017, along with the headline “Naked is normal.”

“I’ll be the first to admit that the way in which the magazine portrayed nudity was dated, but nudity was never the problem because nudity isn’t a problem,” Playboy’s Chief Creative Officer Cooper Hefner said in a statement. "Today we're taking our identity back and reclaiming who we are."

Cooper Hefner, the 25-year-old son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, shared the message on Twitter and it was also shared by the offiical Playboy account.

“This is a remarkably special moment personally and professionally that I get to share this issue of Playboy magazine with my Dad, as well as with readers,” he stated. “It is a reflection of how the brand can best connect with my generation and generations to come.”

In addition to Playboy returning with nude pictorials, the publication also reinstated the “Party Jokes” feature, which serves to “provide a quick beat of humor and celebrates the playful side of the brand.” Cooper Hefner also brought back "The Playboy Philosophy" with a column penned nearly 40 years after his father’s last installment in the 1960s. He said it is meant to explore “the current political and cultural climate in the US.”

One thing Playboy did eliminate with the latest issue is the phrase “Entertainment for Men” from the cover.

“Playboy will always be a lifestyle brand focused on men’s interests, but as gender roles continue to evolve in society, so will we,” explained Cooper.

The new issue also featured pictorials of April Playmate Nina Daniele and Scarlett Byrne, who also wrote an essay "on the importance of owning female sexuality" as well as “the double standards that still exist between women and men.”

Playboy’s March/April 2017 issue is available for download on the Playboy website and will hit newsstands nationwide on February 28th.

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Reply #1 posted 02/13/17 3:34pm

EmmaMcG

It was pretty ridiculous that they got rid of nudity in the first place. It's like is Starbucks stopped serving coffee or Toys R Us stopped selling toys. That was the appeal for the people who bought it.
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Reply #2 posted 02/13/17 3:40pm

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EmmaMcG said:

It was pretty ridiculous that they got rid of nudity in the first place. It's like is Starbucks stopped serving coffee or Toys R Us stopped selling toys. That was the appeal for the people who bought it.

Yeah playboy became a poor mans Maxim. I knew playboy would go back, it was done just to get some attention.

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Reply #3 posted 02/13/17 5:49pm

XxAxX

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i wasn't aware it had left... welcome back playboy

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Reply #4 posted 02/14/17 3:52am

kpowers

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XxAxX said:

i wasn't aware it had left... welcome back playboy

Yeah it became baby Maxim in 2016

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Reply #5 posted 02/14/17 8:33pm

TRUECRISTIAN

kpowers said:

XxAxX said:

i wasn't aware it had left... welcome back playboy

Yeah it became baby Maxim in 2016

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Reply #6 posted 02/15/17 2:40pm

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I only read it for the articles.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #7 posted 02/15/17 2:50pm

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2freaky4church1 said:

I only read it for the articles.



That's the best one I've heard all day. smile
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Reply #8 posted 02/15/17 3:03pm

kpowers

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2freaky4church1 said:

I only read it for the articles.

Bengal fans disbelief confuse playboy

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Reply #9 posted 02/15/17 3:24pm

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The Joker killed Batman.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #10 posted 02/15/17 4:09pm

kpowers

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2freaky4church1 said:

The Joker killed Batman.

Faked my death, Batman ain't going no where, now open up that playboy Magazine and look at these hotties

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Reply #11 posted 02/15/17 6:49pm

luvsexy4all

they stopped it because of low sales and started again because of even lower sales

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Reply #12 posted 02/15/17 8:13pm

728huey

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Hooray for boobies! woot! excited horny playboy

typing

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Reply #13 posted 02/16/17 12:11pm

2freaky4church
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Boobers.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #14 posted 02/19/17 2:28pm

kpowers

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TRUECRISTIAN said:

kpowers said:

Yeah it became baby Maxim in 2016

trolls

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Reply #15 posted 02/19/17 2:29pm

kpowers

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luvsexy4all said:

they stopped it because of low sales and started again because of even lower sales

With the internet all magazine sales/News papers have dropped.

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