PLAYBOY INTERVIEW
47 JAMEELA JAMIL
The Good Place scene-stealer puts it all on the line to make social media a safer place
20 Q
114 PATRICK STEWART
The preeminent actor talks Star Trek while hanging out with rescue dogs. Need we say more?

PROFILE
120 SENATOR GARDNER, RADICAL CENTRIST
Can a self-professed moderate like Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado survive in today’s starkly divided political world?

COMICS
18 LAPINOT: THE LURE OF A LOCKED DOOR
Chapter two in the pastoral adventure by Lewis Trondheim
150 SFSX: THE DIRTY MIND GUIDE 2 TALKING DIRTY
It’s Smut 101 in this lesson on hot talk: "Erotic language is like a vibrator for your imagination!”

FICTION
56 CROSSING TRACKS
A couple’s dream world tips into the stuff of nightmares in this haunting tale by Ariel Dorfman
188 YOUR FIRST PET AND THE STREET YOU GREW UP ON
As a pet, Magenta is forgettable: as a friend, she’s...something else. New fiction from Kiley Reid

THE PLAYBOY SYMPOSIUM
192 ALICIA GARZA PRESENTS: ON VOTING & DEMOCRACY
Five American activists shed light on the treacherous road to the ballot box

FEATURES
62 BODY & SOUL
Artist Nick Cave’s latest creations show us the connections between sound, sculpture and society
88 A FRESH BITE OF PEACHES
Talking masturbators take center stage at the feminist hell-raiser’s new solo exhibition
94 THE TRUE THREAT
8chan’s founder, its current owners and a range of experts debate online hate speech
142 BACK TO KALI
Pop star Kali Uchis gets personal on the cusp of releasing her soulful sophomore album
158 A DRINK WITH DAVEED DIGGS
The Hamilton alum looks ahead to his star turn on TNT’s Snowpiercer while remembering his roots
166 SILENCED BY HOLLYWOOD
Rosanna Arquette and others speak up about the industry’s halting progress toward gender parity
202 DON'T FUCK WITH BETTY TOMPKINS
The art-world dissident has been depicting pussies, penises and penetration since 1969
also: Party Jokes curated by
Josh Gondelman: a page- one outtake of January 2019 Playmate Vendela