Are Potbellies the new Trucker Hat?

August 18, 2009 in Fashion by Antonio Cerna | 5 comments

NYTimes style writer Guy Trebay thinks so.

“I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it stopped being masculine,” is how Aaron Hicklin, the editor of Out, explains the emergence of the Ralph Kramden. What once seemed young and hot, for gay and straight men alike, now seems passé. Like manscaping, spray-on tans and other metrosexual affectations, having a belly one can bounce quarters off suggests that you may have too much time on your hands.

Remember when Queerty accused Trebay of requesting free porn from Michael Lucas? That was funny–I guess.

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  1. TPreston’s avatar

    TPreston on August 18, 2009 at 9:35 am

    sweet! does this mean I can start eating again?

  2. homoneurotic’s avatar

    homoneurotic on August 18, 2009 at 10:04 am

    I don’t know. I think Trebay is missing an important point here: that middle-America style obesity is creeping up even in self-righteous, vegetarian obsessed, bicycle loving Brooklyn in the form of lazy potbellies. And that’s scary — especially considering that so many countries have been devastated by natural disaster, global economic downturns, and unfair WTO farming subsidies — all which mean world hunger is on the rise.

    Trebay also blames more women in the workplace, which I think is a lazy comparison and perhaps slightly anti-feminist? That’s probably too harsh. But seriously? More women in the office means guys are getting fat? I’m dubious.

    That said, I still think Trebay is an excellent fashion writer — I’m not convinced he’s a sociologist or cultural anthropologist.

  3. david’s avatar

    david on August 18, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    you hit the nail on the head 1000000000000000%…..obesity is now polluting the polluted.
    we have our brooklyn version here in los angeles…especially in echo park and silver lake…
    their big guts are now an accessory for their RAY BANS and KNIT BEANIES (98 DEGREE WEATHER) mind you. and where did that self-righteousness, self-entitledness come from.
    soylent green soylent green to them all

  4. Colin’s avatar

    Colin on August 18, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Whatever, I’m just happy to hear that I’m hella hip according to Guy Trebay.

    But on a serious note, I have a small belly and my BMI still places me as a healthy weight. I’m not 100% sure this can mean that “middle-America style obesity is creeping up,” I’ve heard the complaint from girls that hipster all have potbellies for a long time. He’s just the first one to call it a “cool trend” instead of “gross hipster with bad body and huge ego.”

  5. Faggoting’s avatar

    Faggoting on August 19, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    What a fluffer, not exactly the kind of journalism you’d expect from the NYT. I take it all as a jest.