Body Positivity and an Intro to My Thesis Work
When I chose my thesis topic of the ways the physical body is used to communicate self identity and the vernacular environments in which they operate with specific empasis/attention on the ways gay male athletes navigagte the hyper-masculinized subculure that is sport. This interest admittedly came from a very personal and self-relevant place. I went back and forth debating whether or not this sort of self-analysis or potential biased topic was even appropriate for an acade