Posts Tagged ‘Playboy’
The Dubious Cult of Hugh Hefner
I’ve got an idea. Let’s change the caption on EOnline‘s photo (the image that’s associated with the article, “Hugh Hefner’s Wife Crystal Unveils the ‘Real’ Her After Removing ‘Everything Fake’ From Her Body” written by Lindsay Weinberg) to read “Joe Average and Crystal Hefner.” Then what you’ve got is a greedy old man with the…
Read MoreThe Metaphorical Death of Larry Flynt
In the outpouring of obituaries following Larry Flynt’s death, one point has not been made: Flynt was once far ahead of the country. And then the country outraced him. Hustler’s Working-Class Origins Flynt grew up in dirt-poor Kentucky and, after years in the Navy and at factory jobs, he carried within him the sentiments of…
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