About the Andro-Aperture Project
Andro-Aperture is a mini-crusade for the appreciation of male beauty in all its forms- sexy men, sexy male, and sexy trans-masculine bodies of all kinds. There aren’t enough images shot for female appreciation, so I want to explore and discuss what defines (and defies) a female gaze.
I want to celebrate the diversity of the erotic male body- encouraging more sexy photos of male-identified people of different ethnicities, body sizes, ages, hairiness, and abilities.
I want to challenge the knee jerk reaction that “female bodies are just more attractive”.
And really, I just want hot porn to jerk off to.
-Kitty Stryker, www.purrversatility.blogspot.com
What People Are Reading
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Poll: what’re *you* looking at?
So due to a lot of discussion about who has what kind of gaze and whether a question like this is even appropriate and what is gender anyway etc. etc., I feel the need to say that for ease of … Continue reading
goalposts
So I was browsing this afternoon on Fetlife and found a link to this article, called “Should I Work in Fetish Modeling?” As it was written by SLEPhotography, one of the loudest voices against this project, and as it was … Continue reading
Poll Results So Far: 242 Votes
<—See this guy here? Well, the results so far suggest that the #1 LEAST popular type of male body type among the sample we’ve gotten so far is the one almost exclusively pushed towards heterosexual women as what a sexy … Continue reading
Link Love: Erotica Cover Watch
I wanted to take a moment of silence (during which, please, check out this man, or another more to your taste) in recognition of Erotica Cover Watch. They were a project that really made me aware how quickly and easily one can … Continue reading
Posted in Links of Interest
Tagged advertising, gender, inspiration, links, objectification, politics
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who’s looking?
First off, I want to say that I’m about to embark on reading both “Metrosexy” (which has been recommended by Quiet Riot Girl relating, I think, to disposing of the ideas of a male/female gaze in preference for a queer … Continue reading
Let’s get an idea of what y’all like!
I’d like to request that people who identify as women who like male bodies be the ones to fill this out- I’ll do one for men who like male bodies soon.
“isn’t there enough cock online?”
So already I’ve had the response that if I’m upset about the lack of male photos for the female gaze I’m just not looking hard enough! and I decided that before we go any further I wanted to address this. … Continue reading
Link Love: Inspirations
I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge some projects who have been doing/have done some fantastic work or saying some fabulous, thought-provoking things in regards to discussing the female gaze and male objectification. And the best way to start … Continue reading
“but why?”
When someone says “hey, there’s almost no erotic imagery of men *by* women, and even less *for* women” it gets a pretty strong reaction, from men and women alike- “I think the reason you don’t see people looking for male … Continue reading
Why I started this Project: Our Mission
I am continually saddened by the experience of my lover. He is an attractive man, with a bit of pudge, but in the supposedly “sex positive” world we live and play in, there is an active devaluation of the erotic … Continue reading
