In the “Women Of Starbucks” issue most of the twelve women pictured are blonde, with long hair and breasts that are disproportionately perky to their size. The models look like exactly like what one would expect from women posing in Playboy. The photography shows no real imagination and much of it is so airbrushed and softlit that there’s no real perception of any reality or uniqueness to the models. On that subject, the Playboy 'Women Of Starbucks” issue is particularly boring. Playboy – including the “Women Of Starbucks” issue – is almost two hundred pages, only a few are actually of women naked or in various states of undress. Inside, this issue of Playboy is typically packed with both glossy pages and advertisements geared to make manly men feel like they have to buy stuff like aftershave when they are done reading the magazine. Huge surprise: she’s blonde! We are meant to understand that she is a Starbucks employee from the green apron she is wearing. The reader (or viewer?) is greeted by Signe Nordli, a Starbucks employee, on the cover. Outside the “Women Of Starbucks” spread, which was derivative of women from other big companies baring all, this is just a typical issue of Playboy.

Due to the success of the sales of the magazine – which caused some controversy at the time, as Starbucks was not keen on being the subject of a Playboy spread and they denied the rights for any of their logos to appear within the pages – there was a DVD version of “Women Of Starbucks” available. Instead, it is the September 2003 (Volume 50, Issue #9) issue of the magazine.

It is important to note that “Women Of Starbucks” is not an ongoing theme for Playboy. I mention this at the outset of my review of the Playboy “Women Of Starbucks” issue because in its attempt to be classy, Playboy here mortgages any enduring worth in the titillation department. As I’ve frequently said (and heard others say ), “Life is too short for softcore.” If you want to spend your time in auto-erotic situations, there are so many outlets that Playboy is such a pedestrian option that it is almost more worth buying for the articles than actually for the pictures of naked women. In the age of internet erotica, it is hard to see the relevance of magazines like Playboy. The Basics: In its quest to be respectable, Playboy thoroughly underwhelms with its “Women Of Starbucks” issue.

The Bad: Completely unimaginative, Short story was dull, Models are unimpressive, SARS story just freaks me out! The Good: The articles are well-written (if incongruent), Nice, glossy pages, Generally decent photography

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