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In recent years major retailers have begun to offer gender neutral products or to market existing ones as gender and the Disney Store has stopped labeling children’s costumes as surprisingly regressive in assuming that certain toys are made Slowly, though, that’s also changing and, in the process,
when sex toys became my playthings of choice, I found there wasn’t much wiggle room: The ones designed for my body were pink or purple, often with photos of women in sexy underwear on the
B Y S U Z A N N A H W E I S S
s a kid, I was expected to play with “girls’ toys” like dolls and horses, but I also enjoyed “boys’
BUTT PLUGS ARE NO LONGER ONLY FOR GAY MEN, AND
Carol Queen, resident sexologist for the feminist sex shop Good Vibrations, says her customers have long been vocal about among the increasingly visible population of trans and non binary These people may feel excluded by toys that come in pink to make assumptions about buyers based on their gender,” says the power in buyers’ hands to make a judgment call and make their
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in black a stark contrast to its couples’ set from 2013: a pink vibrator named Nora and a white masturbation sleeve named
the couples’ vibrator Eva to close the pleasure gap between men and women, now markets its products as sex aids for all people
Above: A vibrator for females and a masturbation aid for males, this sex toy is ideal for couples’ play but can also be used solo Rianne S Duo Vibe
Right: Designed for long distance couples, the Lush 2 allows users to control the vibration intensity via cell phone Lovense Lush 2
Some companies have even designed new products to work on twists into different shapes so users can stimulate multiple body
Genderneutral toys appeal to people who want to experiment with new sensations but feel intimidated by or are simply
2018 because they can use it not just on themselves but also on can have one multipurpose, fully adaptable product helps shift and allows the user to be more creative in the application of it and thus more creative and engaged in sex in general,” says chief ring, prostate massager and more, raked in more than $1million
toys marketed to women but haven’t because the toys are bright pink or designed to look like a realistic penis,” says Daniel Saynt,
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To meet these customers’ demands, brands are tailoring their
It’s not just sex toy inventors hopping on the gender neutral on customer feedback, a lot of that growth is in part because of “Customers are getting the products they desire easily while gender neutral sex toys push back against the “pink tax” the women” and “sex toys for men” in their signage and conversations
Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure “ Some of the most interesting conversations I had with sex toy customer base, many one could argue all toys originally it’s possible to make a versatile sex toy and phrase everything
Left: This small but mighty spherical toy packs a powerful punch, and all that’s required for enjoyment is nerve endings Unbound Babes Bean
cis women customers have long disliked the ‘porno lady’ boxes because they were being sold an image of what a woman
female empowerment, that they got gendered more female,” she
versatile as the sexual identity of its users Lelo Transformer
Above: For the adventurous, this double ended vibrator can easily morph into a cock ring, a rabbit vibe, a clitoral massager and just about anything else, with a few simple
Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy
chance to use gender neutral sex toys has helped me feel freer to forge my own identity, just as the ability to play with dinosaurs did
vaguely to avoid making assumptions or dictating how a product should be used, you also occasionally have to say very directly,
of all varieties, just like clothes or children’s toys, can be enjoyed
bases with male and female attachments, but as more people identify outside the gender binary, brands are accommodating a much larger market than you can a gendered toy, so there’s more
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What would you say makes you stand out in the industry? I don't really consider myself in the industry I am not a model I do this for fun I say yes to shoots when I like the work of the person opposite I was super happy to pose for Mathilde, because she has a cinematographic
Where can our readers catch up with you and stay updated with your work? On my Instagram @anais lehu geur
We are so happy to have gotten to know you a little bit! Any last words out there for our readers? Since the covid, we live a little strange time I would like to tell people that the only thing that matters in this world is love. Love yourself, and love your neighbor
What does it mean for you to be seen as a strong, intelligent, ambitious woman? It means everything. times have changed, and I'm proud to be a woman Even if there is still work in some areas, being free to dress as we want and having the right to express our opin ion should not be a chance I think of all those women who can't do it
What is your favorite thing to do? My favorite thing to do is sit at home and watch a movie from my favorite director I like my moments of solitude
Such an absolute honor to have you on Playboy! Talk to us about your career and what made you get into the industry? I do this for fun! I'm not a model, I'm an actress I do shoot from time to time when I like the work of the person Shoots allow you to meet inspiring people That's what I like
What puts the biggest smile on your face? Be with the people I love
eye and it comes out in her photos
What are some of your biggest passions? To write I've always had this need to write since I was little I write for me It helps me a lot to de cipher my emotions and evacuate them I also like to write about moments that touched me
3 ultimate deal breakers when it comes to men? A man who is disrespectful of everything and especially of women, this is unacceptable for me Men who want to show by all means that they are men. And men who lie to get what they want
What is the most daring thing you have ever done? I was on vacation with my best friend in Marseille I spotted a boy playing volleyball All afternoon I didn't know how to approach it It was once I left the beach that I had an idea We went back to the beach, and I pretended to have lost a bracelet near the net He saw that I was looking for something and asked me what I was looking for That's how I was able to approach him and talk to him Except that after all the people on the beach started trying
What is the best way to approach you as an admirer? Make me laugh I am very sensitive to humor
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What are some of the things that attract you to a man? The way he cares about others His curiosity
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electroshock therapy, this time as treatment to cure homosexuality,
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though, conversion therapy takes the form of talk therapy wherein
months before the Stonewall riots, during which activists including years after the six day protest kick started what would become
condemning a method of treatment intended to “cure” Francisco’s Society for Individual Rights, described the case of a 22 year old patient “treated for transvestism” through aversion wrote, “but the last four had to be abandoned because he became irritable, confused and hostile; developed rigors, high temperature and high blood pressure; suffered from impaired coordination and
RESILIENCE
To honor the decades of advocacy against conversion therapy, Their stories, each representative of a different experience with conversion therapy and presented alongside stunning portraits by
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ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS, WE JOIN THE TREVOR PROJECT TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR WE’VE COME AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SECURE EQUALITY FOR ALL
Journal of Ethics, ineffective, claiming it leads to depression, anxiety and increased
Today such treatments are widely known as conversion therapy, though they’re sometimes referred to as “reparative therapy” or of practices including everything from shock treatment and aversion
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“I cannot see where this form of treatment differs from the
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“So many people think that because this is being done by a licensed and yet there’s this pervasive idea that because the person who is doing
“The Surgeon General has a warning on every pack of cigarettes,” the fold of The New York Times collecting pens from all the governors seven Republicans and nine the advocate
conversion therapy for decades through litigation and storytelling, to cease treating a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as a pathology recent years have seen the practice achieve unprecedented
In 2019, the top Google search results for “conversion therapy”
alexandria, virginia
sam brinton
says, the top 10 or 20 entries on Google were for conversion therapy explains, adding that advocacy efforts in 2011 focused on “trying nuclear engineering to work as the head of advocacy and government
contact with the prayer warrior at all times and keep his mouth wide while his parents looked on his father scarlet faced, his mother
