Though obviously predating the history of twink culture, did Michelangelo’s statue of David depict one of fine art’s first twinks?īut first, what is a twink? The word is so ingrained into our daily life that it even warrants its own Wikipedia page, where you’ll find this: However, I think it’s clear that the term is here to stay. That Nick Haramis article for The New York Times proved to be controversial, opening up a wide discourse “ranging from derision from gay men who felt the term ‘twink’ had been appropriated, to those who questioned the author’s assertion that a slender frame somehow defies traditional masculinity.”īecause I am not a gay man, my opinion on whether type-casting straight men as twinks is inherently harmful is irrelevant, and belongs to perhaps a much broader discussion of how queerness, queer identity and queer love are treated and represented in mainstream media.
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