Per usual, I’m of two minds about Tom Goss’ “Bears” song and video. [Ed. note – It’s painful to be this wishy-washy in life.] If the gay community is so looks-obsessed and vapid that we’re ashamed to want to fuck what we want to fuck, it’s pretty much game over, right? Many of us struggled with our homosexuality and how society would perceive us, and now we’re going to look down on each other for what kind of guys make us hard? Did bears, cubs, and chubby guys REALLY need a “Beautiful” sung by a pretty guy to show the more slender gays that the hefty are people, too? If so, what the actual fuck is wrong with us? And will there be a celebrity-studded telethon during Bear Week this summer to raise funds for Bear Hotness Awareness? I’d give, but still shake my head in discuss that it was an actual charity.
On the other hand, Goss obviously means well and it’s a cute ditty. It’s a shame that I was surprised/grateful that the video features ACTUAL FAT GUYS as opposed to just Spencer Reed-esque men with a slight gut and a beard. Can you imagine? BELLIES. MOOBS. What about the children?!? What if they see this? You mean XXL types are sexual beings and considered to be hot as fuck by a lot of people? HEAVENS.
Personally, I like my bear acceptance anthems sung by actual bears. But jockstraps off to Tom for trying.
Check out some stills and the video for “Bears” below.
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I am Dewitt, and I approve of this post.
(Not that you need my approval.)
I’ve never seen a more internally critical and demeaning community than the LGBT one. Bis are straight, lesbians are feminazis, transexuals are ‘tumblrcunts’ and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been called a pedophile. I think deep down each ‘subgroup’ feels like it’s walking on broken glass, and that all of the ‘victories’ achieved so far are fragile and conditional to the point where they feel the need to conform themselves to the status quo. It’s a sad thing to see, because it wasn’t always the case.
“You mean XXL types are sexual beings and considered to be hot as fuck by a lot of people? HEAVENS.”
They are? Wouldn’t have know that by this 99.9999999999% of this website.
Um….http://www.manhuntdaily.com/2013/07/woof-alert-john-thomas-michael-mcquaig/
Oh, and that screenshot is from the “Search” option on Manhunt. 🙂
Checkmate, SUCKA!
Wasn’t talking about MH, but MH Daily, brother! We know there are Bears on MH (or “fat guys” as the title of this post says)…duh.
And that post you linked to is about 0.00000001% of all the posts at MH Daily. But that’s the same ratio the porn houses produce, so not surprised.
At least the world doesn’t think you’re a predator for liking big guys. Chin up.
Now, now! 0.00000001% isn’t a fair percentage, but I’d agree with you that there aren’t nearly enough porn sites producing high quality bear porn.
As I was browsing John Thomas’ Tumblr earlier this morning, I saw a post where he explained that he’d do more porn for Bear Films, but it would be tough to get to LA where they (usually) film.
Aside from Stocky Dudes, Hairy And Raw, Pantheon Bear, and a few others, there aren’t a whole lot of bear sites to choose from. Butch Dixon and The Guy Site occasionally have some bigger dudes, but they’re few and far between the muscular ones…
Actually, thank you Dewitt, but I was also pointing out the hypocrisy of this MH Daily post—this VERY ironic statement: “If the gay community is so looks-obsessed and vapid that we’re
ashamed to want to fuck what we want to fuck, it’s pretty much game over, right?”
We don’t see too many bears or even faux-bears (muscle dudes with a lil’ belly) as official Manhunt party guys in the MH Party Pics. I mean, be what you’ll be and hire whomever you want for the look you want—but don’t take Tom Goss to task unless you want to throw stones in your own glass house.
Disgust
Thank you for speaking about this!
There’s also the possibility that many people aren’t ashamed, but simply aren’t attracted, period.
I don’t really see how you can call us hypocritical when we have ZERO control over the models hired to work events.
Furthermore, just because there aren’t any bears or even “faux-bears” working our events, that doesn’t mean that we’re ashamed to fuck them, suck them and openly lust after them.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m just missing your point here? It sounds like you just want to argue for argument’s sake.
Were do you find single bears in cape town???
I agree with you totally. This is a pretty ironic post considering that MH Daily never really promotes any kind of diversity, both cultural or body type. We pretty much only see on type on most all of the post on here.
And then they take a shot at someone when, as you rightfully point out, thier glass house is pretty much not in order.
Back in the day some were also called Chicken Hawks
I do not understand how anyone could take shots at us for not promoting ANY kind of diversity whatsoever. Could we do a better job at featuring different types of guys? Perhaps… But to accuse us of NEVER promoting any kind of diversity? That’s just downright ludicrous.
(I’m going to eat my own foot when tonight’s edition of The Ten goes up, in which there’s very little diversity at all… BECAUSE YOU ALL VOTED OUT THE DIVERSITY.)
::sigh::
And, really, if you guys have such a problem with the lack of diversity here, you should be complaining to the gay porn studios, sites and other brands who aren’t hiring bigger guys, men of color, etc. We write about the material we have to work with. If you have suggestions to improve our output, you are MORE THAN WELCOME to e-mail them to us.
::double sigh::
Yeah. What he said. Troll bitches.
