by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I find myself listening to the new and rather graphic Sabrina Carpenter single “Tears” and I think about how there was a moment in time in the past when this would be about the time when she would do a Playboy pictural to promote her new album.
Or something like that. I could see her being in Playboy at some point back when the magazine had cultural clout.
It’s eerie that Playboy has “left the chat” as the kids say, on a cultural basis. Culturally, it’s like it doesn’t exist anymore. I suppose the rise of Internet porn just doesn’t leave it with much of a point in the minds of millions.
And, yet, there was a certain honor to Playboy that Internet porn like OnlyFans just does not have. I’m not defending the seedier elements of Playboy that were always there, but, in general, on a surface level, a woman being in Playboy was quite an honor.
Anyway, those days are long, long, long gone. It’s over, never to ever return, I suppose.
