Nudity and feminism can make uneasy bedfellows. On one hand, you have Free the Nipple; on the other, the No More Page 3 campaign. In the blue corner stand Emily Ratajkowski and Demi Lovato and the like, who insist that posing for sexy photo shoots is empowering; in the red corner are the many people who believe getting your kit off can never be an innately feminist act.

Strolling nonchalantly into the debate this week – with the air of an organisation trying to suppress a collective giggle – is Playboy. Cooper Hefner, the brand’s new creative officer (and son of original magnate Hugh Hefner) has reinstated full-frontal female nudity in the long-running men’s magazine, a little over a year since it was announced that pictures of naked women would no longer feature.

A clutch of self-identifying feminists have contributed photos and writing to the magazine’s March/April #NakedIsNormal issue. One such woman is actor Scarlett Byrne, who was probably best known – until now – for playing Draco Malfoy’s girlfriend Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter movies.

Harry Potter star Scarlett Byrne is posing for Playboy because “naked is normal”