MASCULAR 

 We are very pleased to announce the publication of the

44th Issue of MASCULAR Magazine: GEAR

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We men like our toys, our tools and our equipment. Sometimes our stuff is elevated from the mere stuff to something special. Something with special meaning or purpose. This is our “Gear”. Loosely defined, and sometimes used collectively, our Gear is essential and personal. We need our Gear to get stuff done to our particular standard or in our particular way. Be it on the field, in the workshop or in the bedroom. Alternatively, Gear can be part of a mechanism – physical or metaphorical. For some, Gear is to be consumed. Gear can pump you up or it can raise you up (or bring you down). Issue No. 44 of MASCULAR Magazine is dedicated to GEAR.

 

For a photographer, it’s what he has in his camera bag. For a chef, it’s his knife pouch. For a carpenter or plumber, it’s the tools he relies on to get the job done. And for a sex worker it could be a harness, a dildo or a ball gag. In all cases, these are things that are made with a purpose in mind. They are designed, crafted, engineered, cast, refined, packaged and sold – all with intrinsic purpose. But not all Gear is used in the way it was intended. This is when Gear can take on a personality all its own. A pair of engineer’s boots can serve the purpose they were originally designed for, or they can help enhance a sexual moment. Photographers often say that their favourite camera is simply and extension of their own bodies – they know it so well. Seeing how intimately we engage with our Gear, is it any surprise that we are so picky about the Gear we choose, and so protective of the Gear in our possession? 

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MASCULAR Magazine is fortunate and honoured to be able to showcase this fascinating and beautiful collection of works. In this issue, you will see things that may resonate with you or that may challenge you, but in any case, they will certainly engage you.

 

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