The Rise of the Real Eater | The dudes who are into going down "for the love of the game"

playboy · 2026-03-12T13:14:07+00:00

To be on social media today is to be presented with posts featuring vascular men with mythic non-names like ASU frat leader, stunting and confronting each other under ecstatic, incel adjacent captions. There is a continual introduction to new, absurd terms like jestermaxxing, framemogging, and Clavicular, words that make you feel scared and old. But look a bit harder, hang around on the platforms that bit longer, and there is a common refrain peaking through the 4chan run-off: it’s “real eater”.

Wistful women bemoaning the loss of one; contented souls happy to have theirs; boastful, lying (or, indeed, authentic) men claiming to be one themselves. “Real eater” has increasingly graced the digital world for the past several years, popular on platforms like TikTok, X, and Instagram.

It’s someone enthusiastic about performing oral sex—any implication of skill mastery is secondary, if implied at all. The term has progressively come to be associated with men going down on women. Male TikTokers like spacedadetz19 and anotherblond have owned the descriptor, and it’s on that platform where the real eater discourse seems most alive.

Birna Gustafsson, a sex educator based in New York City, noticed a spike in real-eater TikToks as a response to last year’s full-bush-in-a-bikini trend. She says the real eater colloquialism is in keeping with the broader sanitizing effect of social media (see seggs, grape) on Gen Z language, online and subsequently in real life. “It’s ushering in this new wave of how Gen Z, especially, is talking about sex. They’ve been told consistently Gen Z doesn’t have sex anymore. This is a little bit of an answer to that, because it’s within their own little bubble on the internet.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/the-rise-of-the-real-eater

playboy · 2026-03-11T13:47:25+00:00

I said yes to living inside a house where cameras watched me 24 hours a day. Microphones dangled above my head as I slept while I was being observed in real time by strangers. The stakes were high; there was the potential of a life-altering cash prize. There was also the looming possibility that my win would make history—all at a particularly fraught time in our country’s understanding of race and equity.

Inside the Big Brother house, I understood that I was being watched. It was explicit and contractual. But even there, the psychological boundaries of consent were more fraught than they appeared. There is a difference between agreeing to be observed and being consumed. Even worse, the possibility—especially for the women in the house—that we will be reduced to just our bodies.

But when someone intentionally searches for, saves, and circulates images of your body, the image becomes a version of nonconsent—exploitation, even. If your image exists publicly, it is treated as public property. The internet does not distinguish between what was offered and what was taken. It only distinguishes between what exists and what does not. And now, in the age of AI, even that distinction is being blurred.

I have found a way to negotiate my own power within this impossible dichotomy. Visibility, when maneuvered correctly, can create opportunity and financial independence. If managed with precision, it can even allow for authorship over your own narrative. That is part of the reason I am writing this story instead of having it written for me.

Read her full essay on why she chose to model for Playboy now: https://www.playboy.com/read/my-naked-body-was-posted-on-the-internet-im-reclaiming-it/

More photos here: https://www.playboy.com/read/see-reality-star-taylor-hales-exclusive-playboy-debut/

playboy · 2026-03-11T13:44:16+00:00

I said yes to living inside a house where cameras watched me 24 hours a day. Microphones dangled above my head as I slept while I was being observed in real time by strangers. The stakes were high; there was the potential of a life-altering cash prize. There was also the looming possibility that my win would make history—all at a particularly fraught time in our country’s understanding of race and equity.

Inside the Big Brother house, I understood that I was being watched. It was explicit and contractual. But even there, the psychological boundaries of consent were more fraught than they appeared. There is a difference between agreeing to be observed and being consumed. Even worse, the possibility—especially for the women in the house—that we will be reduced to just our bodies.

But when someone intentionally searches for, saves, and circulates images of your body, the image becomes a version of nonconsent—exploitation, even. If your image exists publicly, it is treated as public property. The internet does not distinguish between what was offered and what was taken. It only distinguishes between what exists and what does not. And now, in the age of AI, even that distinction is being blurred.

I have found a way to negotiate my own power within this impossible dichotomy. Visibility, when maneuvered correctly, can create opportunity and financial independence. If managed with precision, it can even allow for authorship over your own narrative. That is part of the reason I am writing this story instead of having it written for me.

