Yours truly takes part in a round table heated debate on masculinity over at The New York Times.
(You won’t be surprised to discover that unlike most contributors, I’m intensely relaxed about intensely relaxed modern masculinity.)
The 'Daddy' of the Metrosexual, the Retrosexual, & spawner of the Spornosexual
Yours truly takes part in a round table heated debate on masculinity over at The New York Times.
(You won’t be surprised to discover that unlike most contributors, I’m intensely relaxed about intensely relaxed modern masculinity.)
A biography of the metrosexual. By his dad.
All saints should be considered guilty until proven innocent
The book that changed the way the world looks at men
A warped look at a fin de siecle world of pop culture where nothing is quite as straight – or gay – as it seems. Based on Mark Simpson’s monthly columns of the same name for Attitude magazine in the 1990s, It’s a Queer World turned out to be both a valedictory for the 20th century and something of a prophetic text for […]
Banning gay propaganda can backfire. Spectacularly. In the 1980s, when the UK Government of Margaret Thatcher outlawed the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality, gays were still semi-criminal. As well as immoral, ridiculous, disgusting, diseased and after your kids. Since then however UK gays have been promoted more rapidly and giddily than almost any persecuted, despised group in […]
Mary Lynn says:
You’re the coolest Mark . . . and that transcends everything.
August 1, 2012 — 7:58 am
Mark Walsh says:
Well written article. Some apropos statements toward the conclusion which is just satisfactory. Using the acceptance of female alterations as a foil is a fine starter; it gives a good place to go with masculinity.
July 14, 2012 — 8:54 pm