11/14/2005
New York Magazine Gawks at Bear Culture
An article about bears, in which they don't speak with a single bear. I wasn't aware that filmmaker John Waters was considered such an expert on bear culture, he of the pencil-thin moustache. But he seems to be the go-to guy for the entire article.
Waters: "I’m for [bears] because they have a sense of humor. They’re not muscle Marys. They’re faux–blue collar. Their fag hags are called 'goldilocks.' Every group has to fetishize itself. This one caught on because most people look like this. My generation has to eroticize everything. There’ll be back rooms at old-age homes."
Grizzly Men [new york magazine]
Posted 11:30 AM EST by Andy in Print Media | Permalink
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Woof! Grrrrr... Hey Andy--you'd be even hotter if you stopped shaving your chest!
Posted by: TowleLovinBear | Nov 14, 2005 11:43:29 AM
andy......edith massey?? duh!
Posted by: ricardo | Nov 14, 2005 12:50:52 PM
Nice bears don't wear cha cha heels!
Posted by: Chris | Nov 14, 2005 6:25:31 PM
Waters put a funny bear family in his last movie. A Low Down Dirty Shame or whatever.
Posted by: chuck | Nov 15, 2005 12:54:37 AM
i thought cubs were the young ones looking for a daddy bear and otter where the young thin hairy ones. geez, now i have to redefine and categorize myself all over again.
Posted by: papa | Nov 15, 2005 4:09:28 AM
Why not John Waters? He read "The Bear Handbook". Shouldn't that make him an expert on Bear "culture"?
Posted by: gayest neil | Nov 15, 2005 2:32:02 PM
I'm a bear - and the author of The Bear Handbook... wish that the New York Mag had talked to me....
Apparently J.Waters has been using my book for fodder...
Ray
Posted by: Raymond Kampf | Mar 4, 2007 3:32:41 AM