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The Cruelty Continuum

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Cowboy, Drew and Jase

Cruelty is an interesting thing. Is it wrong, or is it just wrong when the person yielding it out is disliked. I am not sure why exactly, but this reason, journalists and the viewing public seem to have gotten on a tall self high horse about the cruelty going on in the Big Brother house. Could be on the heels of the Paula Deen drama, but I am not exactly sure why this year people seem to think the meanness is any worse than every other year.

Wil

I don’t personally rate cruelty on a scale; any and all cruelty is something I loath. Calling someone a nigger or a faggot is beyond vile. It usually speaks to deep seated bigotry within the person saying it, ignorance and self hate. Given Big Brother is a television show with 24 hour feeds, it also speaks to a level of stupidity.

Howie and James

I don’t condone or support the use of either of the words above. I also however, don’t distinguish them as any different as any of the other hundreds of words people use to hurt another human. Stupid, fat, loser, ugly, homely can be equally as harmful depending on the confidence level of those hearing them. I under stand ‘stupid’ may be seen as an individual insult, where as faggot defines a large group but does that really matter? Cruelty is all about the intention of the spreader. If their intent is to belittle, humiliate or hurt the receiver, does it really matter in what form it leaves their lips?

(l-r) Jeff, Jordan, Jess and Braden.

Big Brother is all about getting an advantage, many, in fact almost everyone, who has entered that house, has at one time or another attempted to get some sort of advantage by getting the better of another in the house. It is a game, and that is part of what we expect to happen. The house guests can get mean and the meaner they get, the more popular they often become.

David

One of the cruelest people to play the game was in my opinion Evil Dick Donato. He carefully chose, stalked, harassed, bullied and was relentless in his cruelty towards his victims. His victims by the way were always the wounded antelope, never someone strong, who would fight back, but a woman, alone and ostracised from the rest of those left in the house. It was truly disgusting to watch and more disgusting to see he was hailed as some sort of anti-hero. I had the live feeds during Evil Dick’s season, but the level of cruelty led me to never again subject myself to such garbage.

Jeremy

There are many people outraged at the actions of some of the current crop of hamsters, some of whom, have in the past, applauded equally disgusting behaviour in others. Are racist, homophobic comments crossing a line? Damn right they do, but faggot is not especially insulting to me because I am gay, it is insulting to me because of motive behind why it used. It is ridiculous to me the outrage and media attention the show is getting this year. Some people are glued to the live feeds to report the latest racial slur coming out of the models and other house guest mouths. If people are really so offended, the easiest answer is to turn off those life feeds and stop watching the show all together. But that wouldn’t be nearly as much fun now would it….


Paradise Island: Mark Montovio for Nelson & Carreras

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When I first saw these new images from Mark Montovio of Mount Photography, my mind drifted back to my summers as a kid, outside, spending hours under tree's reading comics. Archie, Richie Rich, The Family Circus, Spiderman and the Superfriends. of course Wonder Woman was a favorite, a woman holding her own, surrounded by hot buff men all of whom could not help shooting her glances at that metallic bra of hers.


Now if your wondering how I connected the female comic book superhero with Mark's glorious images of Cristian, Antonin and Sergio, just think Island. Diana Prince was born and raised on Paradise Island to a race of Amazon Warriors. Whenever this island was depicted, in print or on screen, it was always a beautiful lush, green and tropical location full of beautiful scantily clad Goddesses. Like most gay kids, the media didn't really provide fantasy's tailored for our Saturday afternoon day dreams. Most often, we were forced to improvise and switch up what was provided for the mainstream audiences and tailor it to meet our needs.


So, for me Paradise Island became a land of hundreds of nearly naked men, relaxing, horse playing and running in slow motion on the sand and through the waves. Pretty much as depicted in these shots by Mark.


In reality, Paradise Island is Cordoba Spain, but the outfits; see-through underwear, sari's and leather thongs are pretty much what I envisioned the men of the island wearing. Mark shot the images for Nelson & Carreras, a Spanish fashion and design company whose motto is Beauty & Elegance.


'I am very interested in the human form and although my work sometimes has a slant towards fashion photography I prefer working with the figure in more abstract ways thinking about the figure's relationship to space and creating dynamic representations.'


