If you are an avid follower of celebrity news and gossip like I am then you will have already heard that Chris Hemsworth is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2014. Which is great and all, I mean he does play a norse god so that counts for something ( even if it is for Marvel and not DC, boo) . I am also a big fan of the pictures of him with his baby girl, it's like seeing Horton Hears A Who in person. A giant dude carrying this little person and trying not to crush it, it's really very endearing .
"...for the past eighteen years, Sexiest Man Alive has consistently been a stereotypically handsome white man. "
Don't get me wrong he's a great looking guy and he seems to be doing well for himself, but it just wasn't a very bold choice. The choice was very predictable in fact because for the past eighteen years the title of Sexiest Man Alive has consistently been given to a stereotypically handsome white man. We talk a lot about women's magazines focusing on Euro-centric looks but we tend to forget that men can also be victims of these impossible beauty standards. At least Denzel Washington made the cut......in 1996. One group of men that are noticeably underrepresented in magazines and television are Asian men. In fact there are many studies that show that Asian men are represented as less masculine in Western media and often do not get the leading roles (men of color generally don't) . I think John Cho from Harold and Kumar and Leonardo Nam from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are proof that we are missing out on some eye candy here. This post wasn't meant to objectify men, I promise. Anyway the point is that this is very unfair and needs to change. People Magazine has a diversity problem and we're calling them out. Do not fret we have done our research and we at World Wide Women have selected our own Sexiest Man Alive 2014.
The sexiest man 2014 is.........
JASON MOMOA
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A. He is married to Lisa Bonnet who basically would have been everyone's WCW if instagram existed in the 80s. Seriously google their pictures together, it's unreal.
B. He is the step father to Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. You could say they're a pretty rock n roll family.
C. Rumour has it that he is thinking of starting a beer brewing company in Detroit and we love anyone who is a patron of Detroit. Please oh please let this be true.
D. He is the Khal Drogo to our Khaleesi. Self explanatory.
E. Another rumor circulating around the D.C. comic geekdom (which I am proud to be a part of) is that he will be playing Aquaman. Uhhh yes please?
EASONS WHY WE LOVE HIMA. He is married to Lisa Bonnet who basically would have been everyone's WCW if instagram existed in the 80s. Seriously google their pictures together, it's unreal.
B. He is the step father to Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. You could say they're a pretty rock n roll family.
C. Rumour has it that he is thinking of starting a beer brewing company in Detroit and we love anyone who is a patron of Detroit. Please oh please let this be true.
D. He is the Khal Drogo to our Khaleesi. Self explanatory.
E. Another rumor circulating around the D.C. comic geekdom (which I am proud to be a part of) is that he will be playing Aquaman. Uhhh yes please?