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Broken clock and all that (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I won't defend Hefner, but the articles genuinely were (and are) as far to the left as you'll see in any widely circulated publication. Being associated with porn gave them cover to write whatever they wanted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The hilarious part is that as the number and availability of nude photos has increased geometrically, buying old vintage Playboys for the articles is legitimately a thing now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Penn Jillette was a writer for playboy, and Margret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, Roald Dahl

Like tons of famous autrhors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Don’t forget your favorite kids poet, Shel Silverstein