Playboy incident involving French minister sells out

The latest issue of the French edition of Playboy, featuring the country’s citizenship minister Marlene Schiappa on its cover, sold out its initial run of 100,000 copies just hours after hitting newsstands on Monday. The magazine typically sells just 30,000 issues a month, but an additional 60,000 are going to the presses to satisfy public demand. The interest in this particular issue is being put down to a wide-ranging interview the minister gives in the magazine regarding women’s and LGBTQ rights. Schiappa defended herself on social media, arguing that the right of women to have control of their bodies is everywhere and all the time. In her political career, she has previously pushed anti-sexual-harassment legislation through the EU nation’s parliament, including introducing on-the-spot fines for cat-calling or wolf-whistling.