FEATURES
26 PLAYGIRL COMES OF AGE
Join our Birthday Celebration as we look back at our exciting first 21 years
to see where we started, how far we've come and where we'd like to go
70 DESIRE THROUGH THE WIRES
Some enterprising women behind those hot 'n' heavy telephone sex services speak
candidly about their jaunty-and stimulating-jobs. By Carolyn Campbell PICTORIALS
14 DISCOVERY: THE LATEST STYLE
Delectable Corey Styles will never go out of fashion
34 OUR MAN DAN
Real Man graduate Dan Schiller goes to the head of the class
49 CENTERFOLD: DREAM TEAM SUPERMODEL
More than a pretty face, magnificent Mark Kleckner is a leader among men
76 PHOTO FANTASY: DARK TOWER
An ancient castle, the rites of Eros
88 SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
Sizzling Thomas Crawley will keep your home fires burning FICTION
44 THE PHOENIX
Blazing lovers consumed by passion's hottest flame soar to the heights of ecstasy.
By Annalisa Suid DEPARTMENTS
5 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue. By Charmian Carl
6 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 THE PROBE
Judy Tenuta mouths off; Woody Harrelson strips down; Alec Baldwin's buyout offer; and more! By Jenny Higgons
13 HEALTH BYTES Late-breaking health and fitness news. By Judy Cole
21 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Tighten Up. Two female rookies learn to play ball. By Rebecca Cipriano
23 THE MEN'S ROOM Third Down and Long. Move over, Joe Montana, this jock's overdue.
By Paul Lyons
24 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Kent Hawkins, Richard Selhorst,
and Cory Adams
42 SEX TALK Intimate issues and answers. By Catherine Howard
58 READERS' FANTASY FORUM Romance can happen irk the most unexpected places
66 WOMEN NOW Claiming the Erotic Frontier.
Who says a feminist can't love sex? By Susie Bright
69 QUIZ: Are You Ripe for Cheating?
Wonder if you'll wander? By Laura Shanahan
82 LOVESIGNS What's in your stars for June? By Robin MacNaughton
85 ROMANCE BOOK REVIEWS Compiled by Charlene Keel
104 COMING UP
Features
Coverguy Mark Kleckner (Nude)
Our 21st Birthday Celebration!
Dream Team Supermodel Mark Kleckner's Perfect Exposure
Smooth Operators: Phone Sex Housewives Kiss & Tell
Judy Tenuta Reveals How To Please A Love Goddess
Magazine History
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.
