11/1/2023 0 Comments Playgirl magazine last issueThe first issue of its new iteration hit newsstands last month, under the guidance of editor-in-chief Skye Parrott (formerly of Dossier). The magazine is, for the first time in a while, getting the relaunch treatment. The cover that month prominently featured a woman’s cherry-lipped, sunglasses-obscured face, as well as the reflection in her lenses: caught in her line of sight was the naked torso of a prone man, magnified and doubled in her oversized frames. It had cemented itself as a publication of the sexual revolution, complicatedly helmed by male publishers and welcomed by some – not all – feminist thinkers. It had been launched just four years earlier and was reportedly selling around 1.5 million copies per issue to its largely female (and gay male) readership. ![]() ![]() In April 1977, Playgirl was at the height of its powers.
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