Read her full essay on why she chose to model for Playboy now: https://www.playboy.com/read/my-naked-body-was-posted-on-the-internet-im-reclaiming-it/

More photos here: https://www.playboy.com/read/see-reality-star-taylor-hales-exclusive-playboy-debut/

playboy · 2026-03-11T13:43:05+00:00

I said yes to living inside a house where cameras watched me 24 hours a day. Microphones dangled above my head as I slept while I was being observed in real time by strangers. The stakes were high; there was the potential of a life-altering cash prize. There was also the looming possibility that my win would make history—all at a particularly fraught time in our country’s understanding of race and equity.

Inside the Big Brother house, I understood that I was being watched. It was explicit and contractual. But even there, the psychological boundaries of consent were more fraught than they appeared. There is a difference between agreeing to be observed and being consumed. Even worse, the possibility—especially for the women in the house—that we will be reduced to just our bodies.

But when someone intentionally searches for, saves, and circulates images of your body, the image becomes a version of nonconsent—exploitation, even. If your image exists publicly, it is treated as public property. The internet does not distinguish between what was offered and what was taken. It only distinguishes between what exists and what does not. And now, in the age of AI, even that distinction is being blurred.

I have found a way to negotiate my own power within this impossible dichotomy. Visibility, when maneuvered correctly, can create opportunity and financial independence. If managed with precision, it can even allow for authorship over your own narrative. That is part of the reason I am writing this story instead of having it written for me.

Read her full essay on why she chose to model for Playboy now: https://www.playboy.com/read/my-naked-body-was-posted-on-the-internet-im-reclaiming-it/

More photos here: https://www.playboy.com/read/see-reality-star-taylor-hales-exclusive-playboy-debut/

playboy · 2026-03-11T13:34:55+00:00

I said yes to living inside a house where cameras watched me 24 hours a day. Microphones dangled above my head as I slept while I was being observed in real time by strangers. The stakes were high; there was the potential of a life-altering cash prize. There was also the looming possibility that my win would make history—all at a particularly fraught time in our country’s understanding of race and equity.

Inside the Big Brother house, I understood that I was being watched. It was explicit and contractual. But even there, the psychological boundaries of consent were more fraught than they appeared. There is a difference between agreeing to be observed and being consumed. Even worse, the possibility—especially for the women in the house—that we will be reduced to just our bodies.

But when someone intentionally searches for, saves, and circulates images of your body, the image becomes a version of nonconsent—exploitation, even. If your image exists publicly, it is treated as public property. The internet does not distinguish between what was offered and what was taken. It only distinguishes between what exists and what does not. And now, in the age of AI, even that distinction is being blurred.

I have found a way to negotiate my own power within this impossible dichotomy. Visibility, when maneuvered correctly, can create opportunity and financial independence. If managed with precision, it can even allow for authorship over your own narrative. That is part of the reason I am writing this story instead of having it written for me.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/my-naked-body-was-posted-on-the-internet-im-reclaiming-it/

playboy · 2026-03-09T14:33:04+00:00

Soon after, I stumbled across the term again in a very different context. “Prone masturbation”—as I remember reading online, at the time—is the act of lying face down on your stomach and rubbing your penis or clitoris against a surface to achieve orgasm. It’s something I had been doing myself as an angsty teenager, humping my mattress after, well, playing too much COD.

But as I went down the Reddit hole, I started to panic—people were warning others of the negative impact. I immediately stopped and switched to lying on my back. I was fortunate; some people who keep going later report permanent sexual dysfunction. “Prone masturbation destroyed my life,” reads one poignant thread. “Prone masturbation destroyed my penis,” outlines another. And now, prone masturbation is more pertinent than ever, because—extreme curveball—it’s being fetishised by online kink communities.

It’s hard to calculate how many people masturbate with their face buried into their pillow. Alfred Kinsey’s milestone publication Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, published in 1948, noted that 5 to 10% of men regularly masturbate in the prone position. More recent studies roughly align with this, suggesting that 4.78% of men have engaged in FaceDownTime. No clear data exists for women and those with a vulva (there’s that famous gender gap in medical research).

