on the impossibility of a female gaze: Richard Corliss on ‘Immortals’
All those buff, nearly naked, totally gorgeous guys in Immortals? Totally gay!
female gaze
things you need to know: sexualized men’s bodies must be homoerotic, for who else would be looking but other men?
If the male body is sexually appealing, it must be sexually appealing to other men. No one else finds men sexually appealing. I mean, look around: Who else would?
question of the day: Why is there such a voracious appetite for naked-celebrity photos?
Do they make us feel better about ourselves? Is it just plain and simple purience? Do fans feel “entitled” to see a celeb naked after being teased with legit, posed, nearly naked images of the same celeb over and over again? Something else?
‘The Hobbit’ drains the hotness from its hot dwarves
Dammit! I knew this was gonna happen! They buried the beauty of Richard Armitage under makeup…
‘Thor’ joke demonstrates how entrenched the male gaze is
Is Thor the gayest movie ever? Of course not… but it’s clearly making some dudes uncomfortable…
how not to do the female gaze: that unbelievably wrongheaded Zoosk commercial
I fume every time this ad comes on the TV…
defining the female gaze
In response to something I posted recently about “the female gaze,” I got an email from a male reader who appeared to believe that “the female gaze” refers to “movies women like to watch.” It doesn’t. Not even close. But his email got my thinking that perhaps I need to explain what “the female gaze” … more…
