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June 30, 2005


Small town smoothie straight men work yesterday's gay look

smoothies Salon's Heather Havrilesky writes, make way for "the smoothie, the modern version of a pretty (straight) boy, a waxed-chested breed that's far more prevalent and far more high-maintenance than those dabbling urban metrosexuals. The smoothie transcends the scope of 'Queer Eye' and is centered not in the big cities, but in the small towns where decades of boy bands and hair products and Chess King fashions have filtered into the cultural groundwater, until most young men have a grasp of personal hygiene, style, and flamboyant behavior that the older, crustier, and less hygienic among us can hardly fathom." And the worst part is it's all interfering with our gaydar.


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