Bears In the News
Bears? Topic de Jour? Who knew? My own view is that the minute you start taking Andrew Sullivan too seriously, you've lost it (LOL). Well, he is WOOFY!
Bear-y Gay
A subculture of hefty, hirsute gay men is attracting the attention of academics and social critics.
LA Times: February 4, 2007
The interlocutors were perplexed. "Bear studies?" one asked. "Do you mean bears in literature — say, William Faulkner's story 'The Bear' ?" Someone else suggested "Winnie the Pooh" — perhaps the candidate worked on children's literature?
Studying Bears
by Andrew Sullivan
The Atlantic Online, January 6, 2007
My own view is that the minute you start taking bear culture too seriously, you've lost it. It's fun and unpretentious and easy-going. And slovenly masculinity has always been integral to male homosexuality; it has just often been eclipsed by heterosexual obsession with gender-nonconformism among homosexuals.