Dear Team, Partners & Community, We want to reach out to you in light of the forthcoming A&E docuseries that we understand will recount allegations of abhorrent actions by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and others. First and foremost, we want to say: we trust and validate women and their stories…

Playboy launched nearly 70 years ago to a society badly in need of a sexual shake-up. …

By Yamani Hernandez and Megan Jeyifo Since our inception in 1953, Playboy has served as a platform for open dialogue about the most culturally relevant, and sometimes controversial, topics of the day. The Playboy Forum, an editorial franchise that was minted in the July 1963 issue, is one of the…

You have the right to pursue pleasure. We have always believed that pleasure is a human right. And pleasure comes in many forms. We believe in the right to knowledge through accurate and inclusive sex education. We believe that sex work is work and must not be treated as lesser…

Playboy is one of the world’s most iconic and recognizable brands. For almost seven decades, we have shown the world the cutting-edge and the taboo, the intellectual and the sensual, the serious and the playful. We have been a leading forum for influential voices and provocative personalities. We have championed…

By Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises “Keep up the fight.” Those were the words of a Playboy reader, in 1969, outraged over the case of a Texas man who was sentenced to 50 years in prison for selling a $5 bag of cannabis. Later that year, another reader revealed…

Written by Mamy Mbaye This time last year, my final semester of college was just coming to an end and I had been juggling three of the most time consuming projects I have ever taken up. The first two were my theses, which I had to complete in order to…

Written by Kristi Beck One thing I’ve learned in my time at Playboy is that without evolution nothing will succeed. I like to say, “If it ain’t broke, make it better,” a concept that has challenged our team ever since the magazine went quarterly in the winter of 2019. …

Written by Darian Edwards I wasn’t sure what to think when a friend and mentor reached out to me in late 2018 to ask if I was interested in joining the team at Playboy. Like many people, I have clear memories of my first encounters with Playboy magazine as a…