Many people were pleasantly surprised earlier this month when Playboy used their annual party-school guide to promote consent and speak out against rape. But the surprise was warranted when it came out that the whole thing was an elaborate hoax.
The impressively realistic website, PartywithPlayboy.com, was really just an elaborate prank by the group FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, who got the site up with help from college organizers.
Organizer Rebecca Nagle said after 24 hours, the hoax "blew up the internet," and said they received a cease and desist letter. "Basically we have managed to keep it up despite Playboy's numerous, aggressive, and legally bogus attempts to take it down."
“A good college party is all about everyone having a good time," the intro says. "Consent is all about everyone having a good time. Rape is only a good time if you’re a rapist. And fuck those people.”
Every year Playboy releases the ultimate guide to campus life: our infamous party school list. Over the years, it has been brought to our attention that some of our long-standing party picks have a not-so-toast-worthy, rape-ridden side to their campus life.