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The Manosphere and the Gospel of Self-Optimization

RNS·Roxanne Stone·2 months ago
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Bro, do you even know your facial thirds? In an era of overexposure, perhaps looksmaxxing was inevitable. Clavicular, the face of this buzzy new internet phenomenon, tells us an uncomfortable truth we probably already knew: physical attractiveness gets you places. And, in true manosphere fashion, he is taking that to its transgressive extreme — steroid use, appetite suppressants, bone smashing, jaw surgeries, an incalculable amount of supplements and an obsessive fixation on achieving the perfect body ratios. But to what end?  On this episode of the podcast, Katelyn and Roxy examine the looksmaxxers’ zealous pursuit of physical “ascension” and its guiding ethos of self-optimization at seemingly all costs. We are joined by RNS national reporter Fiona Murphy to discuss the “inverted asceticism” of the looksmaxxing community and its connections to the broader manosphere.…

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