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The son and grandson of evangelical pastors, he grew up in what he his parents wanted him to be, the person his peers wanted him to be, and the hollow space where he hoped to one day carve out his own
him down to the kitchen, saying his father had discovered something father found, but as he crossed the threshold into the living room, them, the private longings and fears left unspoken for years suddenly of 12, he had been sexually assaulted by a man who had pulled him he got away before the man hurt him, his parents remained convinced taught that “if you have a sexual encounter with someone, you take on The two hour session was held in a conference room at a local church,
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early 20s, at the urging of a friend, he began seeing a psychologist, began dating men and slowly opening up to friends about his sexuality,
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licensing authority” if they’re caught offering any treatment that seeks to “cure” the sexual orientation or gender identity of anyone under
Nunn spent two weeks receiving conversion therapy treatment at
Therapy helped him embrace the parts of himself he’d been taught to hate, but it also showed him that talking about his trauma could be
“If I can give hope to a kid or educate a parent who might not understand how dangerous this practice is and might reconsider sending their kid to conversion therapy,” he says, “then it will have
the survivor peter nunn
24 his childhood, he was raised in a repressive fundamentalist faith that he Transgressing those strict dictates meant risking excommunication, During a layover at the airport, his father explained that Nunn was on the line for me: my family, my relationship with my parents, my
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“Those of us who’ve dealt with shame our whole lives,” he says, “have an obligation to do what we can to make sure other generations
the therapist
representative sought to introduce legislation banning conversion to help set a precedent for other states to pass legislation banning carry around injury and shame, whether they’ve been through known as aesthetic realism, which sought to balance an individual’s
“I had tried everything, and the thing that worked was to accept
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know what it feels like for someone to single you out because of who
Florida who supported a bill that would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same sex couples, for example, Garcia Vera says homosexuality, he seemingly endorsed conversion therapy as recently The Vatican backtracked on those remarks, but the pontiff outlined a to “please consult and go to a professional” if they are “seeing rare the faithful
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26 SEPTEMBER 2022 had just signed an executive order protecting minors from the practice who still lived on the island his birthplace and home until the age death toll in the thousands, and thousands more without clean water or electricity, Garcia Vera felt irrepressible joy that his community had “In the midst of all the horrible things that have happened, it made
Today, Garcia Vera works for a nonpartisan Catholic advocacy
Garcia Vera isn’t a survivor of conversion therapy, but after joining
“If we’re all made in God’s image, then you’re perfect the way you
by a religious tradition that, he was told, viewed him as the living
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She often broaches the subject of conversion therapy with the the parent veronica kennedy annandale, virginia
“It’s as ludicrous as me saying I’m going to change my kid sound?”
come home between classes to eat lunch and furiously type up family had a television in the basement, and when she looked included the “children of civil servants and military brats, along with Saudi princes, celebrities’ kids and rich businessmen’s describes the horror of seeing him become a national symbol of “I didn’t talk about it for a long time, but what I did do was she says gave her a new perspective on the violence and stigma time she gave birth to her son, Elias, and after meeting Sam of a little boy who is “black, Irish and Colombian,” the prospect
M A R E N M O R R I S 20 / Q
Those fun few years when you’re just a mess, you’ve
life, it’s not you giving up anything or any part of you; it’s sharing your whole self with another whole
The 29 year old country singer has 10 Grammy nominations (including one win), a recordbreaking album, a world tour and something to say about how her genre handles women, skin and outspokenness
MORRIS: I don’t have the sassy, armored exterior many of my
as I wrote Girl, I learned that it’s not a weakness to be vulnerable with somebody else, to share all your light and your darkness with them, to trust that they a learning curve for me, because I used to think if
many of the same mistakes as you did in your early
29 SEPTEMBER 2022 P H OTO G R A P H Y BY H A R P E R S M I T H BY A N D R E A D O M A N I C K
Q1: Yo u r 2 0 1 6 d e b u t , H e ro , w o n y o u a G r a m m y, a n d t h i s y e a r ’ s f o l l o w u p , G i r l , w a s s t re a m e d 2 4 m i l l i o n
a l b u m b y a w o m a n W h a t d o e s t h e s p i r i t o f t h i s t r a n s i t i o n , f ro m H e ro t o G i r l , m e a n t o y o u ?
to hear less from a girl singing to a guy about how cute he is and how she wants him to notice her, and more from the perspective of 20 somethings who are
MORRIS: years ago at a time when virtually no women were
my band and crew on salary, giving them health
Q2: G i r l m e d i t a t e s o n e v e r y t h i n g f ro m c r a v i n g s e x a n d b e i n g i n l o v e t o m o m e n t s o f y e a r n i n g a n d t h e m o re e m o t i o n a l n u a n c e s o f b e i n g a w o m a n H o w d o y o u a p p ro a c h w r i t i n g a b o u t t h e s e t o p i c s i n a t i m e w h e n f e m i n i s m a n d w o m a n h o o d t e n d t o b e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a t a k e n o p r i s o n e r s k i n d o f s t re n g t h ?
the femininity of needing someone but also in
Q6: O k a y, w e ’ l l t a k e t h e b a i t H o w h a s y o u r b a c k g ro u n d a s a s o n g w r i t e r s h a p e d y o u a s a n a r t i s t ?
Q5: L a s t y e a r y o u w e re f e a t u re d o n Z e d d ’ s “ T h e M i d d l e , ” o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t s o n g s o f 2 0 1 8 , w h i c h l a n d e d t h re e G r a m m y n o m i n a t i o n s W h a t d o y o u w i s h p e o p l e k n e w
not our fault there are so few slots that we turn
MORRIS: I learned so much in my years
Locking into becoming an established country artist has been daunting.
you were vulnerable and admitted how much you needed someone, you were being I need my husband [country singer songwriter
Q3: T h e a l b u m ’ s t i t l e t r a c k h a s b e c o m e a n a n t h e m a m o n g y o u r f a n s C a n y o u e x p l a i n i t s m e a n i n g ?
Q4: Ye t y o u ’ v e a l s o s a i d , “ B e i n g a w o m a n i s n ’t t h e m o s t i n t e re s t i n g t h i n g a b o u t m e ” MORRIS:
place, actually, because I don’t want to be
MORRIS: I would love for people to do their started as a writer and wrote for other artists,
artist as well, and no one ever asks him what
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MORRIS: with another woman who’s also in the music
Q8: Various headlines have described you as being restricted by country Are media outlets getting the narrative right?
working on music, remixing it and changing things little by little until
Q10: So cross pollination between genres is a good thing?
Q9: The past few years have seen greater crossover between country and pop Is this helping country music? What do you think when people suggest that country music needs saving?
Q7: Are you a perfectionist?
Q11: You performed at this year ’ s Grammys with Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton, and you recently invited pop star JoJo to perform with you onstage in Los Angeles during your world tour What other artists do you want to sing with?
of Nashville songwriting and learning from people who were better Not thinking you can produce is a mentality even incredible love every facet of making music, you really do care how a guitar
MORRIS:
because there’s so much about country music classic been accused of ruining country music, even the outlaw
For the past two years I’ve been the most played woman on country catchy song; it’s because I don’t sound like anyone
Q12: Bigger success has opened you up to more criticism You’ve been slut shamed and body shamed online quite a bit Why are you still dealing with this in country music culture?
MORRIS:
it’s popular, or they discovered it on a playlist and it makes them feel their toes and not regurgitating the same kind of art on the conveyor
It’s been like this forever, but we’re much more connected now than
MORRIS:
MORRIS:
while I have the success and while I’m here, why aren’t any of my friends getting played? I want to shine a light
because I was risking that country radio would think I was abandoning them because I was part of this giant pop That I’m restrained in any way is a dumb perception,
just as hard, if not harder, than I do, and they don’t get a
MORRIS: Country artists having songs on the pop charts and on pop radio this past year has only helped listen to it because of its genre; they listen to it because
Q17: How so?
