FEATURES
26 PLAYGIRL INTERVIEW: JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME
Our favorite action hero finds a different kind of action by Charmian Carl
42 DESIRE U.
A PLAYGIRL update on campus sex in the '90s
66 SOUL SENSATION - JON SECADA
The man with Heart, Soul & A Voice talks about the personal meanings behind his tender tunes. By Jenny Higgons PICTORIALS
14 DISCOVERY: TRUTH OR DARE
A second look at first-rate Nicholas Quadrel
34 GRADE A
Letter-perfect Brian Glaspy gets a flawless score
48 CENTERFOLD: OH, BABY!
Derrick De Sha is one fine father
72 PHOTO FANTASY: BACK TO SCHOOL
Hot campus sex-capades
88 CHRISTIAN'S SCIENCE
Christian Steele has a heart of gold and a body of iron FICTION
68 PARFUM EXOTIQUE
The aroma of passion lingers between an American tourist and an exotic Frenchman
by Annalisa Suid DEPARTMENTS
5 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
6 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 THE PROBE
Dennis Hopper, takes a stand; Adam Clayton's affair takes a dive; CNBC's Bob
Berkowitz gets real personal; stars' catty comments; and much more! By Jenny
Higgons
13 HEALTH BYTES Late-breaking health and fitness news. By Jenny Higgons
21 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Cunning Linguistics.
War of the words. By Karen Salmansohn
23 THE MEN'S ROOM Naked Liberation. Life, liberty and the pursuit of nakedness.
By Michael Williams
24 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Rick, Carl, and Shan Hefley
40 LOVESIGNS What's in your stars for October? By Robin MacNaughton
58 READERS' FANTASY FORUM Romance can happen in the most unexpected places
80 SEX TALK Intimate issues and answers. By Joy Davidson, Ph.D
83 WOMEN NOW The Ecstasy Connection.
A look at Gina Ogden's Women Who Love Sex. Br Galen Brandt
85 QUIZ: Is Your Man Hussy-Proof?
In search of the bimbo-proof beau. By Laura Shanahan
104 COMING UP
Features
Coverguy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Nude)
Women On Top: Campus Sex '90s Style
"My Secrets of Seduction"
Foreign Affairs: Finding Passion in Paris
Jon Secada: The Heart, Soul & Voice of Love
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.