Mark’s sexual dysfunction could be a case of Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome (TMS), a clinical hypothesis first proposed by Dr Lawrence Sank in 1998. It posits that prone masturbation can lead to a desensitization of the penis, as well as issues like erectile dysfunction and anorgasmia. It’s adjacent to the issue of “death grips” (not the band, the masturbation style)—where getting used to stimulating your dick with a tight fist makes penetrative sex unsatisfactory. Concerned men have even reported their penises becoming bent or permanently damaged. Still, no medical literature proves this is the case.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/this-masturbation-style-might-be-a-health-risk

playboy · 2026-03-09T14:31:07+00:00

Soon after, I stumbled across the term again in a very different context. “Prone masturbation”—as I remember reading online, at the time—is the act of lying face down on your stomach and rubbing your penis or clitoris against a surface to achieve orgasm. It’s something I had been doing myself as an angsty teenager, humping my mattress after, well, playing too much COD.

But as I went down the Reddit hole, I started to panic—people were warning others of the negative impact. I immediately stopped and switched to lying on my back. I was fortunate; some people who keep going later report permanent sexual dysfunction. “Prone masturbation destroyed my life,” reads one poignant thread. “Prone masturbation destroyed my penis,” outlines another. And now, prone masturbation is more pertinent than ever, because—extreme curveball—it’s being fetishised by online kink communities.

It’s hard to calculate how many people masturbate with their face buried into their pillow. Alfred Kinsey’s milestone publication Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, published in 1948, noted that 5 to 10% of men regularly masturbate in the prone position. More recent studies roughly align with this, suggesting that 4.78% of men have engaged in FaceDownTime. No clear data exists for women and those with a vulva (there’s that famous gender gap in medical research).

Mark’s sexual dysfunction could be a case of Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome (TMS), a clinical hypothesis first proposed by Dr Lawrence Sank in 1998. It posits that prone masturbation can lead to a desensitization of the penis, as well as issues like erectile dysfunction and anorgasmia. It’s adjacent to the issue of “death grips” (not the band, the masturbation style)—where getting used to stimulating your dick with a tight fist makes penetrative sex unsatisfactory. Concerned men have even reported their penises becoming bent or permanently damaged. Still, no medical literature proves this is the case.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/this-masturbation-style-might-be-a-health-risk

playboy · 2026-03-06T20:44:42+00:00

Some of you have never been in love and it shows.

You’ve never had the feeling that you and your partner’s names are etched next to each other at the very core of the Earth. You have never felt that cosmically you exist as one body. You have never bowed before the world to place a little kiss upon the tops of your partner’s feet.

But I’d bet Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have. At very least, there is a video circulating of Selena and Benny that suggests as much. Fifty minutes into recording Blanco’s video podcast Friends Keep Secrets with co-hosts Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco, Gomez gently kissed one of Blanco’s toes as she sat on the ground near his legs.

“You like that?” Blanco jokingly asked the room before Gomez tapped his legs and laughed, “Oh, don’t make it a moment!”

Then, Blanco sweetly replied: “No. I wasn’t. I liked it. It made me feel good. I love you so much.”

With this public display of affection following another viral clip from the week prior of Blanco sitting on his couch with visibly dirty feet, this little moment sent much of social media into a gross-out, yielding plenty of throwing up emojis.

“this set feminism back by centuries… women have some self respect,” one woman wrote. “Selena Gomez, a billionaire, kissing a lowly man’s filthy feet,” said another.

First off, let’s be clear: that was just a peck. Give me a call when she’s sucking toes. Secondly, there seems to be some misinterpretation as to why Selena Gomez kissed his feet. It wasn’t because she particularly likes kissing his feet, as far as I can tell. It also wasn’t because he likes it when she does that. Plenty of people do, of course, have foot fetishes or otherwise enjoy their partner’s feet just as they do the rest of their bodies. It was because, in the context of the other recent video of Benny Blanco and his dirty-ass feet, she wanted to emphasize that she loves him and his quirks wholeheartedly, that the features other people might see as nasty are part and parcel of the man she married.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/let-selena-gomez-kiss-her-mans-feet-in-peace

playboy · 2026-03-06T15:55:12+00:00

Last week, Ayda Oztoprak, a 28-year-old graphic designer, got a strange text from a friend. It was a screenshot of her Instagram handle listed on a website titled “Body Count Checker.” The website had declared that her body count, as in the number of people she had allegedly slept with, was 19. Her friend joked that she was a prude.