I was intrigued, because so many of the moves Dolly made i woman in country music as a woman in any genre it always what the hell?
MORRIS: I’m speaking such a loud, noisy concept of what it like I’m amplifying a message I’ve been passionate about since the
MORRIS:
Q13: Have you ever regretted something you ’ ve said publicly?
MORRIS: and ticket sales over it, is so mind boggling to me, because it’s want to be one of those head in the sand artists who’s only worried if I’m going to be a musician and do this thing I’ve been given a gift
Q15: Are you concerned about how people might react to your being in this magazine?
we’ve been forced into, and it scares me that I’m getting so fed up
MORRIS: I could just shut up and sing, keep my head down, not
Q14: Not many country artists have agreed to be photographed by PLAYBOY either
Q16: What else scares you?
MORRIS:
Q19: What makes you feel sexy?
up, and that doesn’t necessarily mean becoming more mature or
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your ideologies for patriarchal and bullshit standards that women in
MORRIS:
Q20: What should our readers know about sex or sexuality that maybe they haven’t thought about?
Q18: You’ve been married for just over a year What has marriage taught you?
MORRIS: I’ve been trying to be better at exercising the past year
right; just because you disagree with somebody doesn’t mean they’re much a feminist, and I’ve never really done anything that’s freaked you’re proud of your body someone who’s not watering down
someone else in and letting him be a part of that with me has been
MORRIS: would say that if you’re in a relationship and that person isn’t going
I N S E A R C H O F T H E #20BITEEN M A N A RT BY O S C A R R O D R Í G U E Z A M A D O
S E X U A L E X P R E S S I O N H A S A R G U A B LY N E V E R B E E N M O R E I N C L U S I V E , B U T B I S E X U A L M E N S T I L L S T R U G G L E S I M P LY T O C O N V I N C E T H E W O R L D T H E Y E X I S T W E A S K E D F I V E O F T H E M T O T E L L U S T H E I R S T O R I E S
“I don’t think I could date a bi guy,” a friend
play, sex dolls and furries, and no one has batted male bisexuality remains a blind spot even in been asked if I worry about being cheated on or contracting an STI and why I bother dating bi help, but scrolling through the posts, I see next to
been rising incrementally, and search engine statistics suggest they’ll continue to do so:
BY D A N A H A M I L T O N
research also indicates that far more people have had same sex sexual encounters than ultimately the data for the past 30 years despite the fact that in large, population based studies, bisexual behavior is more common than purely lesbian or community, has also observed the gap between to 44, almost six percent report some sexual attraction to men in addition to women,” she
facts about the man I was going out with that night bi, a dad, a scientist which I usually do before a date, both out of excitement and for my stomach dropped, even though it was hardly
percent and “signs of bisexuality in males” by a
percent of adult women ages 18 to 44 identify
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Regarding the idea that bisexual people are more likely to be unfaithful in relationships, neither Dodge nor Conron have seen data statistical research shows that the numbers of heterosexual men and
O N T E R M I N O L O G Y D O M I N I C M I N O R Age: 29 Location: Minneapolis Occupation: sales Status: single relatively young, I’m still old school, so I kind of existed before there T R A V O N F R E E Age: 34 Location: Los Angeles Occupation: TV/movie writer; comedian Status: single
G R A H A M R O E B U C K Age: 30 Location: Toronto Occupation: sales (eyewear industry) Status: dating a gender nonconforming person I think there’s value in bisexual as a reclaimed term, because at a
O N C O M I N G O F A G E F R E E :
the belief that bisexual people are confused or that their sexuality is “whereas when someone says, ‘I’m gay,’ it’s just sort of taken at face existence you’re confused, you’re just experimenting all those
Even within their own populations, bisexual people face daunting emerge in recent years to articulate a greater number of sexual claiming myriad sexual minorities because there are more words to bisexual has come under scrutiny for excluding nonbinary and recent studies Dodge has noted that people with identities outside the binary are the most accepting of bisexuality, followed by gay and poor attitudes from the heterosexual mainstream leads to double societal stigma and lack of solidarity would have on mental health: health disorders, substance abuse and suicidal ideation, even when
“FOR A LONG TIME MY LINE WAS ‘I’M THE ONLY BISEXUAL MAN I KNOW, BUT I’VE FUCKED A LOT OF STRAIGHT GUYS.’ “
MINOR: you trying to escape the fact that I’ll leave you for you, which is the
ON ERASURE
sleepover and they put on porn and there’s a low key circle jerk
ON DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS
MINOR: you’re responded to? I can feel white all day, but I’m still gonna
JACK MOORE Age: 31
Location: Los Angeles
MOORE: I was literally called a faggot by a liberal woman I was on a date with in 2011 after she had just confessed to me that she was
There was no way to explore anything sexual with a boy where I
The world is built to tell you that boys like girls and girls like boys,
JASON ELLIS
Sometimes the right answer is that there is no answer, or that it’s
ON COMING OUT ROEBUCK: default, so it’s easy to just let people assume that and accept the privileges that come along with it, but at the same time I wish it was haven’t been out at my workplace because I have a fear of not being tell by people’s attitudes that they might not react in a positive way, ELLIS: “It’s okay you’re bi, but you better not tell anybody, because it’ll into boxing, I have guns, I have children all the things you’re
Location: Los Angeles
what?
ROEBUCK: I think a lot of times people assume that if you’re in a straight presenting relationship you’re somehow not bisexual anymore or
Occupation: SiriusXM radio host Status: married to a woman
bi process is this long, drawn out thing of trying on hats and being
MOORE: have bisexual friends who are more femme, and nobody believes
I didn’t know anything about bisexuality
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FREE:
ELLIS: I can love you like I have love for my guy friends I don’t have sex
MOORE: you and gay people don’t really want you, so it’s easier to be you’re with a man and as straight when you’re with a woman,
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with that rattling around in your head: Am I gay? Am I gay? Am I gay? I must be gay that gay thing where you still love eating pussy?” and they would be
Occupation: writer and producer Status: dating a woman
MOORE: There were a few months when I went off the ladies altogether
love that I get to walk outside every day and know that my love isn’t limited to male or female, and that it allows me to see so much beauty in so many people who identify as so many things across the
FREE: I’ve always felt that if I have to die for my identity, I’m okay through it, because every time you’ve come out the other side
MOORE: tells you who they are, believe them” to talk about evil people, but
ELLIS: more a part of it, because I don’t see people who look like me out
“I GET TO WALK OUTSIDE EVERY DAY AND KNOW THAT MY LOVE ISN’T LIMITED TO MALE OR FEMALE, AND THAT IT ALLOWS ME TO SEE SO MUCH BEAUTY IN SO MANY PEOPLE.”
with my kids, I like the sun, I like skateboarding, I like having sex
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FREE:
MOORE: This is changing, but for a long time my line for this was “I’m the only bisexual man I know, but I’ve fucked a lot of straight
MINOR: I believe that as a culture, men are conditioned to hide [their have the potential to be in love and live their best life and have plenty of same sex experiences will just go without it because of
MINOR:
ROEBUCK: I think having accepted my own bisexuality has led me down a path of being more accepting of other gender expressions
raisers and all types of things, but no one acknowledges the fact that everything gays and lesbians feel in terms of stressors, mental health and things like suicide are experienced multiple times over by bi people, because they don’t have a community within the straight community and they don’t have a community within their own community with the people who should be accepting and
I’m showing up in my sweatshirt and bucket hat, and I just might be kissing a guy, I might be kissing a girl, I might be kissing a neither,
people appreciate that because it contributes to the visual of what
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ELLIS:
that, because if I had stayed closed off maybe I never would have
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What does it mean for you to be seen as a strong, intelligent, ambitious woman? It means just being myself Do my best to realise my small and big goals Be patient, don’t give everything that am I doing!
