Naked 2018 Calendar Only Offers Ordinary Men Bodies This Year
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| This is adamfoxie*s own idea of ordinary bodies not included in the original article |
What does it mean to be sexy? Contrary to what you might see in adverts or the pages of magazines, there isn’t one rigid, narrow definition – and it’s not just super sculpted abs and perky bums. That restrictive view of sex appeal is particularly pervasive in gay culture, in which gay men are pressured to meet specific ideals. One calendar is fighting back.
The Meat Naked Calendar by Meatzine is a calendar made up of twelve nude portraits of twelve ‘ordinary’ men – meaning men of all shapes, sizes, ages, backgrounds, and professions.
The guys were asked to strip off and lie in the bed of Meat founder and editor, Adrian Lourie, the pose for the 2018 calendar, all to ‘defy the body shaming that goes on in the gay community.’ ‘Photographing naked men is a great way to celebrate the bodies of “ordinary” gay men,’ says Adrian. The calendar’s cover star, an accountant named Fernando, admits that it wasn’t an easy decision to pose entirely naked for the magazine’s calendar, but he’s really pleased he did. Fernando, an accountant.
‘I’m absolutely proud of myself for doing it,’ says Fernando. ‘I thought I would never be picked because of my body shape and I wanted to prove that you can be hairy and have a belly and it can be sexy.’ Another man who appears in the calendar, performer Dwayne, says he’s glad to see all kinds of men portrayed in a sexy, fun way. ‘I think it’s always interesting to see a broader representation of guys as pin-ups,’ says Dwayne. ‘I think everyone should be photographed for Meat: not to make you be someone you’re not, but to take what you are and show how amazing and beautiful that is.’
Another of the calendar’s stars, Warren, agrees: ‘So many of us have issues with our bodies; we think we’re too fat, too skinny, too pale, our dicks are too small, our bums not pert enough or were too hairy. ‘We are constantly comparing ourselves to others, but we need to take a moment to learn to be with happy with what we’ve got and seen that there’s no such thing as the perfect body.
‘I’m not toned, I’m ginger, hairy, I don’t go to the gym and don’t have big muscles, I’m pale as snow and my bum jiggles but I now love being naked again.
METRO
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