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It’s questionable how ethical it is to retell the story of women whose lives have already been damaged by media depictions of them.
As Playboy approaches its 70th anniversary, an expert in the brand asks – is there a place for Playboy in the post #MeToo world?
While parents are growing more concerned about their children’s easy access to porn, they often don’t realize just how ‘hardcore’ and violent it has become and how early their kids are seeing it.
Around 1970 Playboy magazine received an unexpected proposition from the radical German philosopher Herbert Marcuse - he would do an interview, if he could pose for the magazine’s centrefold.
He changed how we see women, sex, and politicians.
Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, has died age 91. While many have pointed to Playboy’s problematic relationship with women, when it first appeared in 1953 the magazine was a challenge to Cold War men.
The pornographic publication is getting back to basics in a battle for survival.
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Women's Studies, University of York
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Historian, Macquarie University
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Visiting Professor on the Doctoral Programme in Counselling Psychology, York St John University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies, CEO of Culture Reframed, Wheelock College
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Associate Teaching Fellow, Sociology, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Post-1945 US History and Transatlantic Relations, University of Stirling