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Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart

MASS

MOTION
IT'S A MAN'S WORLD AND YOU MEN CAN HAVE IT

Remember the last ever episode of The Colbys, when Fallon's car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and a UFO swept down and carried her off? Back then, you were startled by the surprising turn of events the trashy night-time soap had taken. But not half as startled as you are now by Mr. Marvel's epic proportions. "I'm startled at Tesco's record £6.4bn loss," Mr Marvel says. "But every little counts, right?"

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Issue 208: The Check It, Cucumber, Russell Tovey, Jussie Smollett, Shaun Ross, Diego Lauzen, Dirk Shafer, and more...

the week's

news

& pop

culture,

with a

gay

bias.

left & found

Why it’s not okay to call people your “gays”.

My friend and his down low lover.

Why black history still hasn't paved the way for black transgender people.

Looking actor Russell Tovey has become the latest victim of the faux outrage of a Twitter storm, when a quote from a Guardian interview was taken out of context. Disappointingly, sites like Towleroad led with misleading headlines like "'I thank my dad' for not letting me become 'really effeminate'."

Wade Davis on Russell Tovey, sexism, and imaginary masculinity.

Feeling Russell Tovey: "Over the years, [Russell Tovey] crafted the man he wanted to be. We can debate the validity of the reasons why he did it, and yes, he absolutely could have expressed himself better on the topic. You don't always know how people are going to perceive your comments. Sometimes that perception is very different than what you intended. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt... I, for one, am willing to cut the guy some slack."

Why do so many gay men struggle with intimacy?

Lifestyles of the gay and not so famous. "This whole gay lifestyle thing sounds so decadent and hedonistic and sinful, like a two thousand calorie dessert and here I am gay and living my boring little life, paying my children's college bills, remaining faithfully married to my husband and taking out the trash. Clearly, I have missed out on the lifestyle I was entitled to."

A boy among men. "What happens when you throw a teenager into an adult prison? Guess." (Image)

Attica’s ghosts. "A savage beating, a culture beyond repair."

A male model’s journey to the edge and back. "How a pimply Canadian farmboy rose to conquer the runways of Paris and Milan, then fell into a downward spiral of days-long drug trips, perpetual partying and a very public breakdown."

Will we ever see Studio 54 again? "It might be true that the rich and infamous don’t dance like the high and crazy ’70s and ’80s. They’re still dancing, though cautiously as they wonder who’s watching them."

The fearless black cowboy of the wild, wild west. "From shootouts on horseback to hitchhiking toward a place called Dodge, if ever a life was tailor-made for the movies, it was that of the one-time slave known as Deadwood Dick."

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Cody Furguson

Art

Skool

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The one who becomes a servant of lovers is really a fortunate sovereign

MASS

MOTION
IT'S A MAN'S WORLD AND YOU MEN CAN HAVE IT

Remember Superted? When he was made, they found something wrong with him and threw him away like a piece of rubbish! Back then, you were startled by the heartbreaking turn of events the cartoon had taken. But not half as startled as you are now by 23-year-old Sam's epic proportions. "Transport for London's chief says commuter trains into the capital are shit," Sam says. "That's why I go Uber everytime!"

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