But in the grander scheme of things, unfortunately, that just wasn't the worldview of the company. I am really proud of the stories we did do, as a few twenty-something editors with very little training and no mentorship. I can't say that the editorial coverage was Playboy-caliber, but I would say that we had that pipe dream intention, yes, and that if it were up to us, the two things - sexy photos and smart content - could've easily coexisted. We know about the photospreads, but did you have intelligent editorial coverage the way the brand leader (although not affiliated) Playgirl was known? Did you have idealistic goals to bring that in? And our editorial mission, for what that was worth, was in that spirit. I think culture had definitely proved by that point that those things weren't mutually exclusive. We wanted it to be smart and sassy and sexy all at the same time. We were very tongue-in-cheek and brassy in tone, but there was definitely an embrace of feminine sexuality at the core of what we were doing. We really did want to imbue the late-'00s Playgirl with what we the spirit of the original '70s and '80s Playgirl, which was this liberal sex-positive feminism. And Nicole made it clear when she hired me that she, too, had a feminist agenda. And it was, actually, now that you mention it, my first experience with a world that actually was incredibly male dominated.ĭid you have a 'feminist' agenda when you joined? Thought you would subvert it in some way? So in the end, there was something lost in the translation about what it was they wanted to make and what it was we wanted to make.

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