Playboy

What do you think about Playboy? Is it lewd? Tame? A big deal? So not a big deal? Are the girls that pose for Playboy hot mamas, or wannabes? Tasteful or trashy?

Perhaps more importantly, can you guess why I'm curious? Opinions, s'il vous plait.

Comments

[Benton]

Of all the magazines like that, Playboy is the most respectable. Many women have posed, from housewives to movie stars. I think of Playboy as mature art rather than porno.

[beirbuddycom]

is it because Cat is going to be in a photoshoot for playboy? nude or not nude i dont know at this point.

[Scott]

OMG. You're joking, right? I dunno. I guess if they offered to pay you mad cash, then hey, why not? To answer your question - I don't think too much of it at all. I guess it's not a big deal. Personally, I never pick it up - or any other mag of it's kind, for that matter.

[Shannon]

First of all I am just as much a pig as any other guy, but if you are thinking what I think you are thinking. You might want to reconsider. You absolutely have all the physical attributes necessary for the job. However, you are a very talented on air reporter and I cannot see how Play Boy could help your career. Would I but it ?…..well yes hell yes but, I would pretend you were not married. By the way is Jessica married?

[Kyle]

She married Rose? WTF?

You are skilled as a host on Tech TV, and like Scott said, it wont exactly boost you career, but why not? You are hott as lava. Go for it.

[Ass Hamster]

Playboy has a fifty year tradition of being cutting edge while tasteful. Noted authors have been published, often published first, in Playboy. I respect their organization, fair non-misogynistic portayal of women, and high production values.

If your self-concept and personal morality leave you room and interest to do this, I would support it wholeheartedly. Ultimately it would be your choice. All beauty fades. Might as well celebrate your goodies while you can!

[Chrys Cruz]

Playboy I guess would be lots classier than the other publications, and I don't think it would either help or hurt one's career. But I doubt this is about you, 'coz I have a feeling it's just not your style. Probably a friend of yours?

[Space Monkey]

Of Playboy in specific they make the women too perfect. There's no humanity left, just curves and lights. It's all overproduced and too artificial.

Of Porn, softcore or otherwise, I have trouble respecting women who decide that they want to be thought of as a sex object for guys to masturbate to. This may not be considered appropriate but that's what I think.

[J-Strizzle]

You found one in the bathroom of your signicant other and don't understand why he would look at other women when he has the queen.
Right?
Well, you are still beautiful if only in 2D. Maybe you got something funny going on that LOMO's don't show.
Who knows? Just my guesses.

[John]

To be honest, my first thought was the same as Space Monkey, that someone you're interested in collects it or something. I never once considered you posing yourself. I personally think my wife's Victoria's secret mag is better than some skin rag. Leaves more to the imagination and the women are much more attractive. I'm 31 by the way, if that helps with perspective.

[John Weston]

I'd lose my respect for some of you guys if you did it. You don't need it

[Big Dave]

I think Playboy should have a Girls of TechTV edition and include Morgan, Cat, and Sarah! Nice!

[The Maze]

Why not? It's always done tastefully and the ppl posing get a say in what shots go in and how they pose. Besides you take plenty of pictures already, whats a few without clothes..... :-)

[Margarito]

I love em'. They are all hotties.

[Richard j Smith]

Hi Sarah~
Just wanted to say tastefully that you are the most natural on techtv and Kevin is a lucky guy. You and Kevin Rock Socks.

[asldkjgfasd]

Big Dave, I disagree. It suits Cat's lifestyle, but Morgan and Sarah should stay far away from Playboy. They don't need any more attention from horny young males. Playboy is probably just desperate to appeal to nerds since Penthouse got destroyed by freely available internet porn.

[Richard]

Yes, it's trashy. Yes, the women are beautiful. Playboy is a more classy porn magazine than most of the others. Am I a hypocite? Yes.

[Brandon]

It's the most classy of the type, but it's still porn.

Either way, you or Cat, I want a copy. ;)

[Jacobi]

I have no promblem with it (then again i'm not gay) but i think the articles are interesting too and look at that like 35 percent of readers are female so i don't see it as offensive now if sarah or jessie was in it then i would definetly have to buy it why do you care well maybe you read it or look at it

[Jimm]

Please, please pose for Playboy . . . if they can't come up with the money, I'll chip in a couple of bucks . . .

[Messiah]

I personally think it's great. They have some great photographers and can get really artsy. A woman's body is a beautiful thing, especially in the right hands...wait, that didn't come out right. lol

[HughHeffner]

>Are the girls that pose for Playboy hot mamas, or wannabes?

My honest opinion is girls that pose for Playboy are pretty desperate to have to resort to that for money. You can easily post nudes on a personal website in the name of art. Once you start profitting, it makes you no better than a stripper. Girls that claim they pose for men's magazine because it is art are talking out of their plainly visible asses, especially if someone is cutting them a check for doing it. They are airbrushed material girls who have a high percentage of going nowhere afterwards. Cat can continue to embarass herself, her honest fans, and TechTV in general. The rest of you girls don't need to go down that road to 15 seconds of fame and a dead end afterwards. Plus you'll avoid embarassing your parents and knowing every 10 year old kid saw you naked in the mags his dad takes with him to show his buddies on hunting trips.

