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Farewell, Playgirl

Word on the street is that Playgirl will be folding in the near future.

I have purchased Playgirl once. A guy I went to college with was in it, or so the rumor went. He was actually this super-sweet, super-hot, way smart dude who was getting his engineering degree a little later in life, while stripping on the side to support himself and his 10-year-old son. Needless to say, I had a crush on him. So when I heard he was in Playgirl, I dragged one of my girlfriends to Castle Boutique with me, where we poured through the stacks of Playgirl until we found his issue. We sheepishly purchased it, then read it, and it’s probably still in a box somewhere in my mother’s garage. I never told him I knew about it. I have no idea what that guy is doing today. In fact, I can’t even remember his name. I knew him for three years — we had a lot of classes together — and my friends and I always just called him Stripper Boy. So I can’t even Google him. Ha.

Anyway.

Goodbye, Playgirl. Thanks for the memories.

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  • this reminds me of when i saw one of the guys i went to college with in a soft porn…surreal yet i couldn’t help but watch it.

  • I used to work at a Borders bookstore back in the day and every month this lady in her 80s would come by looking for the latest Playgirl. I could never figure out if that was super creepy or super awesome.

  • I never understood Play Girl’s appeal. No one wants to look at ‘that!’ It is not the most appealing assest of a man.
    Yes, the editor wanted revenge at Hugh. The mag should go totally gay online and target the male gay population. I’m sure this is a market for this.
    Sad to see a business go ‘belly-up.’

  • A real man would deliver nitro in a dangerous jungle in the middle of a terrorist drug war zone during a deadly hurricane rather than resort to this crap for cash. It’s about time porn is suffering from Liberal government rules and regulations.. heh heh.

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  • they refuse to market that way, apparently. Of course they’re lying to themselves if they actually believe their readership is more female than male. But because of that flat-out denial of their gay market, they’ve basically shot themselves in the foot, it seems.

  • That’s not true guys,I bought it & I had subscriptions to it too! I love that magazine but I’m happy there are others & many more to follow.You can still buy PlayGirl over the internet & that won’t change I’m told,but thats ok to me. I love the men,but of course,I’m a true PlayGirl whose a Real woman! The male body is BEAUTIFUL & men shouldn’t feel so ashamed! I love confident males however,not the shy little boys!!! Real Women aren’t ashamed to admit they Love Men & their bodies! We get horney too,Hello! Confident men are soooo freakin Hot!!!

  • I am a gay guy, not big into Playgirl at all, not really into porn so much, but I can tell you I have loads of female friends who do love the magazine and your a dumbass if you think women are any different from men. They like the male body as much as any straight guy who wants a beautiful woman.