How Playboy is a teaching moment....

[cashierbex]

I never read Playboy myself. But it did seem to have good articles. Just never picked em up.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I never read Playboy myself. But it did seem to have good articles. Just never picked em up.

I grew up with those . . . by the time I was a senior in high school, I had a monthly subscription to Playgirl.

Some of the article were okay . . . of course I've also looked at my share of the more hardcore magazines too.

Guess you could say my Mom wanted me to be well informed.

[wagegoth]

It really is a tired cliche, but google the authors who have contributed to Playboy sometime, especially in its heyday. (Kerouac, Bradbury, Mailer and Vonnegut spring to mind immediately.) Choice of photos aside, Playboy was a well-subscribed, influential glossy that paid top rates, and it showed.

I had a copy of a Playboy collection of science fiction; it was an excellent collection.

[AnaKhouri]

I love Playboy, especially the older issues. I even own an issue from the 1960's I bought at a flea market because it has a story by my favorite author in it.

Playboy is a great magazine, and its photo spreads are hands-down still the classiest in the business. There is a difference between art and porn; Playboy is art, Hustler is porn (I have read both).

(I have a copy of a Frazetta painting in the living room; when my mom expressed concern about raising my son in a house with a nude picture- she's only mostly nude anyway- I told her there is a difference between art and porn, and the Frazetta is art. Same with the mostly-nude Waterhouse mermaid in the bedroom).

[wagegoth]

(I have a copy of a Frazetta painting in the living room; when my mom expressed concern about raising my son in a house with a nude picture- she's only mostly nude anyway- I told her there is a difference between art and porn, and the Frazetta is art. Same with the mostly-nude Waterhouse mermaid in the bedroom).

I love Frazetta's women, they look strong and powerful and sure of themselves.

I'm a sucker for Waterhouse; he's my favorite pre-Raphaelite, although Alma-Tadema is a close second.

[ADeMartino]

Well, you know who drew those, right?

My favorite author/poet/songwriter/artist. I'd heard some of his songs and stories as a kid and was delighted to thumb through the December 1981 issue (really showing my age here) of PLAYBOY and find 'Rosalies' Good Eats Cafe' by him. It instantly became my favorite.

A sad day it was when he died. He was an incredibly talented man.

[AnaKhouri]

It was very cute when my husband was showing our toddler our pictures on the walls; he'd say, "Who's that?" and Khan would say, "An Egyptian queen!" (that's my Frazetta) or "A big wave!" (Hokusai) etc. When he came to the Waterhouse, Khan studied it a moment, then grinned and said, "It's Mommy!".

Flattered.

[Redbeard]

I love Frazetta's women, they look strong and powerful and sure of themselves.

I got to meet Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo last year. the wife thought I was going to explode from the sheer joy of it all

[Mr Hero]

Some of the lessons I learned from Playboy were hands-on.

[Sleepwalker]

I'm fond of Playboy for keeping a number of awesome writers afloat back in the day.

[sms001]

I'm a sucker for Waterhouse; he's my favorite pre-Raphaelite, although Alma-Tadema is a close second.

THANK YOU! 'nother Waterhouse fan here too, and have always enjoyed Alma-Tadema, but never tracked down a name or other paintings. Off to build a wallpaper collection.

[hjaye]

I recall reading somewhere that there were complaints from inmates (I don't know if this was a nationwide survey, or a particular prison) that they wanted reading material that was geared more towards their level of literacy.

they were complaining that they could get Time magazine and Newsweek, but not Playboy and that wasn't fair to them since most inmates did not have advanced educations that they believed were necessary for something like Times and Newsweek.

The irony of their complaint, is that the writing in news magazines is actually geared towards and 8th grade level reading comprehension, whereas Playboy is geared towards a college level reading comprehension.

[Redbeard]

Teaching!
He's doing it right.

[fireheart]

Teaching!
He's doing it right.

I've related the story to a few of the teachers at my previous placement school, who found it amusing. He was an awesome tutor. If only my tutors this semester were just as awesome >_>
(One drones, one is more hands-on but sucks the fun out of Maths, while the other provides a combo of drone and frazzleness)