What are some of your biggest passions? My job is one of my biggest passions All the time I’m trying to grow and be a better version of myself And I have some typical girl passions: fancy bags, expensive shoes, and Agent Provo cateur lingerie
sexy Simple things, but it’s quite rare to have them as a combination here
What is your favourite thing to do? I love photo shoots, the atmosphere looking for new
What would you say makes you stand out in the industry? I’m open with people, smart and
Such an absolute honour to have you on Playboy! Talk to us about your career and what made you get into the industry? I was always interested in helping people Sex is something that everyone does, but not so many people are ready to talk about it honestly and openly, because of cultural and social taboos, and so I have started that conversation I Have created my own courses on the topic of sex, to help girls and guys discover their sexuality and to know how to make their partners happier and more
ideas, preparations, process and, of cause, the results Also, I dance bachata, do boxing and enjoy going to the gym Like drawing paintings and writing stories, I hope it would become a book one day!
What puts the biggest smile on your face? My photos on the cover of Playboy magazine would make me smile and happy for sure Also, I’m always happy when I get letters of gratitude from my followers and clients
1 If a man can’t keep his word and doesn’t keep the promises he makes
What is the most daring thing you have ever done?
What are some of the things that attract you to a man? I like strong personalities with good heart I like guys with clear goals and strategy, how to achieve
them, who knows how to make and spend money, and at the same time he should care about me and be with me on the same wavelength
3 ultimate deal breakers when it comes to men?
3 I could never be with a toxic person, unhappy with everyone and everything around
doesn’t sound that risky, but that was the other part of the world, and I knew the guy just for a short time, by texting!
Where can our readers catch up with you and stay updated with your work? My instagram: @Polina Top 69
We are so happy to have gotten to know you a little bit! Any last words out there for our readers? Thank you so much for reading It is the greatest honour to be here When I was a young girl, I was dreaming to become a Playboy cover girl and am happy, because today that dream become true!
2 If he is trying to restrict me doing something I enjoy For example, if he would say that I should stop with erotic shootings or can’t wear something that I like
What is the best way to approach you as an admirer? My language of love is care and gifts, I think that is the best way to show that the guy is really interested in me
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A N O R A L H I S T O R Y O F T H E M E M O R A B L E P L AY M AT E S C E N E F R O M F R A N C I S F O R D C O P P O L A’ S O S C A R W I N N I N G 1 9 7 9 C L A S S I C APOCALYPSE THEN
Coppola’s masterpiece Apocalypse Now is, surprisingly, just a short jaunt perhaps inspired by actual events, in which chugga chugga t hump o f w hirring blades, a Rabbit the night sky onto a brightly lit stage as portrayed by Colleen Camp and real life the helicopter and begin shimmying to enough, the soldiers rush the platform, movie as a whole, the scene brilliantly captures a frightening aspect of humanity:
later cut from the original release; part of it can be seen in Apocalypse Now Redux
Right: Camp (top left), Linda Carpenter (top right) and Wood atop a helicopter bearing the Rabbit Head insignia
Previous page: 1973 Playmate and PMOY 1974 Cyndi
Playmate of the Year She recalls that during her downtime on the set, and even in the midst of a typhoon, she liked to write original songs Above: A scene featuring Colleen Camp that built on her real life
“IT WAS ALL, I’M SURE, VERY DANGEROUS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE SHOOTING WE DIDN’T LOSE ONE PERSON. SO MANY THINGS CAN GO WRONG.”
expanded re edit, Apocalypse Now Redux, restored 49 minutes
Redux, found inspiration about it that felt almost like a documentary and yet surreal at the
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original release, we present
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NANCY MORAN, on set photographer: I was a freelance a wonderful reporter for The New York Times, and I took pictures was very critical of my going [to the Apocalypse Now set in the
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: who, when we were able to start again three weeks later, couldn’t
THE ALL NIGHTER
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, director: I remember looking at the would have been better if, when they’re in the boat, they look and
NANCY MORAN: Every day I called the publicity department Apocalypse Now
COLLEEN CAMP, actress: I had done a movie called Smile, coproducer of Apocalypse Now, came to visit that location in Apocalypse Now
Unexpected disasters delayed but never derailed the ambitious production
COLLEEN CAMP:
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Conversation gangsters, gritty realism and paranoia were the currency of New Coppola decided to take on the project and headed into the jungles
The Playmate USO scene was shot in one single marathon night of
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: an incredible contradiction which was not untrue where the
determined to document the production); others took time and effort to cast CYNDI WOOD:
COLLEEN CAMP:
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: promoter but always wanted to be an actor ever since he was a
CYNDI WOOD, actress and 1974 PMOY: Every time they’d a sudden, without warning, everybody’s running, shouting “Take were trapped in an abandoned building in the jungle, far away from the set and the rest of the crew, with no way to communicate, no all these grown men around me were scared to death that everybody
THE REAL VIETNAM PLAYMATE Playboy lore has it that the USO scene was inspired by Playmate Jo Collins’s much more practical 1966 trip to Vietnam
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: Supplying the people, and their
It was all, I’m sure, very dangerous, but throughout the shooting, we did not lose one person in the entire year and a half, greatest fear you have, because the people working so hard and so many hours have their minds on what they’re doing and not on
NANCY MORAN: It was a long night, and I remember thinking work, but it was a very funny scene here’s this boat going only one who could dance, but that adds to the goofy charm of the like and this is one of the things about the movie how much control do you have over hundreds of extras? If I had been Colleen
COLLEEN CAMP: was actually planned out really well, so we weren’t in any danger
CYNDI WOOD: That little routine was nothing, but we shot for get different angles, and they shot the audience, and they did this
the challenge was that this unlikely show business show should be
COLLEEN CAMP: because of the helicopter blades, and the pilots were 18, 19 years
CYNDI WOOD: you wouldn’t know what was going to take place, so you would
JO COLLINS:
ELIZABETH NORRIS:
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: The original script, and that scene, genius behind Apocalypse Now
GARY COLE: and jumped out of a helicopter and did a go go dance or anything
Far left: Director Francis Ford Coppola speaks with Camp behind the scenes, with Wood in the background Left: Wood says that as the hanging from the landing skid were stuntmen or not: “Some of those things you just didnt know, because they were so spontaneous ” Top right: As the challenging production went on, Coppola saw the movie’s budget balloon from $12 million to nearly three times that Bottom right: Carpenter and Coppola on set
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: Everyone hassled us, from the
GARY COLE, former PLAYBOY photography director, who oversaw the magazine’s 1979 Apocalypse Finally pictorial: because they didn’t want the girls appearing in porno or really crap
