Slog - Comments on Strike a Pose http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose The Gay Recluse, a blogger in New York City, is hosting a contest. After posting some pics of hot gay statues in Washington Heights (including the shot above), TGR has set out to find the neighborhood in America with the hottest gay statuary. Here are the rules... The statues must be in (at least) a quasi-public place--as opposed to a private collection--in which members of the general public can observe the statuary in question without paying an admission fee. The statues must be in the United States (because everyone knows Europe is basically overflowing with hot gay statues); that... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:52:29 -0800 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:03:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kyleen Couldn't that statue just as easily be considered hetero, but from a female perspective? Ladies can appreciate hot male statues too.

]]> kyleen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953549 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:58:53 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @1: The guy is holding a sword in his crotch, and the handle looks like an erect penis. That type of symbolism is probably a little hotter when viewed through the "gay eye," as entrants to the contest are instructed to do.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953565 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:09:33 -0800 Comment by kyleen @2: I see the symbolism and my point is that I don't think you have to be gay to appreciate it. As a female I appreciate it and think its hot.

]]> kyleen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953588 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:22:11 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Obviously "hot" means skinny and hairless. No fatties please.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953599 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:27:59 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER (By the way, I'm referring to the original post, not #3.)

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953602 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:31:43 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @3: Right, but the point of the contest is to view the statues with "gay" hotness in mind. It's not a contest for statues-that-heterosexual-females-might-think-are-hot, it's a contest for statues with gay undertones. Or overtones, for that matter.

If you'd like to throw your own straight-girls-who-like-statues contest, by all means, but this isn't about straight girls.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953633 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:50:18 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I think everyone's qualified to judge gay hotness.

Some just won't be willing to admit it.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953690 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:21:19 -0800 Comment by Kristin I love this contest! I can't wait to see all of the photos! I think I'm actually a gay man inside sometimes...only men are way bigger pervs! hahaha Just kidding. I know women are pervs too. We are all pervs and reading Savage Love has proved this to me! TANGENT! Anyway, can't wait for the photos! :)

]]> Kristin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c953825 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:07:42 -0800 Comment by inkweary @1 and 3, I'm with @6. Can't we gay men be allowed to have anything at all to ourselves? Must we be so inclusive that even someone with a gay oriented blog soliciting input from gay men has to create camp contests that include you? I suppose you will next demand we sleep with you as well. Stop being so narcissistic.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c954801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c954801 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:27:53 -0800 Comment by Wolf St Louis may be an older "art city" than Seattle but they've got their undies in such a tight wad that you'd never suspect how artist-unfriendly they are. It's hard to explain...you really just have to either know artists who try to make a living there, or visit often enough to see it for yourself (or both).

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c954914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/strike_a_pose#c954914 Arts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:03:37 -0800