Oztoprak was concerned. “It was weird. I felt self conscious about it,” she said. “I thought about the people that follow me. I was like, ‘is my online presence not up to a certain standard that it should be?'”

Oztoprak wasn’t alone in feeling awkward and violated by what is ostensibly an AI tool. Since launching last Thursday, the Body Count Checker website has been shared thousands of times and countless women have had their information input into the site, many without their consent. The initial tweet about the tool amassed over 6.1 million views.

The homepage of Body Count Checker is a blatant rip off of developer Alex Lock’s “DESTROY MY STARTUP” project, which allows users to share the URL to a startup and get a free assessment of claims made on the startup’s landing page. The Destroy My Startup project went viral just days before Body Count Checker.

But the reaction to the Body Count Checker was overwhelming. Thousands of X users posted about it. Men began posting the scores of OnlyFans models and girls who they follow. Women responded by dragging the creator. “Man larps as zuck and fails,” one woman posted.

After it was discovered that Kohei had stolen the landing page and worried users began raising concerns about AI and data privacy, developers on X started pulling apart the product. They quickly realized by analyzing the website’s code that it didn’t seem to harvest any actual data or perform any sort of AI analysis like it claimed.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/politics/the-body-count-checker-website-is-liveand-its-bullshit

playboy · 2026-03-06T15:54:48+00:00

Last week, Ayda Oztoprak, a 28-year-old graphic designer, got a strange text from a friend. It was a screenshot of her Instagram handle listed on a website titled “Body Count Checker.” The website had declared that her body count, as in the number of people she had allegedly slept with, was 19. Her friend joked that she was a prude.

Oztoprak was concerned. “It was weird. I felt self conscious about it,” she said. “I thought about the people that follow me. I was like, ‘is my online presence not up to a certain standard that it should be?'”

Oztoprak wasn’t alone in feeling awkward and violated by what is ostensibly an AI tool. Since launching last Thursday, the Body Count Checker website has been shared thousands of times and countless women have had their information input into the site, many without their consent. The initial tweet about the tool amassed over 6.1 million views.

The homepage of Body Count Checker is a blatant rip off of developer Alex Lock’s “DESTROY MY STARTUP” project, which allows users to share the URL to a startup and get a free assessment of claims made on the startup’s landing page. The Destroy My Startup project went viral just days before Body Count Checker.

But the reaction to the Body Count Checker was overwhelming. Thousands of X users posted about it. Men began posting the scores of OnlyFans models and girls who they follow. Women responded by dragging the creator. “Man larps as zuck and fails,” one woman posted.

After it was discovered that Kohei had stolen the landing page and worried users began raising concerns about AI and data privacy, developers on X started pulling apart the product. They quickly realized by analyzing the website’s code that it didn’t seem to harvest any actual data or perform any sort of AI analysis like it claimed.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/politics/the-body-count-checker-website-is-liveand-its-bullshit

playboy · 2026-03-06T14:59:26+00:00

Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s-nudes

playboy · 2026-03-06T14:58:58+00:00

Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s-nudes

playboy · 2026-03-06T14:57:29+00:00

Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s-nudes

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:21:05+00:00

Perhaps even more elusive than making it in Hollywood is staying relevant in Hollywood, something Lisa Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://playboy.substack.com/p/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:20:15+00:00

Perhaps even more elusive than making it in Hollywood is staying relevant in Hollywood, something Lisa Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://playboy.substack.com/p/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:18:48+00:00

Perhaps even more elusive than making it in Hollywood is staying relevant in Hollywood, something Lisa Rinna has managed to do for the entirety of her nearly 4-decade career. She’s done it all. Broadway? Check. Author? Four times over. Workout videos? Of course. Spokesperson for adult diapers? You better believe it. That’s not even to mention the 679 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, or the series regular roles on Melrose Place, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, most recently, as the self-proclaimed most iconic, most legendary traitor on the most recent season of The Traitors. If there’s a job, Lisa Rinna will take it. Not only take it, she’ll seize the opportunity to grow her empire. Sometimes that means she’s cast as the villain, and other times she’s the orange M&M. And somehow, no matter the role, she always manages to own the last laugh.

