When None of the Pictures Look Like You

So, I came across a wonderful article earlier that talks about body image issues among gay men. Yeah, it wasn't quite there, but I agreed with its essence: Gay men are surrounded by images of 'perfection', ultimately an external illusion that others have better bodies (with the implicit assumption that they always will). We are at the mercy of a media that readily buys into the idea of the affluent, young, attractive, built (and mostly hung) gay man. But, let's add one more idea to that: White.

It Ain't That Good

Chick-fil-a is in the news today. In case you did not know why, it is because today is Chick-fil-a Appreciation/Depreciation Day. It is the day in which people are going to Chick-fil-a because they just so happen to love it or love the politics attached to the company and its CEO (that of supporting, politically and financially, traditional marriage and policies relating to the concept) OR people are protesting or boycotting the company because of said alignment with traditional and conservative ideology.