ELIZABETH NORRIS, former PLAYBOY senior director of public relations:
JO COLLINS, December 1964 Playmate and 1965 PMOY: I didn’t even know where Vietnam was I thought I was going to
the crew sought out extras at military and educational institutions in the Philippines
LOST AND FOUND LEGACIES remained intact
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: Tribeca is going to commemorate longer Redux be short, because at the time the movie came out, no one knew what the Redux do now is what I think is the best version what I would say is
COLLEEN CAMP:
old boy to Vietnam to drop napalm on people is as immoral as what abuse what we do to the young men, we also do to the young girls
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: Since I had these three women,
COLLEEN CAMP:
KIM AUBRY, Redux co producer: has some strange gaps where, for length and other reasons, scenes were removed, and there are certain continuity things that you don’t
CYNDI WOOD:
loud, it was deafening, like at any moment the whole building would
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut has the
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: want to stop shooting, because I have always felt that if you get bad weather, that’s an opportunity to have something really was put back in the Redux
Sheen had a heart attack, so the scenes we were shooting never had birds in the helicopter, and a piece of it was shown in Apocalypse Now Redux
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An appreciation of artist Kinuko Craft, whose ingenuity graced PLAYBOY’s pages across five decades T A G E S P O T L I G H T
visiting the eponymous museum next door to wonder at the master working within Chicago’s studio system, which she describes as “a bunch of illustrators sitting and waiting for salesmen
Kalki Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, The Atlantic and Forbes given much time to complete her projects and reluctant to turn
accompany a “ribald classic,” Craft’s elaborate wood so skillfully done, from the intricate medieval Russian iconography to the faux distressed gold leaf frames, that they looked as if they’d been lifted from the walls of a It’s kind of embarrassing for me; she probably thought, gave her the opportunity to learn about other artists and their including art deco, biblical, trompe l’oeil, even nursery rhyme
art’s tradition of visual fantasy, Craft clearly has high expectations for her audience’s wider cultural knowledge,” writes professor for another ribald classic: Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market
Craft’s versatility also caught the eye of novelist and cultural all kinds of subjects, and in all kinds of styles,” he writes in his The Art of Playboy would be to walk into a gallery full of the fruits of her kaleidoscopic
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From the moment she picked up her big sister ’s crayons and drew a mountain landscape on a sliding screen in her family home in wooden sash, and I thought it was the most beautiful thing,” she Ever since, Craft has gravitated toward beauty and endeavored
In the early 1980s Craft left Chicago for the East Coast to settle into her big backyard and plays with the birdseed cakes, sometimes though living in a rural area has had its complications; she recalls
Though the advent of faxing and later FedEx made it
with gold leaf; she visited the medieval room at Chicago’s Art Institute for inspiration
Detail of Craft’s illustration for a June 1987
Egret Opposite: The triptych Craft created to accompany The Gabriliad, Alexander Pushkin s naughty New Testament spoof that ran as a “ribald classic” in 1974 It
Craft’s work has been shown in galleries across the country, and she was inducted into the Society of Illustrators hall of fame in
of books, and her work is in the permanent collection of the • • •
Taxing though it may be, Craft has no plans to stop painting,
everything structure, composition, idea is there, but not
“YOU CAN FEEL THE PAINTER’S PASSION IMPRISONED IN THE CANVAS.”
“Not being born in this country, and speaking with an accent, was
Left: Craft in her studio, circa 1983
a “winter general” who marched from the depths of her imagination a powerful white haired woman wearing armor and wielding a followed by session after session of painting with her brushes, which she likens to feeding: “If the painting takes longer, I have
A RT WO R KS BY A L P H A C H A N N E L I N G
Q: l o v e c u n n i l i n g u s I c a n g o d o w n o n a w o m a n f o r h o u r s M y f a v o r i t e s e x p o s i t i o n i s u s i n g m y t o n g u e t o m a k e a w o m a n c o m e w h i l e g e t t i n g m y s e l f o f f A n d t h e w o m a n a l m o s t a l w a y s c o m e s ! T h i s m e a n s I r a re l y h a v e p e n e t r a t i v e s e x , a s I a m j u s t
Q: Why has adultery become so prevalent? separately, though all three did it publicly and in front of me I’m close with their partners,
If she has expressed that oral sex alone
The core issue driving people to cheat is not just the tension between desiring commitment and wanting the freedom to explore but also the toxic rules that govern monogamy is the idea that you have a right viewing others of the same gender as threats
without telling a partner is nothing short of cheating friends individually so you can better has the same rules, and it’s increasingly common for couples to enter monogamy Some couples are fully open, some allow for
sexual encounter either feeling better about yourself, your body and sex in general or
self worth is an accumulation of how others treat us, but you are responsible for your self
friendships This has made me quite cynical about dating and relationships Overall, I don’t know how to handle what I’ve seen Do I call them out, tell their partners or shut
straight does not predetermine one’s favored
Dr. Chris Donaghue the Sexual Health Alliance and host of Loveline takes on the role of Playboy Advisor and weighs in on readers’ questions about oral sex, orgasm less sex, amateur sex, sweaty sex, forbidden sex, interracial sex and more
A: The f irst thing to note is that her vagina there’s nothing “strange” about preferring masturbation over penetration, because there sex isn’t penetration; it’s achieving mutual
preferences “strange” amounts to a form of nontraditional interests your girlfriend our sexual interests to a lover, the response should be one of acceptance as long as those interests are mindful of your partner ’s
older, however, suggesting that monogamy
Cheating is an unacceptable solution for whatever issues your friends may be trying to
s t a r t e d d a t i n g t e l l s m e i t ’ s s t r a n g e t h a t m a s t u r b a t i o n g e t s m e o f f b e t t e r t h a n h e r v a g i n a S h o u l d I b e w o r r i e d t h a t I , a s t r a i g h t m a n , a m n o t t h a t i n t o v a g i n a l
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M F , A: collected by the General Social Survey from 13 percent of women have cheated on their
partners about our needs, and that includes a desire to have sex with others while in an
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consider sexual intercourse “a form of
duty to incorporate more penetration so both
a vibrator, for example, leaves one hand free for masturbation while still giving your
Further, your heterosexuality should not inform anything about your sex life other than the gender of your sexual partner
A: 14 years of a healthy sex life because of a can seek pain, enjoy it and prefer sex with it, Diverse and subversive sexual acts create
power in their sex life seems less equitable The Kidman character ’ s therapist says she may be addicted to the pain I never thought such a thing was possible Is it? Could my husband and I be addicted to pain during
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you exhibit this fetish, as your relationships
three of your friends be in open relationships?
