dirty magazines
Explicit printed material
Dirty magazines are publications featuring sexually explicit photographs or illustrations—the kind traditionally sold in sealed wrappers or kept behind the counter.
The phrase evokes a particular era before internet pornography, when teenage boys might hide such magazines under mattresses: He found a stash of dirty magazines in his older brother's closet.
- girliesInformal term for women
- print mediaPublished physical periodicals
- obscenity lawsLegal restrictions on offensive expression
- eroticaArousing creative works
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
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dirty magazineschildren's magazines
Print media for young readers
Good Housekeeping · Ranger Rick · church bulletins · craft magazines · kids' comics
dirty magazinesliterary journals
Publications featuring creative writing
The New Yorker · The Atlantic · church bulletins · religious publications
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