InstaHunk Dan Tai’s casual confidence (and those calves) really deserve a moment of attention.
Follow the former pro-rugby play on Instagram here.
Just Because…
News Round-Up: March 4, 2019
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Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunk Jared Techau has the right idea for cold, rainy nights in Los Angeles. #metime #mood #candles
• A man convicted of the murder of a gay man in Alabama in 1999 has been stabbed to death in prison.
• Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) has expressed support for the federal legalization of marijuana as he considers a potential presidential bid in 2020.
• A man and his friend were kicked out of an Uber in Sydney, Australia after his friend kissed him on the forehead during the car ride.
• Journalist Michael Musto spoke with an Academy Award voter who has an idea how Glenn Close lost her Oscar this year.
• The Fab Five are back! Netflix just dropped the trailer for Season 3 of Queer Eye which includes the show’s first duo and first lesbian makeovers.
The new season will also tackle issues like alcoholism, identity crises and more.
Season 3 drops on March 15. Watch the trailer below.
Could Instagram Contribute To Eating Disorders?
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| InstaHunk Dan Tai |
I often (not always) feature photos from my favorite InstaHunks at the top of my News Round-Ups as a cute way to start out the post; and as it gets shared on social media, offer a bit of enticement for folks to hit the link and read the news items.
I really do want you to read the news items, folks 🙂
But a recent article from NBC Out delves into how social media, particularly Instagram, might be contributing to eating disorders as the popular accounts on the platform constantly offer ripped, hot guys.
From NBC Out:
Approximately 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States will have an eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Eating Disorder Association. The organization found gay men struggle disproportionately with body image issues and eating disorders: Though they are thought to make up only 5 percent of the national male population, gay men account for 42 percent of men who report having an eating disorder.
Asher Pandjiris is a therapist in New York City who treats LGBTQ people with eating disorders and was also a program director at an eating disorder center. She said high rates of disordered eating in the LGBTQ community are often reactions to the homophobia internalized in youth.
“Queer people often try and prove heteronormativity by having a muscled or thin body,” Pandjiris said. “But it’s almost more insidious that the queer community polices or generates these unattainable standards.”
And research has indeed shown that high frequency of social media usage — particularly image-centric platforms like Instagram — corresponds to body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms in gay men.
The article contrasts a recent post by Grammy Award winner Sam Smith (which I featured here on The Randy Report) with posts by Instagram celeb Max Emerson, who usually appears in some state of nakedness like swim suits or underwear.
I know advertising images have been known to make people feel ‘less than’ so it makes sense that people open to negative body issues could be affected by comparing themselves to these IG accounts.
I’ve never been critical of myself in checking out the InstaHunks, but, I can see how some might.
I’ve always seen the photos as inspiration to get my butt to the gym so I can be a ‘better’ me.
Read the whole article from NBC Out here, and let me know what you think.
InstaRound-Up: Weekend Edition
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Checking in on favorite Instagrams to see what’s up this weekend…
First up, InstaHunk and professional dog lover ‘Steve in LA’ (above) shows how he spends a quiet weekend at home his his bestie, Tobi. Now that’s a face… and Steve is cute, too 🙂
Gus Kenworthy was feeling nostalgic for the history he and Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon made a year ago as “the first gay American men to walk into the Opening Ceremonies at a Winter Olympics! The only negative is that we accidentally showed up in the same fucking outfit..”
It’s coffee and cuddles for Justin and Nick in Virginia:
InstaHunk Francesc Gascó is so manly he not only has a great, thick beard, his shoulders have beards…
Alex Abramov and Brett Miles were making smoky beef chili:
Diva Shoshana Bean shared a bit of her recent concert at The Standard in Hollywood with this Frank Sinatra throwback:
It might be Fashion Week in New York City, but out singer/songwriter Tom Goss is ‘fashion week’ wherever he goes:
InstaHunk Matthew Camp just needs to stand there. That is all.
Former Amazing Race contestant Seth Tyler is braving the frigid cold of Hawaii:
World traveler and fitness guru Joel Green is always on the hunt for a new beach to enjoy:
InstaHunk Round-Up: Christmas Eve Edition
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The big day is almost here, so I thought I’d check in on what some of my favorite InstaHunks are doing this Christmas Eve.
