To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:45:16 -0500
Subject: [PML1] CC: Ruth Guerri

In Ruth Guerri's centerfold (July 1983) we're wanted in the bedroom.

Now.

Playboy's detractors have often accused it of downgrading women, making 
them unthinking accessories to men's sexual fantasies. They obviously 
have not seen this picture. Ruth knows what she wants, when she wants it 
and how she wants it. If we can't provide it, then she'll get it from 
someone else. This seems to be a woman who's thinking an awful lot.

The great thing about this picture is that Ruth can project all this 
independence and liberation without being a ball-breaker. There is 
something in her pose or expression that puts the emphasis on her 
getting what she wants, not on her taking it from us. I only wish I 
could put my finger on it.

I know I wouldn't mind putting my finger on Ruth. The pose leaves 
nothing to the imagination. What we see is the classic female form after 
some healthful exercise. To the Classics, Ruth would have seemed a 
little too skinny, but in our eyes she's the epitome of what Mark Gabor 
calls the "California" model: slim, lithe, limber and fit. It's fine by me.

Photographers: Arny Freytag, Stephen Wayda

Scoring:
Pin-up: 4.0
Erotic: 4.0
Artistic: 3.0

Overall: 3.8 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: none. They 
just can't compete with her cover shots.

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1983/07/centerfold.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI