I was a blonde for halloween once - my costume wasn’t sexy at all, basically jeans and a t-shirt that I wore to school every day. My white guy friends didn’t recognize me at the party and were hitting on me. I was really upset about it afterwards because the ONLY difference was my wig and some extra makeup that I only…

I think consent is complicated here. It is likely not difficult to get a young adult to move into a house when there is the promise of no rent, free food/booze, and an additional allowance of top of that. Especially when they think that all they have to do in return is be arm candy. When the realty of the situation…

I can see good and bad in the legacy of most, including LBJ. But IMO what is seen as Hefner’s good work was actually what he did to promote his brand as a sophisticated/cool/intelligent alternative to the raunchier brands of the time. Did anything he do with regards to Black people put him or his business at risk?…

Omg clearly you know nothing about him he contributed so much to society and women’s lib

This would be the other side of Intent Doesn’t Matter. I can appreciate where his actions had a positive impact without thinking this makes him an overall good person.

Bingo.

Of course you don’t blame Hef. You seem like an awful human being.

He risked nothing by “accepting” black people as members or “bunnies”. I don’t think for a second he would have done so if he thought it would hurt his business.

Why is it that a white woman only has to bleach her hair to be considered attractive by other white people? It’s like no one even looks at their faces to consider their features. This photograph is a good example of that. Throughout junior high, highschool, and university me and my brown friends wondered about this.

Exactly. This is why I really was like, “Ehhh...” when he died. He was an abusive shit, revered worldwide. Rape culture, writ large.

I was thinking about his civil rights activism. To me, it seems that it all worked to serve men. He fought for sexual freedom (for men to freely enjoy women), he fought for women to get the pill (so that pregnancies wouldn’t hinder men’s sexual activities with women and men wouldn’t have to worry about being…

Maybe that’s why he spent most of his time watching. After reading this, I cannot even entertain the idea of wanting to know what went through this man’s mind 24/7. I don’t think that info. would even help us understand sex abusers any better. How does one understand evil?

Maybe for him it wasn’t about sex but about the control he had over these women and his enjoyment at their humiliation.

He had a problem with being referred to as a man with “bitches” because he felt disrespected. He had zero - not even a miniscule amount- of respect for his “girlfriends”.

“A little respect”—very little respect, just enough not to call them bitches.

Good Kinja

I cannot fathom how someone could live in an orgy palace like the Playboy Mansion and still enjoy sex on a regular basis. Too much sex results, for me, in a critical moment where I’ve had enough. I will feel a need to eliminate exposure for an extended period before my interest is reignited again. Sometimes it’s a…

A few days ago folks here were referring to this tweet as evidence of Hefner’s “respect” for women. Read it again. It is about demanding respect for himself. Only. https://mobile.twitter.com/hughhefner/status/90567328336580608?lang=en

the carpets, haunted by trillions of dead sperm

I hope that hell is giving Heffner the same treatment he subjected those women to. Huge dong devils and no lube while Lucifer merrily smokes a joint -and dreams up some ghastly fun that may come for Cosby and tRump.