‘Metrosexual goes mainstream as men outspend women on footwear’ announced a headline in the Daily Telegraph last week, dealing a death blow to yet another stand-up comedian gendered generalisation stand-by. I have to admit that even metrodaddy was somewhat taken aback that men have overhauled women in the shoe fetishism department,… Read More »Why Men Love Shoes
When I joined the British TA infantry back in the late 90s (bit of a long story) and had my medical the (woman) doctor asked a topless me: ‘Do you shave your chest?’ It was still verboten back then to be gay and in the army so I hurriedly said:… Read More »Do You Shave Your Chest?
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Mark Simpson on how Bowie, the 1970s progenitor metrosexuality, shape-shifted masculinity (Originally appeared in High50 magazine, March 2013) The video for David Bowie’s first single in a decade, the melancholic, low-key ‘Where Are We Now?’ – featuring the faces of Bowie and an unnamed woman superimposed on conjoined puppets – is striking for all… Read More »David Bowie’s Bisensuality