By contrast the original Playgirl at its peak in the mid-to-late 70s had been selling 1.5 million copies. The new Playgirl, born in an age when clickbait cats posts compete with in-depth magazine reporting, debuted with fewer than 10,000 copies in major US cities and London before selling out and going back to press. We wanted to focus on the human side rather than photograph her with a lot of layers between her and the camera.” “It seemed like a much less sexual and much more human way to look at the female body,” said Parrott.Īnd while Parrott admits there were hair and make-up stylists on board for the mid-March shoot, which took place right before coronavirus lockdowns shuttered New York City, she says the idea was to keep the image deliberately minimalist. “We wanted a more honest and female gaze,” said Parrott, who snagged Italian photographer Mario Sorrenti to do the shoot. The photo is captivating not for its nudity - a nod to Tina Brown’s famous 1991 Vanity Fair cover that featured a nude and pregnant Demi Moore - but for the actress’s apparent lack of airbrushing and stylizing.
But Parrott says she’s attempting to capture the enlightened feminist appeal of the mags early years, which boasted writers like Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem and Joyce Carol Oates, and not the porn mag for gay men it became when it folded in 2015.Īnd unlike the original 1973 issue, there’s not a man in sight on the cover.įor her debut issue, Parrott relied instead on a nude and very pregnant Chloë Sevigny known for a string of cutting edge films, picking up an Academy Award nomination for the “Boys Don’t Cry,” and portraying Nicolette Grant for five years on the HBO series “Big Love.”Īt the top it reads: “We’ll take it from here.” It’s now owned by Jack Lindley Kuhns, who two years ago tapped Skye Parrott, former co-founder of the art and fashion magazine Dossier, to be editor-in-chief of the relaunch. Like the first edition - founded by LA nightclub owner Douglas Lambert with Marin Scott Milan helming editorial - the current incarnation is also a man/woman tag-team. Playgirl returned to newsstands this month and like the original that debuted in 1973, it quickly sold out. Rolling Stone names top Daily Beast staffer as new editor in chief Kaitlan Collins bylines deleted on stories she did for Tucker Carlson site
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Fanone testified before the House committee that's investigating the insurrection, lambasting Republican lawmakers who have downplayed or dismissed the attack.A fond farewell from Keith J. He told CNN and Time he has post-traumatic stress disorder from that day. He was thrown to the ground, beaten with a pole, Tasered, and had a heart attack at the scene. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.ĭC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone has been inundated with letters, calls, messages, and requests since he responded to the attack at the Capitol on January 6 - some of them thankful, others threatening.Ī new Time magazine report said one of those requests was to pose nude in Playgirl magazine and that he said no.īut Playgirl publisher Jack Lindley Kuhns told Insider on Thursday: "I can confirm that Playgirl Magazine never sent any request for Michael Fanone to pose in the publication."įanone was mercilessly attacked by pro-Trump rioters trying to stop Congress from certifying the presidential election. The Time reporter declined to comment and Fanone was unreachable. Time magazine reported that Playgirl asked DC police officer Michael Fanone to pose nude.īut the erotic feminist magazine told Insider it never asked Fanone to pose. DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone is sworn in before testifying to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol on July 27, 2021.