nothing psychologically wrong with intensely or even painfully experiencing your sexuality, as long as it’s safe, consensual
Q: I’m a white man who has dated only chunky women of color No one has ever commented on the similarities between my exes, but today’s climate has made me hyper aware of body shaming, misogyny and racism Is it possible I have some underlying, unhealthy attraction to women of a particular race and
people who come from different backgrounds
combine, overlap or intersect especially in or groups,” intersectionality aims to increase awareness of the power imbalances in all
to have achieved all that to which I say
a person to certain physical attributes and
It’s important to be conscious of how you use your privilege and social power, but there’s no politically correct form of you on, and don’t resist what arouses you healthy interracial relationships have long represented two people pushing back against the women in your life like the gorgeous, intelligent, autonomous sexual beings they
A: to control your impulses if the two of you were to spend time together? I suspect you’re harboring some hope of a future in which
like sex addiction
Q: My husband and I have been married for 14 years We enjoy a physically intense sex life that includes verbal degradation and sex that leaves us both bruised We’ve never taken it to the point where either of us feels unsafe; only once have my bruises been large enough that I’ve had to cover them I recently started bingeing HBO’s Big Little Lies, and on the show, Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård’s characters engage in similar
many patients who strive to heighten their
way, it may sound as though you’re covertly asking whether you, a white man, should sleep
wants to spend time with someone he knows
O rg a s m s a re h o t a n d f u n , b u t t h e y a re n ’t g u a r a n t e e d , n o r s h o u l d t h e y b e re q u i re d . T h e g o a l i s n ’t m u t u a l o rg a s m b u t m u t u a l p l e a s u re . B y e x p a n d i n g o u r d e f i n i t i o n o f w h a t w e c a l l “ s e x , ” w e c a n c re a t e n e w s e x u a l c o n n e c t i o n s a n d n e w k i n k s .
“the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination
A:
It’s refreshing how aware you are that your sexuality can impact others in ways you
Q: My sister ’ s boyfriend recently relocated from Chicago, where they were living together, to Boston, where I live, for work
confront your friends about how they’ve put a moral friend doesn’t make you the moral
anger, you have no reason to stay faithful to them something they should know a thing
attractive and have had many sex dreams about him throughout their relationship Now that we live in the same city, he constantly texts me to hang out I don’t trust myself around him and have gone to great lengths to avoid contact My sister wants to know why I won’t help her boyfriend settle in It’s actually causing me a lot of stress What do
In the meantime, make this man a person your sister loves deeply feel at home
time obsessing over your sister ’s boyfriend,
A: First off, congrats on having an assertive,
is a theoretical guessing game, as fetishes represent a complex intersection of brain activity, cultural conditioning and personal
different materials, such as latex, polyisoprene
Q: I play in a rugby league, which requires me to wear a cup My girlfriend loves it When I come home from a match, she tears off my uniform and asks me to fuck her while wearing my sweaty jockstrap But pulling the cloth pouch to the side is distracting, and I can’t stay hard This has left us both frustrated by our spontaneous postgame sex sessions
Start by investing in a few brands and
The goal here isn’t mutual orgasm but of what we call “sex,” we can create new
A: Condom selection, like everything else
you go soft, start using your tongue or your her face, switch up positions, ask her to ride you or have her go down on you to bring back
birth control, STI prevention and a healthy but beware: The charts aren’t standard across
Q: I’m a virgin, but I want to start having sex soon How am I supposed to know which condom is right for me? I’m average length but thick in girth I’m also uncircumcised I don’t
one on and wear it while masturbating to kick start your body into linking protection with lot of unforeseeable reasons, but I can assure you that the person you take to bed will be your bedfellow to put the condom on you turns
my girlfriend’s fetish for my dirty jockstrap,
time alone with each other, and don’t get sustainable; should they wed, you’ll be running
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partner who demands perfect example of how sex helps us grow and mature, because what you view as problems an inability to stay hard, an inability to climax are opportunities to remind you what is supposed to be fun, and you don’t need
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they know who you are We would tell them that I met you on social media ”
What does freedom of self-expression mean to you? It has been very healing to me I was once very shy and reserved I was a long journey for me to feel more comfortable in my own skin Expressing myself being naked or posing in sexy clothes has been my most real, raw, vul nerable, and authentic self Seeing my self published in a magazine is still mind blowing. I took small steps, to face my fears and found freedom in my own self expression
proached by a modeling agent standing in line at a bank A few weeks later I left for a test shoot in Los Angeles I started straight to artistic nudes
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3 things that you can’t go a day without. Music, shoes and
vice you would like to give to men out there who are hoping to catch your eye the right way? My advice to men I like a when someone makes me laugh (not put me down) a sense of humor Someone who pays attention to details, like what o like to drink A gentleman not neces sarily just good manners, although some of those do help I mean being honest,
deserves a mention is this one “I need you to call me right now (Then gave number) I need information on how you pick the person you want to be intimate with? I met someone but I’m not sure if I want to be with them I mean if you want to be with me then I wouldn’t be with them ”
What is the absolute worst thing a man can do to completely put you off? Things that will turn me off men who
“I was wondering if you would go to a high school reunion with me You could pretend that you were in my grade Peo
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We absolutely love your Instagram, your content is very dynamic, inspira tional, and downright sexy, could you perhaps tell us what your personal ex-
What are some of the biggest misconceptions people have about what you do? That if I’m invited to a social gather ing, I wear something that is too sexy or act Inappropriately
What about those crazy DMs you must receive! Care to share a few funny stories regarding those?
Now we’re sure you experience a lot of -
Thank you so much for sitting down with us and letting us get to know you! Any last words for our readers out there? I love exercising and taking care of my body I also like to take care of my mind and remember the great things about my life My family, my friends and all the people who have supported me on my journey
We’re happy to have you feature on Playboy! Can you give us a bit of a background on your career as a model and where it all started? I have always been creative I loved fashion, nude art and traveling My career has been very
ure out who you were because you’re so beautiful. After a while you could kiss me and tell them that I had been your boy friend for years Finally, after people try
or continuous bad self talk Glass is al ways half empty type Be on the phone most of the date
That said, what advice would you have to give to all women out there when it comes to love and relationships Chiv alry still has a place Allow a man to be masculine, it brings out your feminine Show your gratitude towards your part ner. If he did something you liked to thank him Let him know you appreciate what he did, or he is doing Don’t take each other for granted Go on dates have fun, enjoy your partner
Having a full schedule must make it dif talk to us about the top 3 must dos to down time? I love to travel; I have a pass port and I use it I love going and getting spa treatments I Enjoy nature, whether that means going for walks Or taking a ride on a scenic road.
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It has been fun, powerful and a way to be creative I have been able to connect with fans, other models and photogra phers. Can’t wait to see what happens after this issue comes out
What does it mean for you to be seen as a strong, intelligent, ambitious woman? My vision, voice, and actions help me to stay in alignment of who I am What I want out of life
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If this seems like a marketing ploy to make local water tells me how great the tap water tastes in Iceland, better rebranded tap water as Kranavatn, a word that literally
attempts to get photos that don’t feature other gawking tourists, traipse farther and farther off the trail, destroying
The culprits in that very real crime against a hillside
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like knights charging against a strong wind, their heads, and they purse their lips as they man takes photo after photo of his partner appear to be alone in this otherworldly watering hole, the
A social-media-fueled tourism boom saved Iceland from economic ruin. A decade later, is it leading the country to environmental collapse?
