Departments
4 Editor's Page
5 We've Got Male - Letters from PLAYGIRL readers
6 Need It, Want It, Got To Have It - The hottest sights, sounds, and selections!
Plus, the coolest products for a blue New Year, including the soothing Bio Jouvance
Beauty Globes
20 Sex.Ed - Sexplorer Jamye Waxman schools us on rebound relationships, "reverse
cow-girls", and deep throating
22 Angry Frank - You've got questions. He's got problems. Also, Frank's Sex Tip
of the Month
68 The Sex Files - More, more, more of the latest must-know sex tips like why
XXX beats the ZZZs, kinky car cavorts, and rendezvous during your red-letter days.
Plus, Men vs. Women on dating
78 Readers' Erotic Encounters - Sinful stories from you
92 Astral Vibrations - Is sex in your stars this January? Astrosexologist Kiki
predicts a lusty future! Features
10 Ziggy Marley Exclusive - Jah bless our one true love
24 Astrosex 2004 - Your sexual forecast for love and lust. Also, discover which
vibe is contoured for your zodiac zone and sign-specific seduction hints
41 Centerfold Calendar - 12 months X 12 hunks = 365 days of lust. Plus, vote for
Man of the Year
58 Amy Sedaris - Who's That Playgirl? It's the brilliantly funny cupcake queen! Pictorials
14 Jason - "There's this part of me that wants to show my body to all the
women out there..."
32 Centerfold - The blond ambition of Nate Christianson proves sensuality is a
dish best served hot
62 Beau - Unearth your passion for nature with this open-air affair
72 Exposed! Real Men get real naked in these hot home snapshots starring Brian
Litch, Tom Pham, David Morgan, Shaun Patrick, Morgan Stark, Doug Johnson, Henry
Schimpf, and Todd Telander.
86 Body Chemistry - Guy's quick stop at the garage took an unexpected turn
Features in This Issue
Coverguy Beau Photographed by Greg Weiner
Free! Pull-Out Centerfold Calendar: 12 Months of the Most Gorgeous Men
Exclusive Interview! Ziggy Marley
Erotic Pictorials
Astro Sex 2004: 365 Days of Sexual Predictions
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.
