• CrimsonSage [any]
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    2 years ago

    I have always said "trans people aren't too sensitive you just aren't funny."

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      I think that was the wokest way it was discussed in the 80's. Like, still not good per say but honestly pretty impressive that the nomenclature is the best for the time(I'm stunned they didn't misgender her) and humor people are still catching up to.

    • Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      doubt heffner actually wrote this bit. he just rolled around in cash in the grotto like scrooge mcduck while the magazine ran itself

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        This is basically it. Playboy's writers were essentially unsupervised, which is why in its golden age it had a lot of legitimately good articles/interviews alongside the softcore porn.

    • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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      2 years ago

      Hefner was a gross sex creep but he was actually fairly progressive on LGBT stuff. He hired a lot of gay writers during a time when being openly gay got you blacklisted.

    • TruthSplainer [ze/hir]
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      2 years ago

      During the 80's, Hefner and Larry Flynt did more for the american left than chomsky did.