Entertainment for Men

Of all the sexist marketing ploys, this has got to be at the top of the list. Playboy has used the blurb "ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEN" forever, and it appears on the spine edge of their magazines since they got rid of the staples in October of 1985. (Venice Kong was the last Playmate to be pierced in such a manner).



Why does Playboy consider itself entertainment for men? I am certainly no man, but I find the magazine to be highly entertaining! Maybe not as entertaining as Hustler Magazine, but definitely plenty of enjoyment to be found among the pages, no matter if your X or Y chromosomes dominate.

It's amazing what some people will say in their Playboy interviews. It's almost as if there is a certain attitude that goes along with being interviewed for a "Girly Mag"--and inhibitions tend to go out the window. Perhaps that is more directly attributable to the interviewer's finesse with the questions, but sometimes a little too much information leaks out, and then there's hell to pay. Of course, President Jimmy Carter immediately comes to mind...but then again, Val Kilmer is in trouble for his comments in Rolling Stone and Esquire, but I don't think he's ever been interviewed by Playboy. Imagine the horrible things he would have said to them about his home state of New Mexico.

That's all I've got for today...but I sure wish Playboy would change their tagline to "Entertainment for People"

Playboy Magazine Book of Lingerie

What's the big deal about lingerie?
Just what is it about lingerie that so many men and women enjoy?








In my experience, lingerie is extremely uncomfortable to wear.
Lingerie is not very well constructed and often has holes in the most inappropriate places.
One merely needs to breathe heavily upon such garments and they may disintegrate.
For some, that's not seen as detrimental.
The material can be itchy and scratchy and make you feel like you've got wool knickers on
or it can be so silky smooth that you slide right off whatever it is you might be sitting on.

All too often hard wires are incorporated which serve to maim a woman's man's person's bosom.
Lingerie can be downright expensive, and often doesn't last beyond one wearing.
It reminds me of cheap plastic goods, made to fall apart so you keep spending money.
Heck, it might be a lucrative business, but I refuse to support it.

I'll take a pair of tidy-whiteys over frilly panties any day.
What's that you say? Blasphemy upon the god of chonies!
Yeah...I'm serious. I grew up with 4 brothers in the house,
and if laundry day was a bust, I'd borrow a pair of them comfy cotton undies
(turned backwards to accommodate my fat butt within that funny little pocket)
Genius construction on those fruit of the looms --
makes for easy passage of gas, nifty thing that it is.

Anyway, my brothers never knew the difference
and I was very careful to keep that tell-tale striped waistband well hidden.
Imagine if I had been discovered to be wearing boy's underwear in 4th grade!

Probably would have warped my mind.

The Hemlock Society or Focus on the Family?

I borrowed this image from the people's voice 

Recently I mentioned that CBS' decision to show a commercial during the Super Bowl featuring Tim Tebow and his mother, which some consider "anti-abortion" should be equally met with an advertisement advocating Dr. Kevorkian and the Hemlock Society, which I feel is "anti-suffering."  A human's right to choose directly equates to "quality of life" issues.

Derek Humphry's interview in Playboy Magazine August, 1992 shed new light for me on The Hemlock Society and enriched my views about assisted suicide, as David Sheff regards Humphry with a cynical eye in this report. I have been interested in this topic of "death and dying" for at least a quarter of a century, and I'm glad to have found something more to read on the subject.

Oh the wondrous things I find in old Playboy Magazines! The Svengali of Suicide? Whatever.

Cybersex....Adventures in Cyberspace?

The graphic images in many magazines fascinate me. I always try to do a bit of research on artists whose drawings capture my attention. Who are these artists, and did they go on to become famous?

I found this great artwork by Tim O'Brien in Playboy Magazine April 1992 (article by Walter Lowe, Jr.)

In this case, the image tells the story (sorry, but I cut off the portion where it shows a gloved hand with computer electrodes attached--don't want to ruin a fantastic condition magazine by cracking the binding).

My quick Google search for Tim O'Brien brought up this page of his works. I'd say he has indeed made a splash on the art scene.

Will I read the article? I doubt it....cybersex is not a subject I have much interest in, although  I may end up reading all about the sinister world of Charles Keating.