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Hugh Hefner
May 8, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Going Under at the Playboy Club
It's been a half-century since Gloria Steinem exposed the outrageous working conditions at Hugh Hefner's club. Playboy has changed—but have we?
January 17, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Triumph of Porn Over Social Conservatism
Why Trump's alleged affairs with erotic stars aren't hurting him on the right
September 29, 2017
Jeet Heer
Hugh Hefner’s Incomplete Sexual Revolution
Anti-puritan but blind to his male privilege, the Playboy mogul liberated men by demeaning women.
September 29, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Hugh Hefner Was Never The Star of Playboy
His greatest achievement was the brilliant criticism he provoked from women.
February 10, 2016
Laura Marsh
With no mansion and no nudes, Hugh Hefner’s son thinks “what’s happening at Playboy is sad.”
September 15, 2011
David Thomson
Thomson on Films: Cliff Robertson and the Sordid Ways of Old Hollywood
January 5, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Hopefully He Still Has Larry Flynt
December 8, 2009
Isaac Chotiner
Tiger Woods Commentary Reaches a New Low
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