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Fascinating essay by Jarrett Earnest in the New York Review of Books concerning Tom of Finland. He explores the thorny issues surrounding his aesthetic and its influence in gay erotica and pornography. Namely, the fascist (and specifically Nazi) connotations.

Interesting and thought-provoking.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/05/09/toms-men-tom-of-finland/

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Tom’s Men | Jarrett Earnest

Tom of Finland’s work has transformed from midcentury gay pornography to twenty-first-century art, but its troubling dimensions, as well as the ways it has creatively shaped the desires of a diverse range of queer people, cannot be ignored.

The New York Review of Books