The 7 Internet women Playboy should have asked to get naked

Forget the glass ceiling for a second. This week anyway, the worst enemy of "women in tech" (like we're all one big happy girl army) is the Hot List. Playboy's "Hottest Blogger" contest is still rolling, still prompting faux-thinky "conversations" about objectification and what sets women back. (An aging softcore publication is the least of our worries.) By now a couple of Playboy's nominees have confided that they're eager to lose the vote and get it over with. What, there weren't any serious "Women of the Internet" who would pose anyway? Dear Playboy: Skip the voting on the collection of contenders we've assembled. Photo-shoot them all.

Julia Allison. Because she'd actually do it. And then write everywhere about how she was totally misunderstood but it was her choice. (Photo by Nikola Tamindzic)

Cyan Banister. Even though Cyan's already bared it on Zivity, the naked lady web community she co-founded, a little mainstream exposure doesn't hurt. (Photo by Merkley)

Susannah Breslin. Her Reverse Cowgirl blog was named as one of Time's Top 25, so she renounced sex writing. Breslin's still one of the only people blogging about sex openly unashamed to piss people off to get her story.

Zoetica Ebb. Zo's one of the sharp women behind Coilhouse, the alt.culture group blog that will be the nail in steampunk's grave. She may fuck you up for looking at her. You will like it. (Photo by Andrew Yoon)

Tracie Egan (Slut Machine). The spiritual leader-turned-editor of Jezebel, Gawker's dirty little sister, is the First Lady of sexual overshare. She once hired a guy to play rape her.(Photo by Nikola Tamindzic)

Marina Orlova. A philologist and YouTube queen, Marina's word origin lessons actually hold up beneath the blaze of her total power femme glamour. The Playboy audience might not make much of a dent in the 81 million views she's already got.

Arianna Huffington. Don't say you've never thought about it. (Photo by JD Lasica)