Some of you may recognize some of the models shown here, Mark has shot Cristian, Antonin and Sergio numerous times. I have been fortunate to be able to share some of those shoots in the past, one of my favorites being Expressive Masquerade last Halloween. You can check out those previous posts on FHHERE:





Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a window cleaner!

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Grime fighters dress up as superheroes to cheer up patients at a children's hospital!!!


I know this story is from last February, but when I recently saw an image posted on facebook, I knew it fit all the criteria I usually use when choosing a story.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.


Missing Matthew

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I know the season 4 premier of Downton Abbey is still months away but I am already missing Matthew. The first images of filming the new season have begun to surface and the anticipation I always felt has been replaced with indifference. Maybe the show will lure me back in but for me the main draw for me had always been the following the relationship of Matthew & Mary.


I love me some Anna, the Dowager, Lady Edith and Mrs. O'Brian (also leaving) but I am not sure they are strong enough on their own to balance out the shows main relationship which sadly is over. Still wondering what really motivated Dan Stevens from departing what is just around a 3 month a year gig which brought so much to joy to others.


Favorite Pic of the Day for July 7th

I Want Candy! Peter Pretty in by Troy Wise

Favorite Video Of The Day: Alejandro Salgueiro Behind The Scenes in Lose It

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A·rran·ka
[uh-ron-kah] action verb:

-to ignite, to turn on , to lift off
-to be fabulous and free
-the ability to not care what others think of you


I know this video featuring underground androgynous male artist Dani Arranka made the rounds last year, but I only caught a viewing this week. I love these images, shot by photographer Charles Quiles (who also directed the video) featuring Dani and male supermodel Alejandro Salgueiro (styling by Filip Berdek). I love Alejandro is in the video, he has a killer smile and seems to be having so much fun. He embodies not caring what others think and especially love how comfortable he appears in the last few frames, posing naked with the crew from the video.





The Payoff: Brandon Connelly By T-W-D photos

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'I will make it happen. He who dares for nothing need hope for nothing. I am fearless yet well grounded, adventurous, outgoing, honest and open to new experiences all the while never losing my focus.'
Brandon Connelly


It was just over two years ago that I first profiled the work of Seattle model Brandon Connelly, that post, I titled Memorable. I loved Brandon's look, and his attitude, and have covered his work and career progression many times since that first post. Brandon has always been great to answer questions and help with pieces and I loved how on his Facebook Page, he covered both the highs, and the lows of fighting to make it in the world of modeling. One of the things I most respect about Brandon is his work ethic. Brandon never took the jobs he got for granted, nor did he look down on any work that could further his career. Brandon has worked steadily, diligently and hard the past two years and this past month it was rewarded. I am very happy to share Brandon has officially been signed! The hard work, the networking, the shoots, in the woods, in the water and everywhere in between. has lead to a well deserved pay off!


I am especially pleased to share this news with images from Travers Dow from T-W-D photos. It was Traver's images that first introduced me to Brandon and it was their early work together that I featured in my first profile of his work. Brandon says since that first shoot, he and Travers have shot together another three or four times. Over the past two years both of their work has progressed and Travers has been working with many agency models in the Seattle area and says Travers has been an important part of the learning process he has gone through.


'The location was a spur of the moment thing. I wanted to shoot outside and get some shots with the sunlight and Travers suggested we go to an old mill area. We when we arrived, we found it was no longer there and it was replaced with a parking lot. We then drove to some train tracks and figured we would just shoot there but I saw construction site with nobody working and no signs that said we couldn't enter... If you looked at the site it didn't look like much, but in the finished photos from Travers, it ended up making an awesome location.'



Happy Birthday today July 8th

Favorite Pic of the Day for July 8th

Favorite Clicks Of The Week!

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Some of my favorite clicks from around the Net this week!
Is Chris Pratt going to firm up every hiatus? Last time the actor got his hard bod for Zero Dark Thirty, this time for his role in the new flick Guardians of the Galaxy. 'Kinda douchey to post this but my brother made me.' Regardless of whether his brother made him... we are still glad he shared! (from CNN's Marquee Blog)

One of the first guys I discovered when hitting the net, Marcel is back for another round of images and videos over at Paragon Men!