[Corey]

I say playboy is tasteful. I also say that curious cause you like playboy or you want to pose for them HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Turtle]

Go to c4t.textamerica.com and tells you what the photo are about.

[Joel]

What do I think? Playboy, like all pornography, is a destructive force in many homes. Like most men I struggle with mental purity and I find that terms like "tasteful" and "classy" are only a thin film used to somehow legitimize smut.

[Danny]

Well I think Playboy is very tasteful.. I love it when they take normal everyday girls like women cops or women of fire departments that pose...
Maybe we could get girls from Tech TV to pose..
Cat already has a few pics out there.. Tasteful yet naughty... Care to share some Sarah ?

[mike]

go for whatever happens Sara. Playboy is a very respectful magazine. I had a friend pose for them. In fact on a front cover too!!! Girls next door!!!

[chad]

they are doing a thing girls of techtv for playboy.com in december

[Matt H]

Wow, surprising (or maybe not so) to see how Cat's image has changed since the accidental release of her photos. Before that incident, I think she was commonly perceived as the innocent girl of the TechTV crew; Now, people (like the 'asldkjgfasd' person above) apparently believe that she - and only she - has a 'naughty' lifestyle. We're all probably somewhat guilty of forgetting that none of us actually know Sarah/Cat/et. al. personally, and therefore can't claim to know anything about what their lifestyles are really like, one way or the other. Just a thought.

Anyway, thought I'd venture a less obvious guess as to why Sarah's curious. Might it have something to do with the appearance of a recent Screen Savers interviewee, Darryl Hannah, in a Playboy pictorial this past month?

[Matt H]

Never mind. Just saw Cat's blog entry on the subject. Interesting stuff...

[Jeane]

Aww--don't do it. Our mothers told us to keep our clothes on for a couple of reasons. one is that all men stay horny, even the impotent ones --think. Every time I see a picture of a recent TV starlet, I remember that she used to be a porn star. Private pictures for private significant others, might be ok, put even those have come back to haunt women. Those who really want to see the female form in erotic poses and situations already have enough to "drool" over. Why put your personal safety and reputation at risk?

[Chris]

Read Cat's moblog and you'll see that a group of techtv girls will be appearing on a poll on playboy.com. Cat obviously posed for it. She's showing some of the proofs. I'd guess that Sarah did too, and I'm sure this whole deal would never have been made if TechTV couldn't deliver Morgan Webb and Laura Swisher. But I wonder who if anyone else did it? Jessica is hot enough, for sure, but is so religious that I could see her turning it down. Michela, Becky and Lindsey would all take great pix too, but I think they also see themselves as "real journalists", so they probably turned it down. And what if Megan were still at TechTV and an on-air presence? Would she have done it now that she is mom?

[Chris]

One more thing. Since this is obviously a corporate deal made by TPTB with Playboy.com, I wonder what type of pressure was put on the "hotter" women of TechTV to take part in this? Not that they would ever force anyone to do it, but as a struggling network that is desperate for ratings and promotion, you know their PR dept. would really like Margan, Jess and Laura to "play along". The publicity they got from Cat's topless pics earlier in the year are most likely what inspired this whole thing, so they knew she would be on board.

[Garret]

If you are considering doing a Playboy shoot I have a feeling it's going to take a lot of convincing to Kevin to let you do that

Garret

[shroom]

Playboy is evil. :(

[Chris]

I don't think Kevin would have a problem with it. They are "PG" pics anyway. Less racy than what you see in Maxim I'm sure.

[popados]

Do it!

This may be your last chance!

[Tim]

I like it for the articles! I didn't even know they took pictures of women! Who'da thunk it!

[Mike]

Playboy is for careers that need a shot in the arm. You definately don't need that. From what I hear the pics would be PG rated, so go for it. The girls who make up Playboy's main selling point are fake, fake was so 90's. Natural is in, you're natural. I'd take pics of you with your clothes on over pics without anyday. But you definately have the physique for the job. Hope that wasn't insulting :/ Yeah I'm a guy...that's guys are for :\

[MyShoesHurt]

Don't they offer shoots to the winners of these polls? Sarah, you and the other girls should make a deal to turn down Playboy, whoever wins that is. Either that or you will all be certifying the neverending comments by idiots who claim you girls are eye candy.

[James]

Wow I hope you'll go for it. You are so sexy. I have really no opinion of the people in Playboy. I don't think it is a very big deal, a lot of women in show business do it, whether their careers need it or not.

