This new podcast series delves into the world of Playboy through the eyes of the women who built it – and the stories are fascinating
). We hear how Hefner spun a fantasy for American men that sexy “girls next door” were all around in the ordinary world, then rebranded himself as “Hef”, a swinging party animal and embodiment of male heterosexual power and privilege.
Power: Hugh Hefner podcast: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Playboy bunnies Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson But this isn’t a podcast which obsesses, as Spiegel deftly puts it, with Hefner’s “horny celebration” of what he decided was sexy, which just so happened to be “conventionally attractive and predominantly white women deferring to guys.” Rather, the focus is on the women at the heart of Playboy who carved out status, prestige and power for themselves in a brand which catered to the pleasures of men.
As Spiegel points out, while Hefner took credit for the wild success of the clubs, their success “depended entirely on the bunnies themselves, and they were under heavy expectations to make sure his investment in them was a good one”. Part of that investment came in the maintenance of a strictregimen, reinforced through the notorious bunny training manual – the details of which are include the regular use of both lotion to keep skin “soft and pretty”.
, this podcast reminds us that to be in the spotlight doesn’t guarantee that one’s story will be heard.
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