No fats, no fems, no problems? Working out and the gay muscled body

Sexualities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136346072110183
Author(s):  
Jeremy Chow
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Working Out ◽  
Male Labour

This article investigates two ubiquitous slogans that circulate among gay social media apps: ‘No Fats, No Fems’ and ‘Masc for Masc’. In their recurrence, both offer gendered readings of corporeality and ability, which equate muscled bodies with forms of desirable masculinity. In collecting data from SCRUFF, I document how gay male social media apps generate narrow definitions of masculinity that, like the slogans, uphold physical fitness and compulsory able-bodiedness as hallmarks of gay desirability. Alongside these trends, I highlight ‘working out’ as an exceptional form of gay male labour that prioritises ability and transforms the muscled body into a commodity that is successfully advertised on these apps.

Fashioning Multiplatform Masculinities

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Draper ◽  
Andrea M. McDonnell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Personal Style ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Representational Practices ◽  
Multiple Audiences ◽  
Technological Affordances ◽  
Men And Masculinity

Scholarly interest in the potential of personal style blogging to intervene in fashion media’s gendered norms has focused on women and femininity. To assess the implications for men and masculinity, this article examines gay male bloggers’ self-representational practices. Through interviews and textual analysis, we find their uses of different digital platforms reproduce and confront the heteronormativity of men’s fashion media in ways that speak to their status as bloggers in the industry. Specifically, their desire to demonstrate recognizable forms of fashion expertise keeps their blogs disciplined by industry norms of masculinity even as the need to self-brand encourages queer self-expression across other social media. We thus argue the ways in which bloggers embrace platforms’ technological affordances to engage multiple audiences are central to theorizing how their labor produces different discourses and depictions of masculinity. This builds on arguments made by gender and sexuality scholars to explain the significance of gay men’s fashion.

Features of interval training and their advantages in the development of physical strength, speed and agility in the teaching of an employee of internal affairs bodies

2019 ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Dmitry Kolesnichenko ◽  
Yuri Polunin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Physical Endurance ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Fitness Level ◽  
Single Complex ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
High Level ◽  
Working Out

The relevance of interval training study is due to the peculiarities of training employees of internal affairs bodies, who are required to have a high level of physical fitness and be ready for a long period of physical activity. Protecting public order and ensuring public security often require considerable physical effort from an employee, as there is a need to prosecute and detain the offender, the criminal, and, in particular, the use of combat techniques. For all of the above, it is necessary not only to be technically and tactically trained, but also physically developed, pos-sessing such qualities as strength, speed and agility. This necessitates the development of interval training and shows their advantages in the development of these qualities in the training of an em-ployee of the internal affairs bodies. The purpose of the presented research is to analyze the fea-tures of interval training and their advantages in the development of physical strength, speed and agility in the training of internal affairs employee. The methods base of the study is the method of physical training of internal affairs employees on the basis of order content of the Ministry of In-ternal Affairs of Russia of July 1, 2017 no. 450, which approved the instruction on the organiza-tion of classes with the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in order to improve their physical fitness level, as well as the results of observations methods of interval training for the most qualitative increase in the level of physical indicators in the power and speed indicators for three months. We draw attention to the order of working out a number of power qualities, such as: bending and unbending arms in the supine position (push-ups), bending and unbending arms in hanging on the crossbar (pulling up), pressing weights, etc., as well as the method of exercise for speed, quickness and agility, various types of shuttle running for various distances, for intervals set to perform these exercises. The novelty of the study is to combine exercises on physical endurance increase into a single complex, which includes exercises of multidirectional nature and the time frame during which the exercises are performed in different tempo tasks, and the correct time for recovery is taken into account. An important fact is that the time for these interval workouts is no more than 15 minutes, and the amount of accomplishment is very significant.

scholarly journals Social networking sites and participatory reluctance: A case study of Gaydar, user resistance and interface rejection

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2613-2628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elija Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
User Resistance ◽  
Gay Male

This article conceptualises ‘participatory reluctance’ as a particular orientation to social media that problematises binarised notions of connection and disconnection in social networking sites. It qualitatively examines how the concept has functioned within gay men’s social networking service, Gaydar, among 18- to 28-year-old users of the site in Brisbane, Australia. Participatory reluctance is shown to be a central aspect of the culture of this space, fostered among the studied demographic by the convergence of the growing global push for marriage equality and increasing normalisation of the kinds of gay male identities commonly adopted among this group, with three key factors rooted primarily in Gaydar’s design: (1) young users’ perceptions of the site as a space for procuring casual sex, (2) their perceptions of the imagined user as embodying existing stereotypes of gay masculinity and (3) a lack of genuine alternatives in terms of niche digital spaces for gay men’s social networking.

scholarly journals Impact on physical fitness of exercise promotion service utilizing social media

