Why God gave (most) men backbones longer than their penis Once upon a time, becoming a rock star was the only way a young male could be assured of getting free blowjobs from females. This, not private jets or yachts or tax havens or leather trousers is the reason so… Read More »Slick Willy – A Bite-Sized History of Fellatio
In the Seventies advertising was doing its best to swallow Western manhood whole, but it just wasn’t up to the job. It couldn’t quite suppress its gag reflex. Or ours. Men’s advertising was almost universally a joke and an hilariously camp one at that that. It wasn’t until some way… Read More »‘Smooth Operator’ by Richard Jarman
The new blond Bond has a lot in common with the brunette original – precisely for the reasons he’s been bashed, says Mark Simpson (Out, November, 2006) BOND IS BLOND! He’s smooth! He works out! He doesn’t have any eyebrows! He kissed a guy! Ever since English actor Daniel Craig was… Read More »James Bond Comes Out
Rufus Wainwright confesses his priestly urges to Mark Simpson (Pride magazine, 2005) The man who has been described as the ‘Joni Mitchell of his generation’, lionised for his genius by such as the Scissor Sisters, Elton John, Neil Tennant and Michael Stipe, is changing onstage from jeans and shirt… Read More »Ban the Folk Mass! Interview with Rufus Wainwright
America’s phoney anti-metrosexual backlash and faux “menaissance” (The Guardian, October 10, 2006) There’s a war going on in the US. A war on metros. After years living under the cruel designer heel of those triumphant metrosexuals, poor old retrosexuals – alias “regular guys” – are fighting back. Old-time, unself-conscious, un-moisturised… Read More »Who Are You Calling Hummersexual?