‘Toxic masculinity’ may not be terribly appetising, but it does seem to be on everyone’s lips these days. The concept originally derives from the gender studies theory of ‘hegemonic masculinity’ – described on Wikipedia as the ‘stereotypic notion of masculinity that shapes the socialization and aspirations of young males’. Although… Read More »Toxic Hegemonic Masculinity Ideology
I’ve yet to see it, but the just-released Stan & Ollie film about Laurel and Hardy’s disastrous, almost-posthumous tour of postwar Britain seems to be about their love for one another – or our investment in the idea of it. Back in the no-homo early 1990s me and my pal Nick… Read More »Funny Men & Lover Boys
Last month I spent a stimulating, and highly satisfying, weekend with Glennda Orgasm. Or rather, the artiste formerly known as Glennda Orgasm. My old (but forever youthful) pal Glenn Belverio, who wise-cracked and bang-flicked his way to fame in the early 1990s, his svelte frame clad in couture frocks, on a NYC… Read More »Glenn Or Glennda?
Probing the twilight world of heterosexual stag dos- with a heavy-duty rubber glove “They aren’t usually stiff, but sometimes they do surprise you,” says Penny, and then turns to her partner, Sarah. “Remember that one at the rugby club which whipped past my nose when I pulled his pants down… Read More »Shag Night
I’m a little late to the party, but this sketch tells you everything you need to know about America’s attitude to tea – it’s luke-warm quaint effeminacy, which is never ever brewed in a pot. And also, more particularly, America’s Hummersexual advertising to men. It’s funny precisely because it’s barely parody.… Read More »Bro Tea