Why did Lindsay Lohan decide to appear nude in Playboy? Lohan's pictorial may be tasteful — like many of her photo shoots, it is inspired by Monroe — but it still strikes some as desperate and seedy, says Andrew Mendelson, chair of Temple's Department of Journalism. "Plenty of actresses appear nude or partially nude in Maxim, FHM, GQ, and other men's magazines," he says, "but those magazines don't pay you to pose." Lohan's intended effect? To beg our forgiveness and pave a path for a comeback, says Mendelson. "And we love comeback stories."