Playboy Will Start Posting Nudity Again

“Nudity was never the problem because nudity isn’t a problem.”

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Playboy is set to publish nudity once again a year after removing it from its pages. The publication stopped displaying bare bodies in October 2015, after CEO Scott Flanders stated nudity was “passé” when you can find it in any form imaginable online. But now it seems that Hugh Hefner’s 25-year-old son and chief creative officer, Cooper Hefner, is set on bringing nudity back. Cooper notes the commonality between his dad and himself is that they both believe Playboy is about freedom and under its new direction will challenge conservative views. The March/April 2017 issue will be the first with nudity reinstated, let us know what you think about the magazine’s renewed direction.

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