A Cause Des Garcons has the full set of images of Matthew Mitcham using his underwear to sweeten the pot of an auction item that included a signed copy of his book, Twists and Turns during the Closing Gala for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival


As hot as the naked images that Aussie Rugby Player George Burgess sent out to the world, he looks equally adorable in this image in full uniform posted on Natural City Man.
 


And lastly, having been away this past weekend, I must be the last gay guy on the planet not to see and enjoy Steve Grand's new hit song and video All American Boy until last night. If there is another one of you who missed it, head on over to Towleroad and watch it NOW!


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Just Because:

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Shhh, he doesn't want you to know but... if you follow actor Christopher Gorham on any social media sites, Twitter or Facebook you know. He is not only adorable and talented, he is one of the kindest actors and so nice and respectful to those who follow his work.

Happy Birthday today July 9th

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I can't be the only one who crushed over actor and musician Scott Grimes when I was younger! Happy 42nd Scott!
 
Check out more of Scott and today's birthday boys HERE:HERE:& HERE:


Favorite Pic of the Day for July 9th


Then Again, Maybe I Won't

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'The next day my father handed me a book called Basic Facts About Sex. He said I should read it in my spare time and if I had any questions I should come to him. There's a whole section about wet dreams and another on masturbation. Maybe they do know about me after all! My stomach jumped around so bad I had to take a pill.'
Tony Miglione


I have written a few times about my official coming out. It was comparatively rather late, most stimulated by an engagement to a woman that I knew I could never go through with. Despite being in my twenties, I never really up until that point really felt trapped in the closet. I was doing what I wanted for the most part, had friends and thought myself fairly happy, at least I did at the time.


I hear people talk about knowing almost since birth they were gay. I never really felt that. I did know, strongly, that I was different, or at least thought differently. As a kid however, I had friends both male and female, played hockey and baseball and blended quite naturally with my peers without really giving it much thought. The differences I felt were initially called 'sensitive' by my parents and others. I had a deep, almost obsessive need to think, then talk everything through. Even the smallest problem required a degree of energy most kids did not express. I remember my parents worried how troubled I was over things most others seemed to easily blow off.


I would think and talk for hours about my concern over the birds and mice our cat killed, someone at school who was struggling or being bullied, a relative who seemed depressed or worry about the stress on the tadpoles my brother had in an old bucket in the back yard. This worry, this concern, I later discovered was my attempt to not feel or deal with what was going on in my own life. That, I think I deliberately decided to push until I was older and more ready to face.


There were many hints and signs that I was gay, most of which I didn't really pay much attention to at the time. Actors I became obsessed with, guys I school I crushed over and a certain author who seemed determined not to let me escape from my true feelings. Many teenagers, both female and male spend time during puberty with the works of Judy Blume. A key theme in two of her books, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, and Then Again, Maybe I Won't, focus on the changes, both mentally and physically of going through puberty.


Blume says that after she finished writing Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, she decided it would be interesting to try out what life was like for a twelve-year-old boy. I was about 12 or 13 at the time of reading and remember the scene with Tony was spying on next door neighbor Lisa Hoober. I don't still have the book (although the one I did own was with the puke green color border at the top of the page), but if memory serves me correctly at one point Tony says 'It went up'. As I read that, I went up as well. I knew instinctively that I was not up because of the half naked Lisa, but instead, because of Tony and what he was experiencing.


Tony's voyeurism was at the time, the most erotic think I had ever read or experienced. The book, like many of Blume's, was like a peek into a world, one that for the most part I had been suppressing. It was a peek into a world I would enter soon, in no small part because of Blume's welcoming invitation.

Dennis Bethea: A Good Experience

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'I'm primarily seeking nude shoots but will work with my clothes on too :-)'


I think sometimes models may forget that when it comes to avatars, simplicity can sometimes attract more attention. For models, the image they choose, although initially viewed very small, is the images that will eventually want people to see more. The image of model Dennis Bethea at the top of this post is the visual that had me clicking to see a larger version, a beautiful classic image of the male form.

3 Images below by BluePhotoNYC

It's hard to put into words exactly why a certain model, a certain image, grabs my attention. If you scour the many models sites across the net, it is not difficult to find tons of images of great looking men without their clothes on. It is not always easy however, to find a model that has you wanting to know more about them. The images of Dennis are powerful on the strength of his physical presence alone. His body is one you certainly want to visually explore but there is also something about him which makes you stop and go beyond the physical appearance.


