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November 10, 2008
A Victory For Skinny Men Everywhere!
Perhaps I am the only one to have noticed this, but I doubt it.
Along with all the historic firsts of the Obama win, there is the undeniable triumph of a skinny man.
Oh yes. Skinny, dorky, in great shape... call me a partisan, but there is nothing I love more than skinny organizer boys. And our President Elect Obama is nothing if not a skinny organizer boy.
Can it be? A skinny guy is going to be president? It's a victory for skinny guys everywhere!
For all the guys who can't find pants that fit because the average American male is too fat to wear skinny jeans. For all the skinny guys who got made fun of in high school because they were skinny and had big ears. For all the guys who actually need a belt to keep their pants from falling off. Our president is one of us! A skinny guy!
I have quite a few types: you can ask my long term friends for a catalog, if you must. A few years ago I settled down with my very favorite, the geeky blue eyed science boy, super skinny, a bit spaced out, very loving but easily confused. I have quite a few other types too, but they all have one thing in common: they are skinny.
I love skinny boys. Too thin for fashion. Just a tiny bit starved. I always thought, on some barely conscious level, that skinniness (and dorkiness) indicated intelligence on a man's part. And there is nothing I find more attractive than intelligence.
So tonight I try to bring myself out of the extreme sadness I've felt since I found out about my friend Chris' diagnosis and rejoice in the fact that skinny men all over the world now have a wonderful role model: Barack Obama, president-elect, skinny man!
Skinny men of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but...
Posted by april at November 10, 2008 5:39 PM
Comments
skinny guys score definitely much better than beefy or fat guys in the lesbian possible attraction to the male gender scale (lpattmgs). But when it comes to women, I like mine with a bit of flesh on them. I guess, since guys are not the gender I make love with, skinny seems good visually in them. But making love with a skinny woman is like making love with a skeleton. You hear bones crackle and it's scary!
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Posted by: zeynep at November 10, 2008 8:14 PM
Bravo, April! There's nothing I like better than a skinny girl. It's a joy to behold a skinny girl amoungst the sea of fat girls and that are what passes for American women these days. Even the youngs girls are mostly tubs.
Skinny, smart, and dead-pan funny does it every time! That's why I married one!!
Posted by: Ray at November 10, 2008 11:28 PM
Indeed, I've never in my life observed anything decisively describable as fat on my body. Fat just happens to other people.
~Iain
Posted by: Iain at November 11, 2008 4:02 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/opinion/06whitehead.html
:)
Posted by: Anne at November 12, 2008 2:10 PM