Perspectives

The Redpill and Queer Theory Are Arguing About the Same Thing

Put a redpill forum thread on "the true nature of masculinity" next to a queer theory reading group's notes on "gender as performance," and the resemb...

Looksmaxxing Is Colonizing Gay Dating Apps — Here's How It Happened

A few years ago, "mewing" was a fringe term confined to incel forums and a handful of orthodontics message boards. Now it shows up, unironically, in G...

The Manosphere Is Obsessed With Men's Bodies. It Just Won't Say Why.

Scroll through a "sigma male" edit, the genre of TikTok and Instagram clip built from slow-motion gym footage, suit fittings, and stoic stares, usuall...

The Blackpill and the Closet: Two Grammars of "No One Will Want Me"

Two forum posts, years and worlds apart. One reads: "It's over. Nothing I do will change my bone structure. I was never in the game to begin with." Th...

BoysDo vs OnlyFans: Discovery vs. the Paywall

BoysDo vs Instagram: The Funnel and the Destination

BoysDo vs Grindr: Two Different Things Both Called "Gay Photography"

BoysDo vs Scruff: The Tribes App vs. a Place to Look Without Being Asked Anything

BoysDo vs PornHub: Why Artistic Gay Erotic Photography Beats Volume

BoysDo vs Tumblr: The Platform That Got Killed and the One That Picked Up the Pieces

BoysDo vs Flickr: The Archive and the Living Feed

BoysDo vs VSCO: The Photographer's App That Won't Let You Show Your Best Work