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Jacques Nieuwoudt: Gay Male Beauty Standards & Trying to Attain the Unattainable
In this powerful essay, Jacques Nieuwoudt speaks about the unhealthy relationship gay male culture can have with the gym, toxic internalised male beauty standards, and muscle dysmorphia. Nieuwoudt asks if there is a way to find balance with male beauty …