The Bunny Mystique
June, 2011
A NEW BOOK EXPLORES THISMAGAZINE'S ROLE IN SHAPINGSEXUAL MORESAt the close of the past century a columnist for Salon.com declared "feminism and PLAYBOY one of the great archenemy pairings in American culture." But it isn't that simple. Feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Susan Brownmiller and Robin Morgan hijacked the women's liberation movement in the late 1970s and 1980s, but playboy hijacked the cul-ture. The battles of the 20th century have been recycled in women's studies programs,...