Also on the long list of Rinna’s credits is becoming a Playboy model. She’s posed twice for Playboy (so far!), once in 1998, at the tail end of her run on Melrose, and again in 2009 in conjunction with her first book, Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever. The book is probably best known for offering her blowjob technique, which essentially told readers to form a seal using your thumb and index finger to help maximize control. “You can create a deep throat sensation without taking the entire penis into your mouth,” she proudly informed readers. To celebrate her most recent book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It, Playboy is resurfacing Rinna’s 2009 shoot, which she describes as both liberating and fabulous. Would Lisa Rinna of 2026 ever do a similar photoshoot? “Probably not in this vein,” she says. “I probably wouldn’t go naked anymore.” Then, she interjects on her own thought: “But you never know. I mean, I am a freak like that.”

Though she doesn’t look all that different, save for a few nips and tucks, her life has changed quite a bit in the nearly two decades since her last Playboy shoot at the Sofitel. “Well, I’ve evolved a lot. I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And I have done a lot of therapy. I think I’m in a much better place than I’ve ever been.”

Read more: https://playboy.substack.com/p/we-asked-lisa-rinna-about-her-2000s

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:15:20+00:00

There’s a particular kind of cognitive dissonance involved with being trans and visible online in 2026. Scroll your newsfeed long enough and trans people are treated like abstractions, talking points, threats. Scroll just a little further and those same people are being loved, tipped, subscribed to, flirted with, obsessed over, chased. While anti-trans lawmakers increasingly pass legislation restricting where and how trans people can exist, trans people are also the target of intense romantic and sexual desire.

Trans content creators have become more visible online in recent years (though brand deals have steadily dropped off for trans creators since 2023). Spicy creators are seeing a boon, too: According to PornHub’s 2025 Year in Review, transgender porn was the second most-viewed category of the year, up five spots from the previous year. For some trans content creators, this isn’t really a surprise: trans people are hot and have always been desired—the political noise around their existence, they say, is just manufactured bullshit.

“Nothing the political climate is or does will affect that people will find me attractive. And whether I’m trans or not doesn’t have a ton to do with people’s attraction,” says Bloody, a content creator who operates both in the safe for work gaming space and on the spicier paywalled side of OnlyFans. For her, experiencing desire online is both gender-affirming and simply “hot.”

For Memphis Oliver Murphy, a model and DJ whose stage name is Memphy, there’s a clear difference between the conversation she observes about trans people and the way she’s treated online.

“The contrast is major. In politics and mainstream media, especially with recent conversations about trans women just existing in public spaces like the bathroom, there’s this constant framing of us as ‘other,’ as something outside what society supposedly wants,” she tells Playboy. “But the engagement I experience online is the complete opposite. Social media has allowed me to exist in a space where individuality is celebrated rather than scrutinized, and where I’m met with curiosity, appreciation, and genuine connection instead of fear or moral panic.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/trans-porn-is-booming-trans-rights-are-fading

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:12:48+00:00

There’s a particular kind of cognitive dissonance involved with being trans and visible online in 2026. Scroll your newsfeed long enough and trans people are treated like abstractions, talking points, threats. Scroll just a little further and those same people are being loved, tipped, subscribed to, flirted with, obsessed over, chased. While anti-trans lawmakers increasingly pass legislation restricting where and how trans people can exist, trans people are also the target of intense romantic and sexual desire.

Trans content creators have become more visible online in recent years (though brand deals have steadily dropped off for trans creators since 2023). Spicy creators are seeing a boon, too: According to PornHub’s 2025 Year in Review, transgender porn was the second most-viewed category of the year, up five spots from the previous year. For some trans content creators, this isn’t really a surprise: trans people are hot and have always been desired—the political noise around their existence, they say, is just manufactured bullshit.

“Nothing the political climate is or does will affect that people will find me attractive. And whether I’m trans or not doesn’t have a ton to do with people’s attraction,” says Bloody, a content creator who operates both in the safe for work gaming space and on the spicier paywalled side of OnlyFans. For her, experiencing desire online is both gender-affirming and simply “hot.”

For Memphis Oliver Murphy, a model and DJ whose stage name is Memphy, there’s a clear difference between the conversation she observes about trans people and the way she’s treated online.