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Santtila ◽  
Kalle Grönqvist ◽  
Jussi Räisänen ◽  
Heikki Kyröläinen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sitting Time ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Fitness And Health ◽  
The Impact

Summary Study aim: the purpose of the present study was to survey the impact of a social media platform on physical fitness, physical activity levels and daily sitting time. Material and methods: a total of 2039 users (1445 women and 594 men) of the social media service (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) voluntarily participated in the study by answering an online questionnaire provided by a survey. Results: about 63.8% of the participants reported that the service has advanced their perceived level of physical fitness, while 36.2% reported no impact on their fitness. Most participants (71.3%) with BMI over 25 reported that the service had helped them to improve their physical fitness. Participants with BMI over 35 reported a more positive impact than in any other weight range groups. One-third of the participants (32.3%) sat for more than seven hours a day; 23.5% sat less than five hours a day. More than half of the participants (56.8%) were encouraged to be physical active during the day and aimed to reduce sitting time at their jobs during the workday. Conclusions: there seems to be a positive impact of web services that promote physical activity on the physical fitness among social media users. Although the present service is not merely well suited for physically active and physical fit users, it motivates users of all fitness levels to exercise. However, more studies are needed to clarify effects of social media on physical activity, fitness and health.

scholarly journals Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Matti Santtila ◽  
Kalle Grönqvist ◽  
Jussi Räisänen ◽  
Heikki Kyröläinen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Fitness Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Service ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Activity Information

SummaryStudy aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of a social media exercise platform (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) on the level of physical activity, physical fitness, wellbeing and body weight of the service users. Material and methods: The subject group consisted of 2862 individuals who voluntarily participated in a web survey. Their age, gender, body mass index, physical fitness level and activity information were self-reported. Results: Most of the service users (78.1%) exercised more than three times a week. About 75% of the users reported that they were in good or excellent physical fitness, while about 50% were overweight. More than half (64.6%) of the service users reported that they had perceived an increase in their level of physical activity; and 46.4% of them reported that they had perceived an advance in their physical fitness after using the social media service. In addition, 54.0% of the users perceived an increase in their wellbeing. Every fifth (21.3%) user reported a decreased body weight after using the service. Those users with lower levels of physical fitness, lower physical activity and who were overweight were more likely to report that the use of the present service was beneficial. In total, about 75% of the service users reported at least one benefit after using the service. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that the use of the social media exercise service can lead to an enhanced perceived level of physical activity, fitness and wellbeing. It also impacts positively on the users’ body weight. Thus, the present social media service can be recommended for use, especially for overweight, unfit and sedentary customers.

Tinkering with Method as We Go

2021 ◽  
pp. 309-328
Author(s):  
Viviane Sergi ◽  
Claudine Bonneau
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Working Out ◽  
Mundane Practice

This chapter presents the qualitative method we developed to document a phenomenon that we have called ‘working out loud’ (WOL) on social media. Working out loud is a mundane practice where workers of all kinds communicate something about their daily experience of doing their work and being at work. This character makes WOL simultaneously widespread and difficult to grasp and, with little prior knowledge of people’s sharing behaviour, our investigation started in a very open fashion. Because only the general contours of the practice labelled ‘working out loud’ were known, our methodological approach had to be devised and regularly adjusted in order to explore the phenomenon. The chapter discusses the approach that we elaborated as the collection of digital traces necessary to flesh out the concept of WOL progressed. This also makes visible the backstage work involved in data collection and analysis.

Spanish gay male subjectivity, body, intimacy, and affect on Instagram

Sexualities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136346072110314
Author(s):  
Adrián Gras-Velázquez ◽  
Antoni Maestre-Brotons
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Global Pattern ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Show Business ◽  
Male Subjectivity ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Collective Empowerment

This article analyzes how a neoliberal understanding of identity shapes gay subjectivity, body, affect, and intimacy in digital environments, particularly Instagram. This social media has become one of the most relevant elements of gay subculture in Western countries, including Spain. Neoliberalism usually reduces gayness to a sort of global marketable brand which is understood as an individual attribute rather than a collective identity that provides common ground to fight for LGBT rights and against homophobia. Drawing on previous research on online self-representation and gay subjectivity, we specifically explore this global pattern in Spanish gay users of Instagram. To this end, we examine posts containing the tag #gaySpain uploaded between April and May 2020. In general, our research shows that the profiles tend to provide narratives of successful personal self-engineering and self-promotion, rather than activism and collective empowerment. These narratives present the gay body as a commercial product or something to be admired and consumed, whilst affect is part of an online highly ritualized performance and communication, and by no means a force for social change. As part of self-representation in social media, intimacy is constructed on Instagram for a large audience as an attractive example of a thriving gay life; in simple terms, Instagram has become gay show business like other manifestations of this subculture such as the Pride march.

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