Collins wrote pieces for the front of the magazine, like stories about toxins in cosmetics. “We wanted to make it a magazine for women who wanted to look at porn but also wanted to be informed about sexual health and sexual politics,” she says.Ĭontrary to popular belief, Playgirl is not related to Playboy - it’s an independently-owned enterprise founded in 1973. Regardless of the subject matter, Collins soon got into the serious business of putting out a magazine. “I felt like I had exhausted my creative outlet.” She submitted an essay about orgasm-induced migraines that Playgirl published, and was hired the next time there was an opening. “I didn’t feel creatively fulfilled,” she says.
