Talking Kink With Alex + Ellie
Talking Kink With Alex + Ellie
episode 31: dear gentle (smut) reader
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episode 31: dear gentle (smut) reader

A salute to the legacy of an iconic magazine that became synonymous with dirty confessionals.

Penthouse was the raunchy, vivid, real foil to Playboy’s highbrow sensibilities, and one of its most important feats was to give us a window into each other’s sex lives thanks to its Forum magazine. And this week, we’re covering how they got the idea, where they took it, how they turned the dirty confessional into a mainstay of virtually every online community in the process, and the surprising directions in which the brand would branch out.

Resources and further reading…

Cybertruck / Brubaker Box (October 1978, pp. 141-143)
Rejected Penthouse Letters
Complete Penthouse Letters
Naughty By Nature, Penthouse Letters From All Women
Penthouse Comix
Nintendo Nude Pin-up Trading Cards

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Talking Kink With Alex + Ellie
Talking Kink With Alex + Ellie
A podcast about kinks, fetishes, the mythology and psychology of sex, and the future of relationships, sexuality, reproduction, and culture.