There’s always a reason to keep quiet. Not wanting to be the cause of that person’s divorce or job loss. Convincing yourself that it wasn’t that big of a deal. Not wanting to cause a scene or a fuss. Fear that you’ll be blamed. Endless reasons.

Now for the most serious take-away from this post.

Goat. This is a societal problem deeper than Weinstein, deeper than Hollywood. Talk to just about any woman you know, and chances are they’ve experienced some form of sexual impropriety. It’s just harder to form a cohesive group to slay a predator when said predator is a rando on the bus who grabs your ass instead of…

Obviously this whole shitstorm has got people talking about our own personal experiences with inappropriate contact. I personally can’t stop thinking about every time I have brushed off an incident of harassment or sexually inappropriate behaviour, I was almost certainly not the only victim.

I agree with you and would go so far as to posit that the Black Death ushered in the beginning of the “modern era”. I don’t believe certain innovations would have happened without an (admittedly horrible) kick to get started.

Oh for the tabloids I used to read with my grandmother...LIZ, Burt Reynolds, Cher. You’re right though, the game fundamentally changed recently.

I don’t care if this story is as fake as the day is long, it is REAL tabloid gossip. This is tabloid gossip as it used to be in its glory days before the Kardashians/Real Housewives/Hadids stole all of the covers, along with the odd “Jen is Pregnant” story.

You do not lie. The Hefner post brought the worst comment replies since early Cosby comment threads on this site.

Of course, your library can be our headquarters.

Should we also solve mysteries or something?

Medieval Apocalypse: The Black Death was probably the best of the bunch.

I’m also a teacher with a history degree. We should start a club!

They have a few of these medieval reenactment villages sprinkled throughout Europe. I tried to convince my girlfriends to go to one for a Girl’s Trip and they’re still laughing.

I’ve actually fallen down the Bubonic Plague YouTube video rabbit hole of late. You think times are shitty right now, you’ve clearly never bled from your armpits, friends. It’s oddly comforting.

We all know what happens if she takes off the pearls, duh.

You’re not wrong.

As long as you bring some wine...

To all my normal, rational American friends, I am so sorry you are being held hostage by a bunch of gun nuts who are opposing every simple solution to a malignant problem.

I’m sure there are many women who have had positive experiences working for Playboy in different capacities. That does not negate the fact that over the decades questionable shit was regularly done at that mansion, by Hef himself and by others.