[Adian]

I think its a long time coming for the girls of tech tv. 99 percent are hot. Hell if it isn't going to damage you right now it isn't going to damage you in the future. Opportunities you all have right now are things people dream of. I don't buy all this garbage about Playboy being degrading. The same ones saying that are silently praying you do it. I think growing up all women see it and think about it. If you thought you would like to be that girl you should do it, if you thought the opposite you shouldn't.

[maxdamage]

My guess is an offer has been made for The Girls of TechTV to pose either in suggestive poses and some with more trashy poses.

I respect you and can't imagine you posing either way as it will cause a lost of respect by many and a huge boost of the hormones of many young immature boys.

Please don't fall into the trap as I don't see it helping your career by posing nude or semi-nude as you're very talented and don't need either the money or the infamy doing a picture shoot for Playboy.

Merci de me permettre de faire connaître ma position.

[MyShoesHurt]

>My guess is an offer has been made for The Girls of TechTV to pose either in suggestive poses and some with more trashy poses.

No, they are just having regular tame pics taken to be used for online poll graphics. Playboy does try to bribe the winner of their polls into posing for real. Thankfully, the only girls who actually take the offer are D-level stars from reality TV shows. And the girls who do crash and burn within a few years once the money runs out.

The pictures Cat had taken are just for the poll graphics, that's all. All the girls from TechTV who participate would surely lose quite a bit of respect. Gaining a few more obsessive fans or ratings for the network just isn't worth embarassing yourself or your family.

That should clear up the details of the shoot. It's not real Playboy, just stuff for the tame frontpage on their website, not anything like what would be in the Members section.

[Whitacre321]

I agree with many of the other posters here. I do not subscribe to such magazines though I find them interesting. I also agree that unless you have a financial problem, or a career disaster, posing for Playboy isn't the right thing for you. Only you can make that decision, of course.

As a potential role model for younger ladies (children), a spokesperson for TechTV, perhaps a movie star, or successful big time news person/commentator, I'm not so sure that posing will give your future employers what they're looking for. You already have what they're looking for. Excellent attitude, smarts, top notch on-camera skills (and I'm sure top notch off camera skills), as well as "Da Looks".

All The Best

[Axlle]

In my opinion, Playboy is extremely lewd, pornographic and no respectable woman should ever have to pose for them

[GregG]

u gay. nutin wrong wit dat.

[Jason Reale]

It's obviously a very personal decission, so I understand why you wish to hear other people's opinions; however, the only person whos opinion should matter (other than your own) is your significant other.

Assuming that he is alright with the idea, I would do some real soul searching and ask yourself whether or not it's just about the money. No amount of money is worth giving up some of your self respect. Maybe go so far as to ask yourself, "Would I do this if I wasn't getting paid to?"

If it is something you really want to do for yourself, you might even consider how it could affect your career. I don't beleive it should have any bearing on it, but I'm not nieve and you shouldn't be either. The fact is, some people might look down upon it, or worry too much about other people's opinions of it.

I certainly don't feel Playboy is a degrading to women. I have subscribed to it in the past and, if anything, I think it's just the opposite. In fact, my wife Dana and I watch the Playboy channel together.

You're a very beautiful and talented woman, so you obviously don't need to rely on either one of those things. Just do what feels right to you. Ultimately, you're the one who has to be happy.

Good luck!

Jason

[Greybard]

The "I Ching" states that the source of all wisdom are the words: "I do not know"...

In that tradition I have to go into this topic with the words: "I do not know".

I was raised and nutured in a Judeo/Christian tradition by school, parents and society. That is were my conflict comes from.

According to such traditions, in Genesis God created Man and Woman naked, they only knew it was sin after gaining knowledge that they were naked and it then was a sin.

So did God commit the sin by making them naked or did they commit one by knowing they were.

In the "Agony and the Ecsasty" there was the great line "God created man, Man created Sin".

In a society where showing a human body getting shot, blown-up or otherwise destroyed is acceptable evening fare but showing a naked one is unacceptable, what is right?

A human being is a marval of Cosmic, Chemical and biological evolution. Everyone you meet is the result of 15 billion years of the universe on an on-going project.

Every human being is as wonderous at work of art as a sun rise, a opening flower or the mathamatical form of a cystal.

Now the question, is someone getting themselves photographed wrong:

If someone snaps a picture of a sun rise, or a flower and/or sells a crystal wrong?

Is it wrong they were photographed naked, is it wrong that they sold the same.

We all reach for the light and all seem to fall short, it doesn't mean we shouldn't keep trying.

I do believe all roads lead to nirvana and everyone must follow their own path.

And I end as I began: I do not know.

[B]

Yes Sarah, go for it. You have the personality. As for the others...

Cat - Yes, definitely, we already had a sneak preview. More Cat!

Jessica - If only, but say no Jess.

Morgan - OMG... Queen of the tech girls. Please?

Becky W - has the goods, but don't do it Becky.

Michaela - Nice. Too nice. Stay out of it M.

Laura - Of course, why be on Marty's sex show if you weren't going to bare all sometime? I'm surprised Cat beat you to it.

Thats just my wish list. Good luck to you all. B