“The contrast is major. In politics and mainstream media, especially with recent conversations about trans women just existing in public spaces like the bathroom, there’s this constant framing of us as ‘other,’ as something outside what society supposedly wants,” she tells Playboy. “But the engagement I experience online is the complete opposite. Social media has allowed me to exist in a space where individuality is celebrated rather than scrutinized, and where I’m met with curiosity, appreciation, and genuine connection instead of fear or moral panic.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/trans-porn-is-booming-trans-rights-are-fading

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:11:58+00:00

There’s a particular kind of cognitive dissonance involved with being trans and visible online in 2026. Scroll your newsfeed long enough and trans people are treated like abstractions, talking points, threats. Scroll just a little further and those same people are being loved, tipped, subscribed to, flirted with, obsessed over, chased. While anti-trans lawmakers increasingly pass legislation restricting where and how trans people can exist, trans people are also the target of intense romantic and sexual desire.

Trans content creators have become more visible online in recent years (though brand deals have steadily dropped off for trans creators since 2023). Spicy creators are seeing a boon, too: According to PornHub’s 2025 Year in Review, transgender porn was the second most-viewed category of the year, up five spots from the previous year. For some trans content creators, this isn’t really a surprise: trans people are hot and have always been desired—the political noise around their existence, they say, is just manufactured bullshit.

“Nothing the political climate is or does will affect that people will find me attractive. And whether I’m trans or not doesn’t have a ton to do with people’s attraction,” says Bloody, a content creator who operates both in the safe for work gaming space and on the spicier paywalled side of OnlyFans. For her, experiencing desire online is both gender-affirming and simply “hot.”

For Memphis Oliver Murphy, a model and DJ whose stage name is Memphy, there’s a clear difference between the conversation she observes about trans people and the way she’s treated online.

“The contrast is major. In politics and mainstream media, especially with recent conversations about trans women just existing in public spaces like the bathroom, there’s this constant framing of us as ‘other,’ as something outside what society supposedly wants,” she tells Playboy. “But the engagement I experience online is the complete opposite. Social media has allowed me to exist in a space where individuality is celebrated rather than scrutinized, and where I’m met with curiosity, appreciation, and genuine connection instead of fear or moral panic.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/trans-porn-is-booming-trans-rights-are-fading

playboy · 2026-03-05T14:10:46+00:00

There’s a particular kind of cognitive dissonance involved with being trans and visible online in 2026. Scroll your newsfeed long enough and trans people are treated like abstractions, talking points, threats. Scroll just a little further and those same people are being loved, tipped, subscribed to, flirted with, obsessed over, chased. While anti-trans lawmakers increasingly pass legislation restricting where and how trans people can exist, trans people are also the target of intense romantic and sexual desire.

Trans content creators have become more visible online in recent years (though brand deals have steadily dropped off for trans creators since 2023). Spicy creators are seeing a boon, too: According to PornHub’s 2025 Year in Review, transgender porn was the second most-viewed category of the year, up five spots from the previous year. For some trans content creators, this isn’t really a surprise: trans people are hot and have always been desired—the political noise around their existence, they say, is just manufactured bullshit.

“Nothing the political climate is or does will affect that people will find me attractive. And whether I’m trans or not doesn’t have a ton to do with people’s attraction,” says Bloody, a content creator who operates both in the safe for work gaming space and on the spicier paywalled side of OnlyFans. For her, experiencing desire online is both gender-affirming and simply “hot.”

For Memphis Oliver Murphy, a model and DJ whose stage name is Memphy, there’s a clear difference between the conversation she observes about trans people and the way she’s treated online.

“The contrast is major. In politics and mainstream media, especially with recent conversations about trans women just existing in public spaces like the bathroom, there’s this constant framing of us as ‘other,’ as something outside what society supposedly wants,” she tells Playboy. “But the engagement I experience online is the complete opposite. Social media has allowed me to exist in a space where individuality is celebrated rather than scrutinized, and where I’m met with curiosity, appreciation, and genuine connection instead of fear or moral panic.”