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glacier, which I’ll climb with a tour group recommended on then drive to Reykjavik and Golden Circle, a popular tourist
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country’s seemingly pristine landscapes abound on social media screens and draw more than 2 million visitors to its shores each year to hike behind thundering waterfalls
to stay hydrated while wading in the 100 degree, silica
I recount the number of people I know who’ve visited in Reykjavik when she asked the person sitting next to residents, perhaps it’s also not so remarkable that the Tourism has played a vital role in helping Iceland
have warned about a crisis in the country, one that’s Iceland’s environment is fragile, and it’s being threatened country out of an earlier crisis, buoying the economy after experience a country whose rapidly expanding popularity may be permanently damaging what lured me here in the
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travelers because they’re seeking something more remote vistas on Facebook or on Game of Thrones, has spiked, with yearly visitors outnumbering permanent
74 other services have opened in rural areas, where residents now have entrepreneurial of Tourism, Industry and Innovation says beloved vistas including the Dverghamrar the country aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent of 1990 levels
adds, “there’s a really strong will in Iceland to preserve nature and maintain
gallop down the grass beside the stairs, the
see the waterfall from a nearby restaurant, which seems emblematic of how tourism affects rural towns part of the cottage industry supporting the interlopers who
It’s bright and cold when I land in an invasive plant species, blanketing the
Campers have set up tents near the base, and a woman is furiously adjusting her
It’s still light when I fall asleep at the
Some residents feel Iceland has become a cartoon of itself.
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The next day, my host smiles gently as
Left: Situated on the south coast, Reynisfjara is one of Iceland’s most visited black sand beaches Acclaimed for its beauty, the beach is also notoriously dangerous due to the water ’s strong undertow
tour buses barreling down the Ring Road, the route that loops the country, as there
Left: The Icelandic horse has lived on the island since the 10th century; today it’s bred for sheepherding, competition and leisure riding Middle: Vandalism to plant life has become a concern following increasing reports of intentional destruction Bottom: Landmannalaugar, a popular hiking destination, is surrounded by mountains and obsidian lava fields
she presents breakfast: bread made with barley from their farm, homemade dandelion and rhubarb jams, from California, Florida and Seattle and a man from advantage of the stopover and is visiting Iceland for expensive, plus a lot of her colleagues at the school The trail leads us through an ash covered icescape insulates the ice, forming dark peaks and valleys near “First chance for photos for all you instagrammers,”
Game of Thrones posted hammered into the earth that marks where the glacier after my trip, the Copernicus Climate Change Service
Retreating glaciers can be increasingly hard to access, says Nathan Reigner, an Reykjavik, but the glacial melt is also creating new glacier lagoon that formed when glaciers calved and melted along the south
lagoon like meringue won’t exist by the end of this summer, he says, and he notices
sites have emerged, he says, there has been an “arms race” for who can develop tourism businesses to meet the skyrocketing
To wit: Tourists have been coming to Iceland the economy crashed, the country hosted about was the volcanic eruption
early in the tourism boom called a “surprising lack of planning and control at the national level” led to a spate of visitors and tour companies that were ignorant of environmental
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“Eventually we won’t
Reigner is a recreation and tourism consultant with a background in park management, concentrating in part on crowding, coffee shop in downtown Reykjavik he gives me a primer on Icelandic
Above: Jökulsárlón is Iceland’s most tourist friendly glacial lagoon and, with a depth of 814 feet, also its deepest lake a result of glacial retreat due to rising temperatures spurred by climate change
Distributing tourists more evenly across the country Icelanders are split on how much the tourism they’re happy with it, but some feel priced out or developed a plan to collect reliable data to improve at issues including freshwater, wastewater, nature sites and carbon footprints, the country seems to be machine” could have coped with the rapid growth of
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During the summer, on any given day, about one in as the krona regains its value, visitors are staying for might be more appealing to stay on, say, the Golden Circle than spend a day driving to a more remote
Below: Landmannalaugar (“People’s Pools” in Icelandic) is dotted with hot springs and serves as the starting point of the 34 mile Laugavegur hiking trail
Above: At about 40,000 square miles, Iceland is roughly the same size as Kentucky Outside the Ring Road, much sightseeing is done via hiking trails, which traverse the country across three national parks
Reykjavik surely feels changed, though compared with when, I don’t • • • the Geysir geothermal area to the Gullfoss waterfall, 12 of us are buckled a cave they visited that may be closed because tourists keep scrawling
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Q5: Valley?
MIDDLEDITCH: The TV landscape in general
how to keep it going a little longer? There are 4 million involved in something to make the decision to end
MIDDLEDITCH: it analytically, though, because it makes you feel as Q7: with the swinging scene?
involved in the show is guaranteed work, will it be the same type of work? Q6:
MIDDLEDITCH: I really don’t know, but I do wonder if this show has had anything to do with the
MIDDLEDITCH: I don’t know how much I can say, it constantly, but it’s better than feeling unheard and
Q1: The real Silicon Valley has changed drastically since Silicon Valley debuted on HBO in 2014 Would it be a different show if it were starting now?
some years enough to be like, “I should get married, Q9:
Valley has always been HBO’s bridesmaid?
yourself that this is all stupid, when you lose you’re a few more seasons, but our showrunners are like, “No, Q3:
MIDDLEDITCH:
Dorsey Do you agree with Elizabeth Warren and other
more like crawling into your best friend’s window and
MIDDLEDITCH:
MIDDLEDITCH:
MIDDLEDITCH:
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Q2: The show has been nominated for a best comedy
The term swinging Q8: always been interested in?
MIDDLEDITCH: For anything sexual whether in terms of the sex act or identity or kink you want to
AHEAD OF SILICON VALLEY’S FINAL SEASON, THE EMMYNOMINATED STAR OPENS UP ABOUT THE UNEXPECTEDFROM HIS DREAM ROLES TO SEXUAL EXPLORATION TO SHOOTING GUNS WITH ALEX JONES
I mean, they’re cleaning house with Game of Thrones a network has to have just one good thing that people Q4:
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Q11:
I’m like, “Come on, what about this chick who’s obviously really you
perceive myself as a beta or a submissive little bitch or whatever with? Even though I know I’m funny and cool, would that person laughs Q15:
Q13:
I don’t give a fuck, but my wife is more private, so I have to juggle laughs understanding, everyone’s connected andfeels good kind of way?
calm that down?
MIDDLEDITCH:
MIDDLEDITCH:
MIDDLEDITCH: witnessed situations that may not be for me, I want to witness them
MIDDLEDITCH:
that he constantly spews awful nonsense, I would have been like, Q16:
MIDDLEDITCH: respond to it and how elastic you are if you’re able to go back to believing the hype and believing you’re a special person above the Q18:
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positive way of connecting with people and experiencing things on I’ve also been to some weird parties that were very Eyes Wide Shut, f rom which I w alked away t hinking, I d on’t n eed it, but I’m laughs
our own rules, and compared to most of the people we’ve met who
Q10: How do you identify?
MIDDLEDITCH:
That’s the forever changing landscape in our relationship, your partner brings this very forward person from Instagram to you, bumps into someone and they start a conversation, it all happens in
MIDDLEDITCH: were painful, for sure, but I’d rather have that happen versus me Q17: those emotions?
other people who start on this journey don’t know where they’re at
Q14: seen it
MIDDLEDITCH: Everyone reacts differently he’s doing or whatever he wants to do, I wish Q19: MIDDLEDITCH: I’m an instrument rated private Q20: MIDDLEDITCH: of a hippie in me, because I was raised in Nelson, enjoy spending an entire weekend playing computer games, I also like to take mushrooms and drink THERE’S NO WAY TO GO THROUGH FAME WITHOUT IT CHANGING YOU.
