skin magazines

Nude photo publications

Skin magazines are periodicals featuring nude or sexually explicit photographs, typically of women.

The term evokes the idea of bare skin on display.

Once sold from behind convenience store counters or in brown paper wrappers, they've largely migrated online: His father kept a stack of skin magazines in the garage.

Related

Playboy · hardcore · Hustler · pin-up · pictorials · glossy pages · journal · publication · nude · top shelf · brown paper bag · plain wrapper · adult bookstore · back room · cover · model · porno mags · photography

Opposites
sexual explicitness of content

skin magazineschildren's magazines

Print media for young readers

Good Housekeeping · church bulletins · news magazines · National Geographic · literary journals

moral/cultural valuation

skin magazinesSunday school materials

Resources for children's religious instruction

religious magazines · Guideposts

target audience and purpose

skin magazinesacademic journals

Publications for peer-reviewed research

literary reviews · scientific journals · The New Yorker · The Atlantic · trade publications

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R