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Modish documentary exploring attitudes to nude modelling in Britain. Models, photographers, magazine editors and members of the public express their opinions about those who pose for top-shelf magazines, raising various questions about the depiction and presentation of women in such publications. Featuring the journalist and author Lynn Barber, who worked at Penthouse magazine during the 1960s-70s.

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Modish documentary exploring attitudes to nude modelling in Britain. Models, photographers, magazine editors and members of the public express their opinions about those who pose for top-shelf magazines, raising various questions about the depiction and presentation of women in such publications. Featuring the journalist and author Lynn Barber, who worked at Penthouse magazine during the 1960s-70s.

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