Comments | kattahj: beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that

kattahj

beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that

Jul 24, 2007 10:52

A tip from ninth_wonders sent me to the AfterElton hot 100 list. While many favourite faces were on the list (Taye Diggs in the top 5, John Barrowman at 10, both Supernatural boys and four of the Heroes boys further down the list), there were also a lot that made me go "yeah, not so much."

Moving on to the AfterEllen hot 100 on the other hand, made me much ( Read more... )

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wee_warrior July 24 2007, 16:25:47 UTC

I had basically the same reaction (aside from the Maxim list, which I haven't looked at yet). I think with the men it was that most of them somehow look alike - all sculpted and chiselled and perfectly tanned and smooth. I guess I go more for thin, quirky types.

kattahj July 24 2007, 18:29:08 UTC

Thin and quirky is good. I tend to like them femme but dishevelled, though my taste sort of varies a bit. So this list was a tad too manly and clean for me.

wee_warrior July 25 2007, 09:47:45 UTC

Yes, exactly. I think their "manliest" guy I still like would be Hugh Jackman (not on that picture though. That makes him look vaguely like George Michael circa Faith, and that's not really something that suits him.), but in general I would go more in the direction of... David Tennant? And with some, it's really the pictures - see John Rhys-Myers, hairstyle of. Usually, he is quite good-looking, but that?

I also think that at least the After Ellen women are a little more diverse in general. (Although the appeal of Ms. Lohan seriously escapes me)

sundayscat July 25 2007, 16:48:51 UTC

Heh, someone besides me that refers to men as being femme.

kattahj July 25 2007, 16:57:56 UTC

*singsongs* Femme femme femme femme femme.

Look! I even have an icon saying so! :-)

ex_axa July 24 2007, 18:39:24 UTC

Yeah, that's the thing, they're all big muscled boys (almost) they all look like Mr Gay Porn.

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ex_axa July 25 2007, 20:50:39 UTC

It definitely would, I know a lot of women who like the muscle men, but I don't *think* they're as "bad" as the gay men when it comes to the Adonis-men.

wee_warrior July 25 2007, 09:50:46 UTC

Pretty much, yeah. Like there are some sort of "official" aesthetics. In that respect, it would be very interesting to see a straight female version of the guys' list, to determine if that's just a current mainstream masculine body ideal, or if it is really a preference of gay men.

kattahj July 25 2007, 10:34:27 UTC

I have to go hunting for a list like that, it's clear. There's got to be several.

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