We had suspected the hottest takes on the death of Hugh Hefner might come from CNN, where the talking heads would have to explain how Hefner was “a cultural icon who changed the world” without accidentally triggering Brooke Baldwin by mentioning boobs.
But then along came Jeet Heer, senior editor of The New Republic, to launch a particularly progressive critique of Hefner and his Playboy empire. You see, Hefner’s tastes in women just weren’t very diverse, were they?
Hefner had an exceptionally narrow conception of female beauty, as fixed as Barbie dolls. That's what made his pornography banal. pic.twitter.com/Qud3bRSzt7
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 28, 2017
The fact that it was pornography made his pornography banal. https://t.co/AZNDmfXX9D
— Jaded Diaspora (@jadeddiaspora) September 28, 2017
Who wants to take this one… Douthat?
Banality is what makes pornography pornography.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) September 28, 2017
There are degrees of banality. Playboy is the Wonder Bread of porn.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 28, 2017
Does that make Wonder Bread the Playboy of sandwich bread? Because they sell that stuff at kids’ eye level.
Why does anybody follow this pompous ass? https://t.co/qaUq2WtvgH
— MARINO STILL GOAT (@FinzZombie) September 28, 2017
Because the endless hot takes are a sustainable and environmentally friendly way of heating the house, duh.
the pornography expert has logged on https://t.co/88YzJKkMRE
— Sp♂️♂️py D♂️gg♂️ ? (@sadbrotherHH) September 28, 2017
wow I sure am surprised that Jeet Heer has nuanced opinions on what makes good pornographyhttps://t.co/7PAncaOqK4
— Robert Mariani (@robert_mariani) September 28, 2017
He’ll almost certainly expand his tweet into a feature-length piece for The New Republic, but the scraps will have to do for now.
Hot take from noted porn connoisseur https://t.co/m5eUZMSCQx
— W. (@AmrcnGngstr1776) September 28, 2017
*polishes monocle* *adjusts tophat* *smooths cravat* "A gentlemen beats off to pictures of women of many different shapes, sizes, & colors." https://t.co/k7nD9vEELR
— Masturbatin' Pete (@MasturbatinPete) September 28, 2017
Well, not everyone is in to tentacle porn except Eichenwald, and apparently you. https://t.co/rv9qpjskYX
— The Real Roadbeer (@RoadbeerReborn) September 28, 2017
Jeet is a Honcho magazine afficianado. https://t.co/0ODKaEG0f1
— ?? Rev. Mauldin ? (@Reverend_Ducati) September 28, 2017
tbf, if anyone is a connoisseur of voluntary self-debasement, it's Jeet https://t.co/jrCWUz5OqM
— xy7h✞k (@manwblueguitar) September 28, 2017
The Trash complaining about the dirtiness of the garbage. Pathetic. https://t.co/XSKHEjO5ut
— [nTx]vdcrx (@ntx_vdcrx) September 28, 2017
from now on, prior to viewing, pls submit all porn to "Jeet Heer" for banality check and scope of beauty assessment #StayWokeAtAllTimes https://t.co/QrrcHqeCd0
— TomEd (@TED44E) September 28, 2017
Why do you get paid to do this? https://t.co/XqvSlyWgyX
— Marselle (@marsellemusic1) September 28, 2017
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D’oh! Kurt Eichenwald just embarrassed himself BADLY by attack-tweeting Tucker Carlson https://t.co/AIvCcDvCsJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 9, 2017