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What puts the biggest smile on your face? When a patient has that “Ah Ha Moment” when they experience the Quantum Shift They realize that their health and wellbeing is in their own hands and can take control to transform themselves from ordinary to extraordi nary
• Self actualization A great man has great power Nothing turns me on more than a man aware of his true potential and doing the work to achieve his ideal self, even at the minutest level
What are some of your biggest pas sions? Health and Wellness, dogs, hors es, a summer thunderstorm, and sadly shopping lol
• No magic in the moment That tin gle a man can give with a touch, a kiss or even an entrancing wink from across the room Intimacy should create sparks possible
• Ridged thinking A man’s greatness is limitless. If a man is not open to ex pand his potential of higher self, that is a big deal breaker Self imposed bounda ries based on antiquated idealisms are a speed bump on the road to happi ness Personal growth and development through life are paramount and we are all works in progress
as I walk in the door Nothing feels better than the transition from business suit to birthday suit I am completely comfort able in my own skin and want others to be as well My Quantum Care program is all about being real with who you are and accomplishing your goals real istically I want everyone to feel sexy in their own skin, comfortable with their bodies and grateful for the opportunity to change with the knowledge that my comprehensive panels provided I be lieve that when people are aware of the probability of dysfunction in their body, which is paramount withe my Quantum Care program, they will make changes to live a healthier more optimal life The current medical model in the US is like looking through a peep hole giving a very tiny glimpse of your health with the door only to be opened to a synthetic treatment. The Quantum Care reveals everything Why look through a peep hole when you can get the “Full Monty”
blood chemistry analysis My Quantum Care program was built around analy sis of comprehensive bloodwork, easy to understand color coded reports and natural protocols Most people rely on doctors and medicine when they are in crisis and prescribed treatments that can have adverse side effects. That med ical model seemed off to me Why wait until extreme dysfunction presents itself, when proper analysis of the patterns and trends in bloodwork can reveal the probability of dysfunction sometimes far before symptoms present discom fort Allopathic medicine primarily is not proactive, but reactive and very rarely addresses the root of the issue nor the environment that brought on the state
Where can our readers catch up with you and stay updated with your work? You can view my website at YourQuan tumCare com to book a consultation, read some of our many testimonials and press releases Instagram
• Bad manners and that includes rude or mistreatment of anyone at events, restaurants, stores etc We all get dressed the same way in the morning, 1 leg at time How a person treats others is a window to the soul
What is your favorite thing to do? Can didly, to empower people to discover that they can enjoy incredible health, energy and an intense sex drive Turning the light on for others just turns me on
3 ultimate deal breakers when it comes to men?
What are some of the things that attract you to a man?
What does it mean for you to be seen as a strong, intelligent, ambitious woman? It makes me feel powerful and incredibly sexy to know that I live every day practicing what I preach I walk the walk and talk the talk
Such an absolute honor to have you on Playboy! Talk to us about your career and what made you get into the industry? First, thank you for having me and the privilege to showcase my Quantum Care to your readers Early on in my professional career I noticed that people were not living at their optimal
cise and unhealthy lifestyle were taking their toll on people of all ages During my dissertation research, I discovered comprehensive bloodwork holds many secrets and that fascinated me The an swers were in the bloodwork the whole time? The answer was most likely YES! It my goal to share this with the world and help everyone feel their optimal best I went on to complete post gradu
how a man carries himself with comfort able ease is very sexy
What is the most daring thing you have ever done? I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you Most recently, THIS! Put ting myself on display with the under standing that not everyone is comforta ble in their own skin or looking at others for that matter I AM! I am comfortable naked and love being naked! Business
We are so happy to have gotten to know you a little bit! Any last words out there for our readers? The cliché, health is wealth is simply the most valuable as set we can own Quantum Care helps you take control of your body, mind, and spirit to live at your optimal level, now and well into the future. The Quan tum Care program is the best invest ment you can make in your most valu able asset, your health
What is the best way to approach you as an admirer? Directly! If you walk the walk and talk the talk, it’s an amazing start
through bloodwork, that somewhere between dysfunction and optimal health there are many questions The answers were to quantify an individual’s unique needs and create a personalized proto col for them to achieve a higher qual ity of life Quantum Care allows you to do what you want with your health, not what you have to
What would you say makes you stand out in the industry? My unique ap proach in analyzing over 100 biomarkers in each individuals blood work, provides me an insight that is generally over looked by the average doctor By uncov
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reasons preventing them for living their best, most optimal life
• The sexiest thing a man can wear is his smile. We choose how we react and choosing happiness is a monster turn on
• When a guy is comfortable in his own skin There is power in presence and
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AMERICA’S FIRST FINEDINING CANNABIS RESTAURANT IS SURE TO LIGHT UP LOS ANGELES. BUT WILL THE ACTIVISM THAT CHEF ANDREA DRUMMER INFUSES INTO EVERY BITE TRANSFORM THE INDUSTRY?
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pressure, she appears calm and focused as she stands by the stove in a dark denim apron, a red bandanna holding her hair
consume cannabis, your senses are heightened, so the food’s elevate cannabis food pairing into a culinary art and to state legislature is still formulating its policy around cannabis
It’s a scene like countless others in the tense, giddy lead up to a restaurant’s opening night but the establishment
“There are a lot of eyes on me,” Drummer says softly a market that includes college kids as well as their parents and grandparents and an industry with a long history of
Drummer carefully considers how each strain pairs with
high that you might associate with dessert, so she’s thinking
it’s going to be approachable for many different people, so the entire place will have overgrown living walls very
and is projected to be worth $32 billion globally by 2022,
Residents of those 11 states may be open to cannabis consumption but turned off by the common perception of legal bud culture: going to a dispensary where young stoners present you with overpriced pre rolls; returning home to sit with cannabis the same way a person does when they go out restaurant will be a pioneering experiment in which cannabis is the main social lubricant testing Drummer ’s theory that sharing a meal and getting high are both communal will tend to each dining party to suggest food and strain
on to explain how she’ll create dishes to complement both
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who goes on to praise Drummer ’s attention to detail and
“ADVOCACY AND CANNABIS— THEY GO HAND IN HAND.”
this?” She pokes at the bread collapsing under the weight of
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under white ownership, while only about four percent are times more likely to be arrested for cannabis than their by social justice, if the people in power keep these
and brownies has more than doubled since 2011, Dosages are unpredictable, and potential toxins have that continue to appear throughout the country come more than $100, and the addition of cannabis can feel notes, compared with the combination of alcohol and from the kitchen for a shift in tone once the effects hit
says Tyler, also a woman of color, who started working for
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back relief cannabis offered meant she could pursue her and by 2012 she’d founded her cannabis dinner service,
was fascinated with food from an early age but thought she worked as a “very anti cannabis” drug counselor
found herself working for a weed friendly attorney
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pressure, but what’s the alternative? Sitting around and not being able to change the narrative? Not being able to hire people to be a part of this industry? Not having learned anything?
It has been two hours since I arrived, and I’m starting to
an early step toward mending prohibition’s damage and aiding communities disproportionately harmed by the drug
I pack up my things and make my way to the door, stopping
describes her vision of diversity minded hiring practices: “I
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“IT’S A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT WHAT’S THE ALTERNATIVE?”
I would love for anyone who has been exonerated of a
“If you’re in this industry and blind to the fact that a great number of black and brown people are incarcerated for doing the very thing we have the freedom to earn a living
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