Tag Archives: Steroids

Chris Evans is Captain Cocktease

You know how everyone complains that the best bits of a movie are in the trailer these days? Well, in the case of the new super-hero blockbuster Captain America the ONLY bits are in the trailer. But WHAT bits they are! At around c. 1.40 mins Chris Evans’ oiled bazookas burst out of the instant stud machine he’s …

August 8, 2011 – 10:19 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in film | Tagged , , , | Comments (6)

Sporno on Steroids

Now that’s what I call pushing back. Taking the sporno trend to parts it hasn’t yet reached — and what parts! — while spreading the famous French ‘pro’ tartiness of the Dieux du Stade calendars to these shores, the latest ad campaign for Powerade’s ‘InnerGear’ isotonic sports drink features several UK pro rugger buggers in …

January 28, 2009 – 3:24 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in advertising, commentary, metrosexual, sporno, sport | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

The All-New, All-Tarty Gladiators

Contenders, ready! Gladiators, ready! Cross-Your-Heart male bra, ready! It’s back. This weekend that naff 90s Saturday Night family entertainment staple Gladiators returns to British TV — though this time on sattelite and cable only. A few, possibly superfluous, observations: It looks a lot kinkier. It looks, in fact, like a suburban fetish party. Rather ‘dark’, with a …

May 9, 2008 – 1:33 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary, masculinity, metrosexual, popular culture | Tagged , | Comments (7)

Size Hero: How Steroid Muscle Marys Conquered the World

Mark Simpson on how steroids got into our bloodstream and changed the shape of masculinity (Guardian CIF, 6 Dec, 2007) ‘Roids may sound as Eighties as Cher’s black-lace bodice. But they’re baaak, even bigger and bustier than ever. According to a series of recent reports, steroids, or ‘juice’ or ‘gear’ to the initiated, once an exotic drug …

December 6, 2007 – 3:26 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary, metrosexual, sport, working class | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (10)