ARTICLES
38 Migraines! by Angela Dunn
48 Sex In Films: A One-Sided Affair! by John Russell Taylor
52 Thomas Tryon: Playgirl Plays It Back by Jane Wilkie
64 Gary Conway: Playgirl's Man For August by Toni Holt
74 Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs by Marvene Jones
76 Siberian Ginseng: News of The Super Stimulant by Jane Ardmore
80 The Complete Facts On Abortion by Stephanie Caruana
84 The Composite Man: Male Order, 1973 by Gwen Gibson
88 The Sporting Life: Playgirl's Nude Discovery
94 What Ever Happened To Love Letters? by M. J. Saperstein FEATURES
22 Marrakech: The Ancient Soul of Morocco by Katherine Orloff
56 The Beat Is Bare - Fashion
110 Return to Elegance by Mr. Blackwell
118 Macho X 3 REVIEWS
61 Echoes & Vibrations: Music Reviews by Marco Barla
62 Cinema Set: Movie Reviews by Betty Wise
63 Literary Whirl: Book Reviews by Susan Wolfe FICTION
101 Fantasy In Counterpoint by Marsha Alexander SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
9 Editor's Column
10 in-ter-course: Letters To The Editor
12 Doctor, May I Ask by Norton F. Kristy, Ph.D.
14 Delights & Offenses
16 On The Prowl by Doris Lilly
18 Reaching Out: Playgirl On The Move
29 Beauty Digest by Aida Grey
30 Playgirl Entertains: Seductions In Food And Drink by Maxine Block
32 Bennstrom On Bodies by Dr. Anne-Marie Bennstrom
34 Astrology Lesson #3 by John J. Bradford
46 Playgirl's Horoscope by John J. Bradford
78 Idol In The Raw by Joe Johnson
97 Designs In Living by Hank Milam
132 Playgirl Questionnaire
Features in This Issue
Coverguy Alan Landers & Jamie Baeur (Nude)
Sex In Films: A One-Sided Affair
Five Minutes - 25 Dollars: Complete Facts On Abortion
Four Page Centerfold: Our Man For August, Gary Conway
Siberian Ginseng: The New Super Stimulant
About Playgirl
Playgirl is a print monthly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following. It features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men.
The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. For the period March 2009 until February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine reverted to print with its March 2010 issue.
Playgirl is published by New York-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes High Society, Celebrity Skin, Hawk, Cheri and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines.
The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site. All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including Playgirl, were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.
In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition. The last print issue was published in January/February of 2009.
In February 2010, Playgirl announced it will re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston.
