RIP Hef!
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Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh1
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browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »An 80 year old man with a viagra erection coercing 20 year olds to come sit on him (so they can make a few bucks) is really someone the world needs to look up to.
Sure, he fed our darkest desires with his products of debauchery but he may have been a decent human being if he had renounced his decadence when he hit 50 or something.
He should have died 50 years ago.
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browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
*kitten*.
His mode of feminism was outdated by NOW, for sure. Most of his ideals about sexual liberation are hardly controversial now, except among the puritanical right. But he was unquestionably a feminist. He stood up for womens' rights, empowerment, and sexual liberation at a time when women were expected to shut up, stay in the kitchen, take care of the kids, and take a good beating from their husbands now and again. He put women in positions of power in his company at a time when it was unheard of. He also published important articles on race, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
Yes, he had trouble keeping up with the times the last decade or so. Progressivism evolved beyond him, he could have done better in more recent times. But to deny the contributions he made, the revolution he fueled, is foolish.
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browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
*kitten*.
His mode of feminism was outdated by NOW, for sure. Most of his ideals about sexual liberation are hardly controversial now, except among the puritanical right. But he was unquestionably a feminist. He stood up for womens' rights, empowerment, and sexual liberation at a time when women were expected to shut up, stay in the kitchen, take care of the kids, and take a good beating from their husbands now and again. He put women in positions of power in his company at a time when it was unheard of. He also published important articles on race, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
Yes, he had trouble keeping up with the times the last decade or so. Progressivism evolved beyond him, he could have done better in more recent times. But to deny the contributions he made, the revolution he fueled, is foolish.
Well said.
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I saw somebody on Twitter last night say that if Hefner had died just 10 years ago he would have been remembered very differently. I think that's unfortunately true.
My only hope is that people listen to the millions of women lamenting his passing and praising the ways he made the lives of women better, fuller, freer.2 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
*kitten*.
His mode of feminism was outdated by NOW, for sure. Most of his ideals about sexual liberation are hardly controversial now, except among the puritanical right. But he was unquestionably a feminist. He stood up for womens' rights, empowerment, and sexual liberation at a time when women were expected to shut up, stay in the kitchen, take care of the kids, and take a good beating from their husbands now and again. He put women in positions of power in his company at a time when it was unheard of. He also published important articles on race, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
Yes, he had trouble keeping up with the times the last decade or so. Progressivism evolved beyond him, he could have done better in more recent times. But to deny the contributions he made, the revolution he fueled, is foolish.
Agreed, excellently put. Context is important and for his time it made incredible waves for women and there are negatives for it now but the movement he made is undeniable.
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Uh oh we're on to feminism already. Waiting for the religious talk..
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »An 80 year old man with a viagra erection coercing 20 year olds to come sit on him (so they can make a few bucks) is really someone the world needs to look up to.
Sure, he fed our darkest desires with his products of debauchery but he may have been a decent human being if he had renounced his decadence when he hit 50 or something.
He should have died 50 years ago.
Just because you can't get any doesn't mean you have to put him down.17 -
Cutaway_Collar wrote: »So nobody saw the documentaries out there with young women who left the mansion and had horrible stories to tell.
Not all women end up in the centerfold or the main magazines. A few smart ones make a career out of it. But 80% get burnt out and end up with pills and serious life issues assimilating into regular jobs. People like dicaprio, charlie sheen go to the grotto and get fed 25 to 50 women on one trip. That is definitely progress in the 21st century
The idea of quick money and paying off school definitely draws these women out but at what price?
I have been a loyal fan of the magazines in the 90s myself. Spent a lot of me-time slapping the ham but as soon as I hit the 20s I was out of it.
RIP Hef.
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browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
*kitten*.
His mode of feminism was outdated by NOW, for sure. Most of his ideals about sexual liberation are hardly controversial now, except among the puritanical right. But he was unquestionably a feminist. He stood up for womens' rights, empowerment, and sexual liberation at a time when women were expected to shut up, stay in the kitchen, take care of the kids, and take a good beating from their husbands now and again. He put women in positions of power in his company at a time when it was unheard of. He also published important articles on race, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
Yes, he had trouble keeping up with the times the last decade or so. Progressivism evolved beyond him, he could have done better in more recent times. But to deny the contributions he made, the revolution he fueled, is foolish.
yes, the old white rich man did some positive things for women's rights, if you ignore the misogynistic treatment of them overall by him and his company.
but please, let's certainly give him all the credit in the world. /sarcasm6 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
Without Hef, Cosby would have had to find somewhere else to cheat on his wife and roofie women.1 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Can you imagine where we would be had he not started the magazine when he did? Some call him the leader of the sexual revolution. Some call him a feminist. He gave to charities. IMO, he was an amazing human being. Not to mention he gave millions of young men their first images of naked women that they filed in their spank bank. #RIPHugh
Omg he was NOT a feminist, that’s for certain. Misogynist, sure.
life is full of trade-offs, it damn sure is.
I reckon that a lil' misogyny helped me thru my teenage years. *shrug
When I was in college, I knew a few of Hugh's crew.
Believe me, they loved the attention.... the experience made me think: who was working whom?3 -
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A friend of mine commented on Facebook that Hugh Hefner is going to be buried in the back of your dad's sock drawer.
Playboy's "Girls of the Big East" issue came out when I was in college. My roommate (who was much more bunny material than I was) was selected to be included in the pictorial, but ended up not going forward with it.
There was one professor at my school who did have a striking resemblance to Hef. At the end of each semester, following the final exam, he would host "The Bio Answer Show" (featuring the answers to all the exam questions) on the campus tv station. One year a friend of mine was producing the show and asked me and another friend to appear with the professor...with him dressed as Hugh Hefner and us as his bunnies. I am convinced that should I ever run for office, the long lost footage of this show will somehow reappear.
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