There is a beautiful contrast between the strength of his body, and the gentle beauty of his face and eyes. Sometimes models, maybe especially muscular fitness models at times, have facial expressions that almost come across as cocky and arrogant. It make turn viewers off of even the greatest of photographs. What I got from Dennis was a quiet respect for the work, he didn't really seem to have anything to prove to anyone, except maybe himself.


It might have something to do with his background. Dennis says his mother is very conservative, and to some extent it rubbed off on him. Taking off his clothes for a camera wasn't something he necessarily saw himself doing and didn't exactly come naturally. Dennis says that he didn't always understand that the naked body could be as artful as one clothed, that was until he saw an image that inspired him. There was a particular model whose naked image was powerful enough to change his view on nudity, and he has been following her work since.

Images below from NYCMALE

'Honestly I don’t really need a big name photographer to shoot me, all I want is a good experience shooting, good photos, and maybe a some coin after we’re done. I love shooting with some of the guys I’ve shot with already, (Anthony Ragland, BluePhotoNYC, NYCMALE and Hombre Media). There are a lot of talented photographers out there but not all are professional or fun to work with.'


Dennis says he doesn't see this as a career, the Bronx model has several other jobs and various other interests and is fine with keeping modeling as a hobby. When he first began modeling years ago, Dennis says he wanted to be one of those guys on the huge billboards in time square but now his focus on other things.  Dennis actually left modeling for awhile, discouraged with some of the people within the industry, but always kept his toe in the water with his profile on ModelMayhem. Dennis says that he would occasionally go his profile and recently got so tired of seeing the same old images, finally got annoyed enough with seeing them and decided it was time for an update! Since returning this year, Dennis says his time working and shooting has been a much more positive experience.


Being on MM means Dennis gets the usual offers for porn, and with his incredible physique,  he has also had his share of offers for naked wrestling. Dennis doesn't really mind those offers, as he simply says no, but his modeling wish list is a little bit more refined. Dennis would love to be involved in a couples shoot. Not just posing in a sexual way with a model, but something a little more sensual and maybe a bit more dramatic. Dennis would love to partake in cosplay (Costumed role-play). Dennis along with a beautiful woman, both dressed up as a fantasy characters from history or literature would be at the top of his list of dream shoots.



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I know many (maybe most) of you will disagree but I liked Elisabeth Hasselbeck. I like to think of myself as a very liberal Democrat and disagreed with much of what Hasselbeck had to say, especially during the Bush years. But there were times I think people failed to actually listen to her and instead simply had pegged her as a Republican or Palin supporter (a choice I think she regrets) and really didn't bother to listen to her views. When you listened to Elisabeth, if you got beyond some of her annoying tendencies, there was a actually quite a liberal thinking woman. More liberal than the actual liberals that sat around her. Sherri Shepherd may be an Obama supporting democrat, but some of her views are as extreme as those of the tea parties. I like Joy Behar, but the only things she seemed to be able to say surrounding gay rights were jokes about interior decorating, jokes more fitting for an 1970's episode of Three's Company. Whoppi, who knows? She seems to be liberal, but more than anything she seems to be self involved, big on defending friends like Mel Gibson and complaining about how horrible she is treated as a smoker.

Hasselbeck, well.... she stood by her beliefs and more importantly, more than anyone ever on that panel, showed the ability to change her thought process when given opposing points of view she could buy into. Not many people over the age of 20 are able to do that these days. Hasselbeck strongly supported gay rights and was a supporter of gay marriage years before Obama publically did. She is a firm supporter of woman's rights and a woman's right to choose when it comes their own bodies. I like that I like Hasselbeck. There is so much division these days, it is almost too easy to mock, make fun of and even hate someone of their political believes. No one party can claim innocence with that. She will be missed, at least by me. Fox tv doesn't need her, they all sound the same over there. Hasselbeck was needed precisely in the place her voice wasn't always welcomed, on The View. Wasn't the whole point of the show to have different opinions and views?

Happy Birthday today July 11th

Favorite Pic of the Day for July 11th

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