Playboy launches in Indonesia
The first edition of Playboy magazine launched in Indonesia recently, causing quite the controversy.
Although the pictures inside showed less skin than U.S. issues 50 years ago, copies were being passed from desk to desk in Jakarta offices, high demand was reported, and newspapers and broadcasters dwelt at length on the Indonesian issue.A leader of one militant Islamic group threatened to use force, if necessary, to get the magazine withdrawn.
The Indonesian edition of Playboy is much like the American version in terms of articles and such, but unlike its U.S. counterpart, this magazine doesn’t even come close to having full nudity pics. It remains to be seen whether the magazine will be banned under the country’s anti-pornography laws.
0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Playboy launches in Indonesia.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.feministing.com/cgi-bin/movabletype/mt-tb.fcgi/3084
Weekly Feministing Newsletter
Feministing RSS Feed
HEy, I wanted to let you know that an office mate of mine came across feministing.org. This site is ripping off the feministing.com logo and they are writing pretty disturbing things (look at the Mar 31 post). You may already be aware, but i wanted to make sure.
Thanks!
The feministing.org site is a deliberate attack satire against feministing.com by some misogynist group, and was made fun of here last August.
Very interesting. On the other side of this argument are Indonesian Feminist fighting very hard so that an anti-pornography act is not passed.
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2291.cfm
Very interesting. On the other side of this argument are Indonesian Feminists fighting very hard so that an anti-pornography act is not passed.
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2291.cfm