8 SEX: GOOD VIBES ONLY
Repression can't penetrate the walls of a female-focused Tokyo bar packed with dildos
13 DEFYING THE ANTI-PORN POLICE
Beware the moralizing mobs that try to restrict your freedoms
16 THE SUBVERSIVE SCRIBBLER
Revisiting the genius of poetic polymath Shel Silverstein
18 PICTORIAL
Emily Lockyer. This confident and loving beauty only started her modelling career a year ago
26 YUMNA IN FOCUS
Working on both sides of the camera, a fearless young artist makes PLAYBOY history
34 PICTORIAL
Dannii Summers. From a village called Conwy in north Wales. Captivating Dannii loves meeting new people
42 20Q WITH DAVID HARBOUR
Talking body issues, mental illness and the power of celebrity with the new Hellboy
48 WEED WARRIORS
A look at how we backed the first-ever pro-pot consumer lobby
50 COVER FEATURE
Yilena Hernandez. The Cuban Barbie is very outgoing and does not shy away from trying new things
58 LIZZO THE INCOMPARABLE
A pop force of nature gathers herself on the eve of a maniacally anticipated album drop
64 HOT TAKES & TAKEDOWNS
Aparna Nancherla and Adam Pally consider the pleasures and perils of online commentary
68 PICTORIAL
Emily Quinn Rossetti. Loves modelling, it gives her the
opportunity to embrace her womanhood and sexuality
76 THE GREEN SCARE
The scientific community grapples with the climate-change denier in the White House
82 PICTORIAL
Stella Andrews. Starting out she was apprehensive, but now has a successful modelling career ahead of her
90 THE PLAYBOY SYMPOSIUM
Juxtapoz’s Evan Pricco on the future of art and activism, featuring Yrsa Daley-Ward, Miranda Barnes and more
ON THE COVER
Yilena Hernandez Photography by Jahmar Amani No 84 July 2019