Sexy man-beasts

[trixtah]

I was having a chat with one of my exes (and good friend) this morning, about identity politics. She's in a phase where she's unsure of what she's doing on the sexual orientation spectrum. I personally think that if a label fits, use it, but don't get boxed into owning 100% of a category. Anyone who is a reasonable human being is a more-or-less hazy constellation of the labels that might apply to them - as soon as you try to start defining yourself by absolutes, you'll have to start chopping bits off yourself to fit. The Procrustean myth is a good warning, IMO.

Secondly, yesterday while I was helping them dog-wrangle, saluqi, faxon  and I were talking about Desperate Remedies, which is one of New Zealand's cooler and quirkier movies. I had to confess that I had a thing about Kevin Smith, one of the actors (of course, for saluqi, it was about the frocks). Also, a fey Cliff Curtis isn't a bad thing either.

So, in an effort to show that a fairly butch dyke isn't necessarily limited by her labels, I present you to you the four sexy man-beasts who I actually do go "Phwoar!" at:

• Naveen Andrews (ok, hair and eyes, I know, I know)
• Hugh Jackman (do I need to say more? But I wish he'd get better haircuts in RL).
  
• Lenny Kravitz (and why can't I find suits like this to wear? I suppose not being a filthy rich rock star might have something to do with it. And big boobs would spoil the line. *sigh*)
• The aforementioned Kevin Smith, and him in Desperate Remedies (it's all about the sideburns, mmm.)

So there you go. However, the guys I very rarely fancy in RL aren't big macho man-beasts. Quiet strength, a nice voice, humour, lack of sexism, lack of passive-aggressive "baby me" behaviour, and, er, long hair and grooming are things I notice. But I notice those qualities in women a lot more quickly. Oh well.

Comments

[felix-femme.livejournal.com]

a costume drama is usually enough for me to want to look
: )
Naveen does good hair - I have a thing for good guy hair too

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

See, I like costume dramas too, but I'm afraid I'm shallow enough that I only notice the frock if who is in it is appealing. Then it's about the package.

As for guy hair, my excuse is that I'm fairly anal about mine. Actually, I'm fussy about bad hair on women too. I have to admit I've only been out with one woman with a GDH (Generic Dyke Haircut).