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Hugh Hefner
May 8, 2019
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
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
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
Hugh Hefner Was Never The Star of Playboy
His greatest achievement was the brilliant criticism he provoked from women.
February 10, 2016
With no mansion and no nudes, Hugh Hefner’s son thinks “what’s happening at Playboy is sad.”
September 15, 2011
Thomson on Films: Cliff Robertson and the Sordid Ways of Old Hollywood
January 5, 2010
Hopefully He Still Has Larry Flynt
December 8, 2009
Tiger Woods Commentary Reaches a New Low
January 27, 1979
The Day the Music Died

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