Seemingly delighting while simultaneously utterly disappointing horny Swifties…
Taylor Swift may feature on the cover of Playboy magazine’s first non-nude issue (ibtimes.com).
“As the Playboy magazine looks to cover up as part of its rebranding, it may get ‘Bad Blood’ singer Taylor Swift to pose for its cover, Hollywood Life reported Thursday, citing a source. The magazine reportedly believes that ‘having such a powerful woman’ would help it in its latest effort to not carry any nude photos.”
Oh, okay; have they asked her yet?
“‘Playboy wants to make a splash on their first non nude cover and they would love to have Taylor Swift on the cover and pair that with an amazing interview inside. The Playboy brand knows having such a powerful woman on their cover will really show the new look that they are going for as they rebrand,’ the source told Hollywood Life.”
“Would love…” I take that as no then. For sure, Hef may like to portray the “rebranding” as something to do with prevelent non-peek-a-boo social justice warrior ethics but undoubtedly the fact that Playboy just isn’t selling any more, the reason little to do with a lack of desire to see nudity, more to do with the “free” abundance of it online—and much in the form of semi-nude selfies with interactive opportunity of trying your luck with the poster in hope of getting them to post more—is a concern, and that when they do get a famous face to uncloth their bits, having to chip through a veneer of cover-up airbrush tan has been mighty disesteemed by those on either side of the it’s okay to show/it’s not okay to show fence.
As Playboy in non-US markets, such as Playboy Mexico (latingossip.com) will continue to uncloth their conejitas it could be seen as a un-freed nip dipped in to test the water, or even a headline grabber with repeal soon after like when the UK’s tittie-tabloid The Current Bun “dropped” Page 3 (Latest Picks 20th Jan. 2015).
Your Vote: Non-nude Playboy, commitment or testing the water; how long will it last? (Pick of the Month 31st Oct. 2015).
Updates/Follow Ups
26th October 2015
Why has Playboy announced that it will now be non-nude? (video, bbc.co.uk).
“Its executives say the internet has made [nude pictures] ‘passe’, but admit their 12-year-old selves would be disappointed.”
Oh, pull the other one—as Hef usually did right up into Playboy Mansion Reality TV old-age. Indeed, while those older versions of their 12-year-old self continue to find their “passe” porn for free online, in an attempt to re-find itself—and its revenue—it seems Playboy has become as conservative as the rock albums instead of nudie mags surreptitiously stole from top of papa’s wardrobe: Listening to rock and hearing sounds of conservatism (nytimes.com, May 2006).
So, did they get Taylor Swift to “powerfully” endorse their non-nude, non-passe re-branding? Na… Tinashe sizzles in non-nude Playboy (idolator.com).
“Why is [American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, actress and former model] Tee (not really) stripping for Playboy? Well, the rising R&B diva has an album to promote!”
4th December 2015
Pamela Anderson’s naked body will be one of the tast naked bodies in Playboy (dlisted.com).
“Playboy announced two months ago that the end of a Photoshopped lady crotch era was upon us, because they made the decision to stop putting naked chicks in their magazine. The January/February 2016 issue of Playboy will be the last issue that will give eyeballs a serving of twat that’s been Photoshopped so much it looks like a silicone mini oven mitt. Of course, since Pamela Anderson’s naked body has been inside of Playboy the most times (14 covers and 15 spreads), they asked her to be on the cover of the final all-nudie issue.”
Had they not… oh; seemingly another final chance for all—or any not tuned in to internet tittie—to express their despair then.
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