Following my recent ‘Speedophobia’ feature for OUT about the American Phalliban, it seems the terrifying outline of male genitalia is still striking fear into the hearts of our colonial cousins – even in movies set in the tight-fit 1970s. According to Rod 2.0 the American Motion Picture Association of America… Read More »Black Speedos, Black Pride & the American ‘Phalliban’
“But,” I protest, “Gene Kelly’s bell-bottomed thighs are historic! An exquisitely curvaceous, ‘cheeky’ counterpoint to the rigid phallicism of the Forties Manhattan skyline…”
Although I was quoted liberally in the Haaretz article on Sporno, there’s no harm in quoting myself even more liberally…. The discussion about whether spornographic images are straight or gay, active or passive, traditional or non-traditional seems to need a more, ahem, explicit explanation, or certainly a lengthier one than was possible in the article (I wounldn’t have… Read More »Sporno Can’t Be Straightened Out
Former NBA star John Amaechi’s coming out continues to blow the ‘gay’ lid on American professional sports (see ESPN extract left). Not by ‘naming names’, but simply outing from inside the locker room itself the homoerotic metrosexuality of hetero athletes. Perhaps this is the real ‘problem’ with homos in the… Read More »‘A Men’s Man’ – More Spornographic Revelations from John Amaechi
During a long car journey with an older gay friend, I suggested he put on one of his CDs. I said this knowing full well that he liked show tunes. Sorry, LOVED!! show tunes. It was a warm sunny day, the top was down, and I was feeling reckless. “I… Read More »How Do You Solve a Problem Like Musicals?