Book club!! We're recapping and reflecting on Izabella St. James' memoir, Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion. As one of the girlfriends in the final group of seven, leaving just before the Girls Next Door era, Izabella reflects in this book on the benefits, drawbacks, and misconceptions about living as one of the Seven Girlfriends of Hugh Hefner. I'm highlighting anecdotes and pointing out some differences in what Izabella tells us in this 2006 account, versus what we're hearing more recently from her and others about this time at the mansion.
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00:00 Intro (+ my biases!)
02:08 What Izabella really thought of Zoe Gregory
03:28 Zoe + Izabella vs Holly + Bridget
04:59 Youth
05:25 Pepperdine Law School in Malibu, her intro to Playboy
07:46 First Fun in the Sun
09:17 Graduation + prepping for the Bar; meeting Zoe
11:10 Grammys 2002 + not passing the Bar
15:02 Becoming a live-in Girlfriend
17:36 Rumors about previous Girlfriends
18:53 Housemates - Holly, Renee, Stacy, Bridget
22:01 Selling tickets to Playboy parties
25:58 Doing less
27:56 Internship at Playboy Entertainment Group
29:37 Benefits of Girlfriend Status - why won't he pay her loans?
35:20 Cost of his lifestyle
37:37 In-house Conflicts
39:29 Nightclubs + Bedroom Routines
41:51 Boys boys boys
43:16 Beauty standards
44:52 Playmates
46:33 Prepping to leave
53:06 Finally moving out
54:26 Unfriendly terms
55:50 Girls Next Door
56:47 Closing Thoughts
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