II-"A Bunny's Tale" - Gloria Steinem - Show Magazine

by: Gloria Steinem | publication date: June 1, 1963 | Publication: Show Magazine | pages: 66-68, 110

Excerpt:

"Editor's Note: As you will remember from last month, our intrepid reporter had adopted a false name (Marie Ochs), answered a classified ad ("Yes, it's true! Attractive young girls can now earn $200-$300 a week at the fabulous New York Playboy Club...") and survived two interviews and a tryout in costume to be hired as a Playboy Club Bunny. After a fitting for false eyelashes, a physical examination, a Bunny Mother Lecture, a Bunny Father Lecture, two indoctrination sessions in Bunny School to learn drink-serving rituals, a study of the Bunny Bible and the revelation that nearly all Bunnies are required to stuff their bosoms, Marie had been called into emergency service at the hat-check stand. "As the story reopens, our undercover Bunny is preparing for her very first night's exposure 'on the floor.'"

Full Article:

Description: Gloria Steinem goes undercover as a Playboy Bunny to experience what life was like for the young women who worked as bunnies in Hugh Hefner's New York Playboy Club and to report back.

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Copyrighted, used with permission from Gloria Steinem.