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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Welcome to the official Playboy Substack.
shootin down the walls of heartache
a dedicated space for writing about all things sex, love, dating, and relationships from the Julie team.
I'm a Harvard Divinity School graduate, an ex-editor-in-chief, and currently work at a nonprofit in Los Angeles. I like to write about God, gay things, and what happens when God intersects with gay things (which is all the time, obviously).
Magdalene Taylor is a writer and critic of culture and sex, as well as the Senior Editor of PLAYBOY. She has written for the New York Times, GQ, New York Mag, Wall Street Journal, i-D and more. Her bestselling newsletter is called Many Such Cases.
I write about sexuality and culture for The New York Times, W, and more. Creator of Pleasure-Seeking, a newsletter about desire.
Brittney McNamara is an award-winning journalist, editor, and digital storyteller who reports on topics like bodily autonomy, youth culture, and civil rights. Her work has appeared in Playboy, Teen Vogue, Romper, and elsewhere.
Freelance editor, writer, podcaster, consultant, work expert, and author.
NYT & Internationally Bestselling Author, Screenwriter and Filmmaker. By the end of this, you'll agree: Diet Pepsi is for murderers.
Chicago music, drinks, travel and tech writer: words in Slate, Paste, Spin, Insider, Men's Journal, The Markup, etc. Proud owner of the t-shirt from The Bear
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