What was even the impetus for the thread revivalI mean I share Ross’ taste in Viceland shows so I don’t want to rag on him but was he just, like, really feeling Playboy atm and decided to see what ILX had to say on the subject
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Hugh Hefner helped mainstream pornography, albeit in a very light form, and I’m not sure that’s been good for the culture in the long run
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 11 October 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
He commodifed the sexual revolution more than he promoted it. The vision of sexuality his magazine promoted wasn’t really egalitarian
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― marcos, Thursday, 11 October 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
Idk what that meansssss
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 11 October 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
preciado's /pornotopia/ is a valuable contemporary critique of hef, and would have been good to hurl at calum's dumb OP here. but i already hyped it up in this more viable hefner thread: Does anyone know how one goes about embarking on a career as "Hugh Hefner"?
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 October 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
to me hef is really a rolling maleness/masculinity avatar. playboy was about a certain image of the cultured and sophisticated man - i don't even know if it was a false image, hef might well have been like that, but playboy certainly perpetuated the lie that most men are like that, and that very airbrushed, glamorous take on sexuality. i don't think all male sexuality is hustler sexuality, meat-grinder porn or whatever, but in 2018 the playboy approach strikes me as a bit of a blind alley; i find the present "customs"-based porn subculture far more interesting.
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Thursday, 11 October 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link