Lions and Tigers and Bears – Oh My!! It’s all here – magazines, blogs, podcasts and more.
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A subculture of hefty, hirsute gay men is attracting the attention of academics and social critics.
LA Times: February 4, 2007
“Oh, by the way, in addition to 19th century American literature, I work on bear studies.”
The interlocutors were perplexed. “Bear studies?” one asked. “Do you mean bears in literature — say, William Faulkner’s story ‘The Bear’ ?” Someone else suggested “Winnie the Pooh” — perhaps the candidate worked on children’s literature?
Hairy Men Converge In A Simple Leisure Time
By Jim Jordan
Imagine a few thousand hairy men descending upon a small town, and all for the purpose of lounging around the pool, playing games, eating and hanging out in the bars or at the bonfire. A limited shopping district, no contests, no pageants.
No attitude. Also, no phones and no internet service, either! That’s Lazy Bear!
The Atlantic Online, January 6, 2007
My own view is that the minute you start taking bear culture too seriously, you’ve lost it. It’s fun and unpretentious and easy-going. And slovenly masculinity has always been integral to male homosexuality; it has just often been eclipsed by heterosexual obsession with gender-nonconformism among homosexuals.
by Andrew Sullivan
The Daily Dish, July 14, 2007
“What’s it about? In part a celebration of mature masculinity – untweaked, unshaven, full-bellied masculinity. Simultaneously, it’s an attempt to subvert a little of that masculinity. The atmosphere is almost aggressively gentle, good-humored, accepting, and friendly. These are not men trying to impress anyone, nor trying to throw their considerable weight around. Mostly over forty, these men are not traumatized by having a gut or some flab. They’re not afraid that back-hair tumbles over their collar. They’re not afraid to embrace their sexual orientation as fully as their gender. . .”
Bear Blogs
Get the latest and greatest from the Bear Blogging Community . . .
A deaf (furry) gay writer and filmmaker!
Raymond Luczak’s work is available as books and DVDs. Check it out!
http://deafwoofbarks.blogspot.com/
Bearenheart
A comic look at the life of a middle aged bear. Nothing sacred, and nothing naked.. simple laughs at the mundane things I see in life.
Bearly Edible is a recipe, entertaining and kitchen tips blog. The explosion of blogs and social networking sites has taken the internet to a new dimension over the past few years. It only seemed fitting that there be a community for gay bearish men who love to cook and entertain. The contributors of this site identify themselves as members and friends of the bear community. We are looking for bears who love to cook to contribute to this blog.
Bear Mythology
“Mythic Tales & Visuals Of The Masculine Bear and Other Random Musings”
Bear Talk
A Palm Spring’s bear’s blog.
http://beartalkps.blogspot.com/
Bloghungry
Young bear eats in West Hollywood
Chubarama
Chubarama, your source for pictures and videos of chubby men from around the world!
Chubdaddies
http://chubdaddies.blogspot.com
Chubsports
http://chubsports.blogspot.com
Chubstreet
http://chubstreet.blogspot.com
Crobear – the only bear in the village
Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
http://sunsmogseahorse.livejournal.com/
Dave White Knows
http://djmrswhite.livejournal.com/
Davids Daily Dramas
I’m just a 40 something guy living in the fabulous seaside city of Brighton. Welsh by birth, Brightonian by choice.Trying to get through life with a song and a smile.
http://davmcdngh.blogspot.com/
Dead Robot
The space between gay and straight, stupid and smart.
Grin And Bear It
My life summed up in a few sentences. Well not my entire life, but some snippets from it.
http://www.grinandbearit-thudd.blogspot.com/
Içimdeki Ayi
A turkish (with a little english) blog about bears and much more. If you love bear art and wanna know what is going around the world – you are at the right place. News, Events and Articles…
http://www.icimdekiayi.com/
Joe. My. God
KY Bear Fuzz
http://kybearfuzz.livejournal.com/
Love Paw
Bear is better
Life Is Such A Sweet Insanity
The life of two gay bears living in Upstate N.Y.
Mass Bay Bears
http://www.massbaybears.org/wp/
Oregon Bear 9
erotic gay stories for bears and other hirsute creatures
http://oregonbear9.blogspot.com/
Pelztiere
Für Männer mit Bart und viel Körperfell und die Freunde und Liebhaber von dieser Art von Bären
http://pelztiere.blogspot.com/
Planet Bears
Reviewing all that is Bear on the World Wide Net.
Scots N’ Kilts
http://scotsnkilts.blogspot.com
Spunk Daddy’s Beard
http://wolfbear.livejournal.com/
The Bear Hug
http://thebearhug.blogspot.com/
Tommy’s Howls
http://winbear.livejournal.com/
Radio and Podcasts
Bear Podcast
Online radio show hosted by the goofy and fantastic Nard. The Nard keeps you abreast of all the latest going on in the Bear Community and frequently has guests. Tune in to hear the Nard and occasional co-host Excalibear rant and rave about every aspect of being a bear.
Bear Radio
Launched in the October of 2003, Bear Radio Network, a subsidiary of Online Express Music, is a webcast featuring some of the best gay, lesbian and gay friendly artists on the net.
Bears in the City
Five Australian Bears and a Microphone.
http://www.bearsinthecity.com.au/
btalkworld
bTALK – A podcast for, by and about bears. The 5 bears that make-up bTALK are Jason, Joel, Kurt, Shannon, and Jeff. We are a group of midwestern bears from Minneapolis, Minnesota. We love to laugh, have a good time, and talk shit about ourselves and others.
Cubs Out Loud
The Cubby House Podcast
A Weekly to Fortnightly Podcast bring you the news, views and jokes for the bear community.
Based in Melbourne with strong ties to not only VicBears and the wider bear community
http://www.thecubbyhouse.net.au/
Magazines and Internet
100 Percent Beef
A Bear’s Life
A magazine celebrating the bear lifestyle.
Bad Cub Club - It’s all about the younger bruins in our community – there lives, careers and passions. It’s a lot of fun…and always free!
BearMagazine
The original source of hairy men!
Bear Ramblin’
Welcome to Bear Ramblin’. Home of the West Virginia bears, free to play and roam as they want too.
In this section of the magazine, we offer you many bear columns of interest as well as upcoming events for the Mountain State Bears and also other bear events within the great state of West Virginia.
http://wvbears.wvasqueernews.com/
Bear With Me
Bruin’s comic series that follows Ben, Forrest, Mo, and their friends . . .
Becoming Blizzard
Is a comic series that follows Blizzard and his pals . . .
http://www.becomingblizzard.com/
I am bear, hear me roar
Andrew Sullivan’s article
http://archive.salon.com/opinion/sullivan/2003/08/01/bears/
INSIDE Bear Magazine
Why Do We Like Bears?
by Camille Paglia on Salon
http://www.salon.com/col/pagl/1999/03/17pagl2.html
Media resources for the LGBT community that are not necessarily bear specific.
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