I feel that more and more “bear” is just a way around to not worrying about ones “big” looks and the fact you don’t take on an athletic lifestyle as if faking pride on your belly (obviously not all cases fit this description). which is fine by me, honestly I’m not the fit doll, but sincerely, don’t over do/use it, some guys are simply fat, and all this labelling is getting really creepy in LGBT com.
http://www.manhunt.net??r=mh_daily
I think that’s preferable to ‘creep’, ‘sick’ and ‘criminal’. And I’m only 20 years old. Sounds like the road ahead is gonna be even rougher.
I really don’t know why I bother responding to comments anymore. I should stop reading them altogether if people are going to be such assholes about everything.
::triple sigh::
yes yes yes, okay. I think you’re forgetting that most of this website is about porn, and sex. which are two very wide aspects since so many people enjoy similar aspects in men (the one you just pressed: being fit), and in return, that reflects in MH Daily, you can’t expect MHD to post 50% bears 50% swimmers when people enjoy a lot more of the swimmers, its all about meeting demand, and swimmers is what folks wanna see. I understand where this is coming from since I myself fancy me some cubbies and all these shaved fit biatches turn me no on :p
The Chickens were guys like you now 18 to maybe 25 or so and the Hawks were the older guys that only sought them out for sex.
Unfortunately a lot of the terms used today were made up by closeted guys it seems and are way over used and are blending into each other meaning wise. The days of having our own terms for use seem to be going away.
Swoon! I appreciate a man who knows how to use his brain. Thank you for responding with some sense of logic and understanding.
My demographic is younger (though post-pubescent and legal in my country). That’s what I meant.
I always thought chicken hawk was an outdated term, along with troll, which has acquired a new meaning thanks to the internet.
What exactly do you find “disgust”?
No he put discuss and i was correcting him lol
D’oh!! Mea culpa 🙂
Sorry, I am going with Dewitt2it on this one. They are simply doing their jobs and it isn’t their fault that gay porn companies only hire attractive white men. I have seen a lot of post about people i am not personally attracted to and i am sure all of you can say the same. With that being said, you cannot please everyone and thus forcing the cycle to continue, someone is always going to feel left out. It is the nature of the beast. How about you bitch about the rights you are denied, i feel your time would be better spent bitching at the government for not being able to donate blood legally.
Wow. Someone actually thought about it for a second.
Thanks, man.
I love interacting with our readers. whether they’re supportive and sweet or cunty troll bitches from the island of pinheads.
Fasten your seatbelt kiddo, it’s definitely going to be a bumpy ride..
The great Jackie Beat once said:
” I love the term “bear” – it sounds so much better than ” I just gave up” “
Given how the Gay Rights movement ditched people like me in the 80s, yeah, pretty much.
Gay men ( and I think all others LGBTs ) are between 6% or 10% of the mankind. sounds normal to me that we must try to ” conform to the status quo “. Changing Shakespeare words: ” We few, sad few “.
The bears term has been around since before I came out.
I think they started to use it in the 60’s or 70’s.
Your creepy term is the new generation and it is used for so much the true meaning of it has almost disappeared.
Lets face it though older, older-furry and or larger-furry is not exactly well accepted at normal gay bar events that cater to the young hung and beautiful! So they tend to stay out of sight unless an arranged event they are openly welcomed to.
My Husband and I have gone out to a bar so we can dance and had all the young guys there look at us like we have the plague or part of the living dead and laugh if we check them out. And we are only in our 40’s and not even heavy set.
The community can be very cruel and many are set on youth and beauty only.
Ditto! I’m not a “bear”, but being a Black gay man, I’ll admit to feeling marginalized by our community’s need to cast me either as a “fierce” z-formation snapping queen or the big-dicked mandingo..gotta love a stereotype…
Because you are a predator trying to abuse and take advantage of minors.
Shouldn’t even be counted in the “gay ” crowd, you’re just a pedo. You don’t like men, you like minors, it’s one fucked up disgusting fetish and you should be treated like shit because you deserve it.
WHat kind of idiot downvoted this??
It’s a joke, told by an overweight man in a dress with 2 pounds of make-up on his face.
Dumb ass basic bitches are ALL OVER manhunt these days, it’s terrible.
Feels like it’s hard to give all bears equal attention, the “bear” term seems to cover such a wide and expanding assortment of gentleman. If you ask like 5 different guys to describe the first guy that popped into mind when they hear “bear” and you might get like 5 exceedingly different descriptions…
Of course, as I type this I realize you could say that about many of the “groups” that are categorized by “physical” type. But it feels like bear is the one that casts the net widest…
hd He said legal. So get with the program and stop projecting your internalised homophobia onto everyone else and generally being an unpleasant little cunt.
Fuck that. Why should anyone have to live up to someone else’s bat shit insane prejudices about what love should be?
I find it quite ridiculous that post pubescent males are seen as some sort of fragile creature with no sex drive and who would never actively seek out even a 20 year old for sex until they are at least 18 and that said 20 year old must be a “predator trying to abuse and take advantage of minors”. Wake up people. Don’t you remember what it was like when you were in your teens? Has it been so long?
the singer is a cute little fucker. And some are the bears are pretty hot too. Some not so much… But what ever floats your boat I suppose 😀
You could well find that your sexual tastes broaden as you grow older my dear. I know mine did. A lot lol. But if it’s legal fuck them all right? Also like you I thought it was pretty fucking weak how the community threw guys that like teens under the bus. Lucky you aren’t in some hell hole in the states that makes it 21 the age of “gay consent”, what ever the fuck that is.