OBJECTIFY THIS

I had the beginnings of a twitter argument last night, on a subject that is dear to my heart: Objectification. @BigdaddyKeltik who is a trans man and a feminist said: * ‘Objectifying women = rape culture’. * @MILLIMETREMUSIC not puritans, feminists. Objectifying women = rape culture.— Keltik ಠ_ಠ (@BigDaddyKeltik) February 07, 2012 * I find [...]

Andrej Pejic And The Gender Revolution

I have made my debut at the wonderful website Science Of The Time, where I have written about Andre Pejic and a campaign advertising women’s lingerie: What it is: Andrej Pejic, if not quite yet a household name, is definitely well known as a beautiful androgynous model, and for modelling both men’s and women’s clothes. But [...]

Model Metrosexual

http://nymag.com/fashion/11/fall/andrej-pejic/ This NY Times Magazine article descripes Andre Pejic as ‘the prettiest boy in the world’. He is undoubtedly very pretty. But aren’t a lot of boys these days? The real focus of the article is on how an openly cross-dressing androgynous man has been able to secure high profile modelling work for both men [...]

Je Suis Un Metro…

Tu parles Abercrombie et Francaise? Mais oui! http://www.bryanboy.com/bryanboy_le_superstar_fab/2011/05/tu-parles-abercrombie-et-francaise.html

Not Waving But Drowning

Rafael Nadal has got into some shallow water over at Armani. I think he has been kidnapped by the Italian fashion house and is being slowly, sensually tortured for our viewing pleasure. First there was the poster campaign: http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2011/03/06/tarty-armanis-latest-sporno-spunk/ and now a video advertisement that leaves the Spanish tennis ace swallowing fluid and spluttering for [...]

Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man?

We all know Sporno is more interesting and seductive than regular porno right? Well the leaders of the rat pack at the moment in the genre seem to be those Italian Stallions, Armani. And who better to be the face and body of the brand but that wonderfully bronzed and buff tennis player, Rafael Nadal? [...]

Dead Men Don’t Answer Back

http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2011/01/31/advertising-misogyny/ I have been involved in a discussion about objectification, with feminists at the blog cited above. The feminist blogger has presented the subject as being about objectification of women, particularly in advertising. I have tried to open up the debate to consider the objectification of men in visual culture, as well.  Some of the [...]

Interview With A Vampire

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/tom-ford/ Tom Ford is a wanted man. And not just by the fashion moguls of western civilisation. I think he may be responsible for some criminal acts against our culture. I am not saying Ford is the metrosexual murderer responsible for the death of everything we hold dear, such as individuality, sexual perversion, cinema,  men, [...]