Queer Clicks: October 14 | How A Porn Star Became The Poster Boy For Fashion’s Most Exciting Comeback, Tom of Finland’s Maximum Tumescence, & Other News
How A Porn Star Became The Poster Boy For Fashion’s Most Exciting Comeback
“Brody Blomqvist, a modern day Adonis of the hustler variety, a Tom of Finland drawing come to life, sits across from me on the roof of the Tillary hotel in Brooklyn, wearing a cap, jeans and a tank top. “I’ll dress masc,” he says. “How many times, as gay men, do we fetishize our oppressors?” He’s just been photographed here with his cock out—a move that’s now passé in his work as a gay porn star. On camera, the 25-year-old appears macho and charming, almost disarmingly so, before pounding a hot co-star into a headboard. Off camera, he is verbose and coy, thoughts running faster than his chiseled jaw can deliver them between puffs of smoke. He’s not ashamed of his work; it pays the bills. But boy would he prefer to be doing something—anything—else.” Interview Magazine
Tom of Finland’s Maximum Tumescence
“In order to crack the nut that is Tom of Finland—brand name for the Scandanavian pornographic artist whose drawings might be the definitive modern gay erotica—filmmaker Dome Karuskoski has made a bio-pic titled Tom of Finland whose concept accepts the notorious porn creations as personal expression.
The film takes on Touko Laaksonen’s real-life experience as a World War II soldier in the Finnish army who channeled his battlefield experience of masculine camaraderie (military, illicit and tragic) into private sketches. Karukoski and actor Pekka Strang in the morose lead role depict Laaksonen’s biography along with his inner life.” Out
Magic Mike’s Alex Pettyfer Shows Off His ‘Happy Trail’ On Instagram
“What a view! Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer treated us to a beautiful vista from up atop Table Mountain National Park in South Africa.” Instinct Magazine
Dan Hyman Gets Wet For Attitude’s Dsquared2 Special
“Here’s a little something to get you through this wintry Monday: Model Dan Hyman has tried on Dsquared2‘s Autumn Winter ’15 collection for an Attitude special!” Attitude
