A porn star-an underage one at that-was born because of the issue. A queen was dethroned because of the issue. And then, two years later, the FBI came to the offices and took away all the issues. When it hit stands, I was fielding over a hundred calls a day. Leslie Jay-Gould, Penthouse's then-vice president and director of public relations: "The issue was beyond huge, was beyond anything. Which meant you had to see the fucking magazine." But the media couldn't really cover the Penthouse story because the pictures we had were just too scandalous. You'd read about them in newspapers, or watch them covered on TV. But the media could report on those stories. Bloch again: "I mean, People magazine would do stories on Jackie Kennedy or whoever, and it would be a big story and the issue would sell. There were guys paying-a dollar for a peek. The most important news in the history of our country, having a woman vice presidential nominee, was overshadowed by the fact that we had…well, that we had what we had." "You couldn't get a copy. The front page of that paper was our story. Somebody in the press got an advance copy, and released it to the New York Post or the Daily News, one of those, the same exact day that Walter Mondale announced he was picking Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Richard Bleiweiss, Penthouse's then-art director: "The thing about this issue is, it became the biggest news story in the world. So there were guys paying-and this is something I saw with my own eyes-a dollar for a peek. Peter Bloch, Penthouse's then-executive editor: "It was the best-selling issue of Penthouse of all time. How to convey the magnitude of the frenzy? Piper Rockelle & Coco Quinn: Self-Sexualized or Se.Because my mind is in the past (the mid-eighties) and in the gutter (the porn biz) for reasons that will become clear, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the September 1984 issue of Penthouse.SCREAM QUEENS: Tavi Gevinson's (Fictional) Student.Traci Lords' UNDERNEATH IT ALL: The Rise of a 15-Y.The Police & GLEE: Don't Stand So Close to Me | Sc.France Gall's “Les Sucettes": A French Teen Oral S."Young Girl" (1968): Teen Tries to Trick Man into.Brandy Melville's Young, Thin, Pretty & Topless Te.From Hailey Baldwin (18) to TikTok: A History of T.Teen Olivia Rodrigo: Daring, Stunning & (Amost) To.LAW & ORDER: SVU (s23e01&02) | Teen Not "Sex" Sex.North's office, Traci heard, "She gets paid double for a DP and she chooses the guys." North, a modeling agent, whom Traci found in an advertisement. The next day, with a borrowed birth certificate, Traci went to the DMV and walked out of the facility as a 22-year-old and a burgeoning teen porn star.Īfterwards, Roger drove Traci to see Mr. (Roger drove Traci to the abortion clinic.) Despite his promise to pull out, Dean got Traci pregnant in his parent's bathroom shortly after Traci's 15th birthday. Dean was a 17-year-old surfer boy and a senior, and Traci was a 14-year-old sophomore at Redondo High. Traci shared that her first love was Dean. I longed for the that attention."ġ8-Year-Old Traci Lords in Traci, I Love You She dropped out of band the next day, but she shared that the experience: " made me feel wanted. Traci's junior high band teacher informed Traci that he appreciated her beauty and offered to buy her dinner. She smelled of vanilla, and, strangely, I wanted to kiss her again." "I started smoking Marlboro reds, ditching classes, and crashing out at Roger's when I was too wasted to go home."ĭee Dee, Traci's 13-year-old neighbor and junior high schoolmate, gave Traci a kiss after lunch. Interestingly, after Traci's mother left Roger for Daniel, Roger's friend, Traci remained in close contact with Roger. Subsequently, Traci awoke to find Roger's fingers inside of her. Roger referred to Traci's fountains as "little poached eggs". Traci wrote that while her mother was driving Roger's lime green van, Traci awoke, topless, to find Roger standing over her and zipping up his pants. Roger, prematurely balding, was the boyfriend of Traci's mother. (Traci wrote that Ricky raped her in a field and left her: " alone, bloody and naked in the dark.") "I wondered what it would feel like to get kissed on my panties, and fantasized about my new friend, Ricky, doing the kissing I was ten, he was sixteen "