Above, woofy couple Andrew Serkin and Tom Ernsting look totes comfy in their long johns.
Another hunky duo, Brett Miles and Alex Abramov are feeling cuddly as the holiday approaches:
UK athlete Dan Tai shares that he’s finished all of his wrapping (except, fortunately, himself):
The Chippendales really want to know what YOU want this Christmas under the tree (or on a throne?):
Broadway actor and star of the Daddyhunt web series, Jim Newman, has been running a whole series of “Day of Christmas” featuring him nude but with strategically placed holiday items:
Adult performer Austin Wolf is way happy about eating “pie.”
Griffy, half of the sexy/crazy Rick and the Griffopotamus Instagram account, has a naughty but nice approach to the Mistletoe:
Woofy Gus Kenworthy is giving out skiing lessons in his hometown of Telluride:
Here’s how they ‘Santa’ down in Rio de Janeiro:
And you can always count on an InstaHunk to find a beach for the holidays. Say ‘hey’ to personal trainer Nik Ripley down in Fiji:
InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition
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Happy Saturday, you shiny happy people!
I hope everyone has time to kick back and chill a bit on this fine fall weekend.
Even though Autumn is my favorite season, hubby Michael and I are out in Palm Springs (for our 24th anniversary celebration) trying to squeeze just one more summer weather weekend out of the year.
But my friend Ryan Worley, of the world famous Chippendales, found a perfectly autumnal looking place to snap a quick pic (above).
Have a great weekend everyone! Here’s a little more eye-candy from my fave InstaHunks.
InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition
Kicking this weekend edition of InstaHunks off with Rick and the Griffopotamus (above) who were living for the gorgeous weather and views this weekend at Atlanta Pride.
How about more eye-candy from the land of Instagram?
Dan Tai got through his leg day and the pump was real…
View this post on InstagramWhen the leg pump is REAL good 😎 I'm loving my holiday but I can't wait to get back to my normal training routine! 💪 Goodbye to the old gym, and hello with the new @mpfitgymsbirstall @mpfit_brighouse can't wait to get started 😊😊A post shared by Dan Tai (@dantai.pt) on Oct 13, 2018 at 7:51am PDT
Trainer Joss Mooney was getting deep talking clay and canvas, skin and body, and other stuff. We got lost just staring at the pic.
Thomas Roberts was getting his pride on hosting the TV coverage of Atlanta Pride.
The Warwick Rowers were working hard at a photo shoot.
JW was in a ‘Sunday mood’ in Stockholm, Sweden.
Was everyone doing leg day this weekend? Danny “Tree Man” Jones got through his leg day at the gym, and when you’re as tall as he is, that’s a lot of “legs.”
InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition
Checking in on my fave Insta-Hunks this weekend, starting with med student Marco (above) who takes breaks from studying by getting in some flex time.
More eye-candy below. Happy Sunday everyone!
News Round-Up: September 12, 2018
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Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunk Rodiney Santiago can’t stop gushing about his awesome vacay in Mykonos. Funny, I can’t stop gushing about Rodiney… 🙂
• Hottie Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy recently told US Magazine that he believes Colton Haynes may be reconciling with his ex, Jeff Leatham.
• Tadd Fujikawa has become the first male professional golfer to come out as gay.
• Viola Davis recently told the New York Times she has some regrets about making the film, The Help, as the story ended up being more about the white characters’ perspective on racism than those of the black characters.
• According to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal budget deficit was $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2018, $222 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year. #SoMuchWinning
• Chris Pine is amused by folks reaction to his full-frontal scene in the new film, Outlaw King:
“What I find very funny is that there’s so much beheading in this, and yet people want to talk about my penis,” Pine told the The Hollywood Reporter. “And I think that says something about our society, where people can get disemboweled, but it’s the man’s junk that is of interest.”
InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition
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Let’s start this weekend edition of InstaHunk Round-Up with Ignacio Pérez Rey (above), who is giving you Elia Beach fierceness over in Mykonos, Greece.