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Page Numbers: 16 17Chidera Eggerue Grace Shutti
The Slumflower blogger offers a radical take on empowerment
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Page Numbers: 20 21Tech: The Future Of Sex Toys Is Gender Neutral Suzannah Weiss
Can non-gendered sex toys take off by getting us off? Inside the movement to sell pleasure to all
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Page Numbers: 26 27Man In His Domain: Ed Freeman Michael Slenske
Hold your breath: We go behind the scenes—and into the deep end—with this issue’s cover artist
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Page Numbers: 32 33My Sex Education Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata and Joel Kim Booster revisit awkward classes, schoolyard rumors and more
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Page Numbers: 36 37Esther Perel
The world-renowned therapist and author brings her singular insight to questions sent by you
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Page Numbers: 40 41Tarana Burke
The activist who launched Me Too meets dream hampton in New Orleans to discuss the future of the movement
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Page Numbers: 50 51Wasteland Wonderland Adam Skolnick
How three renegade curators are building an ethereal world of weirdness on the shores of a man-made lake in a scrappy pocket of the California desert
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Page Numbers: 58 59Faces Of Resilience Nico Lang
ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS, WE JOIN THE TREVOR PROJECT TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR WE’VE COME—AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SECURE EQUALITY FOR ALL
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Page Numbers: 66 67Rebel Erotica Holly Black
Having stunned the art world with her meteoric rise, Helen Beard is out to challenge our deepest assumptions about what sexuality should look like
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Page Numbers: 74 75Heat Rises
Spend a sweltering summer afternoon with Teela LaRoux—July Playmate, world traveler and fearless lover of life
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Page Numbers: 86 87Maren Morris Andrea Domanick
The 29-year-old country singer has 10 Grammy nominations (including one win), a record-breaking album, a world tour—and something to say about how her genre handles women, skin and outspokenness
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Page Numbers: 92 93Our Country, Which Art In Panic Shira Tarrant
WHEN IT COMES TO SEX AND POLICY, NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHICH SIDE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY
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Page Numbers: 98 99Avan Jogia Sandra Song
He’s energetic, slick and clever, and he celebrates gender and sexuality as much as he questions it. Here’s hoping the world is ready for
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Page Numbers: 106 107The 2019 Playboy Sex Survey
When we set out to take a reading of the sexual landscape in the U.S.—our first national sex survey since 2012—we deemed three areas to be of interest: what people do in bed, what people think they should be doing in bed and what people want to do in bed. With headlines claiming that young Americans are having less sex than previous generations, we admit we were concerned about what our questionnaire, designed in partnership with RedSky Strategy, might tell us. It turns out we’re still having sex—we even value it highly—but no one can agree on what qualifies as the “right amount,” likely due to our free access to sexual imagery (porn) and sexual partners (dating apps). Here’s what else the data, pulled from 1,000 survey participants, revealed.
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Page Numbers: 118 119The Long Road To President Pete Alex Thomas
He has captivated millions despite no national governing experience, vague policy positions and zero Twitter feuds with the president. Can Mayor Pete sustain his momentum through debate season?
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Page Numbers: 124 125In Her Element
August Playmate Geena Rocero finds powerful communion in Costa Rica’s towering trees and teeming tides
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Page Numbers: 136 137Give Me More Anita Little
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE BEAUTIES OF BDSM
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Page Numbers: 156 157Down To Earth Ryan Gajewski
Tyler Blackburn, star of Pretty Little Liars and the Roswell reboot, is proud to be a man who isn’t the poster child for anything but his own path
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Page Numbers: 160 161In Search Of The #20Biteen Man Dana Hamilton
SEXUAL EXPRESSION HAS ARGUABLY NEVER BEEN MORE INCLUSIVE, BUT BISEXUAL MEN STILL STRUGGLE SIMPLY TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THEY EXIST. WE ASKED FIVE OF THEM TO TELL US THEIR STORIES
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Page Numbers: 166 167An Englishwoman Abroad
September Playmate Sophie O’Neil grew up in rural England, and yet she crowned her very first trip to America with a Topanga idyll that would make the most die-hard West Coaster blush
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Page Numbers: 178 179The Playboy Symposium Matt Mcgorry
PLAYBOY guest editor Matt McGorry invites four distinct voices to explore the changing dynamics of power and sexuality
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Page Numbers: 196 197Apocalypse Then Steve Palopoli
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE MEMORABLE PLAYMATE SCENE FROM FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S OSCAR-WINNING 1979 CLASSIC
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Page Numbers: 202 203A Kaleidoscopic Talent Cat Auer
An appreciation of artist Kinuko Craft, whose ingenuity graced PLAYBOY’s pages across five decades
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Page Numbers: 206 207Through The Looking Glass Thomas Page Mcbee
FIGHTING TO BE SEEN CAN MEAN CONTENDING WITH BEING MISHEARD. FORTY YEARS AFTER AN UNPRECEDENTED PLAYBOY INTERVIEW, THOMAS PAGE MCBEE EXAMINES DESTRUCTIVE TRANS NARRATIVES AND FLAWED FRAMEWORKS
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Page Numbers: 210 211We Won’T Go Back Elizabeth Yuko
FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, PLAYBOY HAS CHAMPIONED REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY—IN THESE PAGES, IN THE COURTS AND ON THE STREETS
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Page Numbers: 212 213Members Only Lane Moore
A LOOK AT THE VERY SMALL (BUT SOMETIMES FAIRLY LARGE) CLUB OF MEN WHO HAVE APPEARED NUDE OR NEAR NUDE IN PLAYBOY’S PAGES
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Page Numbers: 216 217Rebekka Armstrong
OUR SEPTEMBER 1986 PLAYMATE REFLECTS ON LOVING LIFE AND LIVING WITH AIDS
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