'The right side of history': Playboy congratulates itself for featuring transgender Playmate

Brett T. | 4:47 PM on October 21, 2017

As Twitchy reported, Playboy’s November Playmate is Ines Rau, the magazine’s first transgender Playmate. Twitchy compiled some of the reactions on social media, and it looks like Playboy was paying attention to social media as well … although the magazine picked some different responses than we did.

According to the feedback Playboy saw, the magazine is “standing on the right side of history” by featuring a transgender woman in its pages. We thought it was worth a post, but not really an entry in the history books.

Standing on the right side of history. pic.twitter.com/i9ySJ4yBrL

— Playboy (@Playboy) October 19, 2017

It’s almost like Playboy did this as a publicity stunt more than as an act of wokeness.

*watches the NFL lose half its audience.*

Playboy: "Hold my beer." https://t.co/Jp6h52U5pA

— Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) October 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/JSCopley/status/921439361048203267

But try to look at Playboy's "whole framework" objectifying women https://t.co/wfET789hjj

— Lee Alfonso (@leegendry) October 21, 2017

Standing for the objectification of all women. https://t.co/M0vasG2smL

— Séan (@esseeeayeenn) October 20, 2017

Yeah, Heff is an equal rights hero because 2017 and relativity. https://t.co/GcyxVO2F8g

— Pintoo, innit (@pintoo) October 20, 2017

Out: Playboy exploits women & sexuality in the name of misogyny

In: You’re on the wrong side of history if this doesn’t turn you on https://t.co/emaACOir2D

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/thebsflag/status/921494594151501827

"If men don't make you hard- you're a bigot"

We've finally reached event horizon for PC stupidity https://t.co/1LR9AHbcGi

— Christian White (@CWCanadianRight) October 21, 2017