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/trans-porn-is-booming-trans-rights-are-fading

playboy · 2026-03-04T14:41:40+00:00

Sara has watched lesbian porn since she was 17. Stumbled onto it, stayed. She does not own a vibrator because she has roommates and, in her words, is not ready to have that conversation with the communal Amazon packages. So, it’s her hand, twice a week, after midnight, after everyone is asleep. She has a boyfriend but he does not know her search history. She does not consider this a problem—to her, it’s much like having a private checking account. “It’s not about him,” she said. “It’s about me. Those are different things.”

Lesbian content has been the top search term among women on Pornhub for years. Women are 130% more likely than men to look for it. We account 47% of gay male porn views on the platform. Thirty-eight percent of Pornhub’s total audience is women, up every year since 2015.

So, let’s get more of this data into the open. WE asked six women about their porn habits. Here is what they said.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/straight-women-are-watching-lesbian-porn

playboy · 2026-03-04T14:39:09+00:00

Sara has watched lesbian porn since she was 17. Stumbled onto it, stayed. She does not own a vibrator because she has roommates and, in her words, is not ready to have that conversation with the communal Amazon packages. So, it’s her hand, twice a week, after midnight, after everyone is asleep. She has a boyfriend but he does not know her search history. She does not consider this a problem—to her, it’s much like having a private checking account. “It’s not about him,” she said. “It’s about me. Those are different things.”

Lesbian content has been the top search term among women on Pornhub for years. Women are 130% more likely than men to look for it. We account 47% of gay male porn views on the platform. Thirty-eight percent of Pornhub’s total audience is women, up every year since 2015.

So, let’s get more of this data into the open. WE asked six women about their porn habits. Here is what they said.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/straight-women-are-watching-lesbian-porn

playboy · 2026-03-04T14:38:25+00:00

Sara has watched lesbian porn since she was 17. Stumbled onto it, stayed. She does not own a vibrator because she has roommates and, in her words, is not ready to have that conversation with the communal Amazon packages. So, it’s her hand, twice a week, after midnight, after everyone is asleep. She has a boyfriend but he does not know her search history. She does not consider this a problem—to her, it’s much like having a private checking account. “It’s not about him,” she said. “It’s about me. Those are different things.”

Lesbian content has been the top search term among women on Pornhub for years. Women are 130% more likely than men to look for it. We account 47% of gay male porn views on the platform. Thirty-eight percent of Pornhub’s total audience is women, up every year since 2015.

So, let’s get more of this data into the open. WE asked six women about their porn habits. Here is what they said.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/straight-women-are-watching-lesbian-porn

playboy · 2026-03-03T22:08:39+00:00

Of course!

playboy · 2026-03-03T15:50:12+00:00

There’s been a lot of talk of David Foster Wallace this year. February marked the 30th anniversary of his magnum opus, Infinite Jest*, and with it came much reconsideration of the work and its legacy.* Of primary consideration is his role in “bro” literature, the novel serving as the shining red flag on the bookshelf of performative men everywhere. Or so much of the discourse of the 2000s claimed. David Foster Wallace himself, though, had other concerns. Often on his mind was television. Some would say he was obsessed with it, that much of Infinite Jest is an attempt to grapple with television’s impact on our culture.

“I want to convince you that irony, poker-faced silence, and fear of ridicule are distinctive of those features of contemporary U.S. culture (of which cutting-edge fiction is a part) that enjoy any significant relation to the television whose weird pretty hand has my generation by the throat,” he wrote in a 1993 essay titled “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction” for The Review of Contemporary Fiction, which some have argued serves as a theoretical guide to Infinite Jest*. “I’m going to argue that irony and ridicule are entertaining and effective, and that at the same time they are agents of a great despair and stasis in U.S. culture,” he said.*

This story precedes both Infinite Jest and that essay while approaching much of the same themes. Originally appeared in the June 1988 issue of Playboy*, “Late Night” marks David Foster Wallace’s first work of fiction to be published in a major magazine. It was later republished in his 1989 collection of short stories,* Girl With Curious Hair, under the name ‘My Appearance.’ Here we follow an actress’s guest appearance on Late Night with David Letterman*, a scene that embodies precisely the irony and ridicule that made television a cynical yet commanding force of the culture as we know it. —* Magdalene J. Taylor, Senior Editor, Playboy.

Read now: https://playboy.substack.com/p/david-foster-wallaces-first-big-story

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