num_pages: 308
description: Bears for the uninitiated are gay men who defiantly challenge society's ideal of physical appearance who celebrate the fact that they are often large hairy and don't give a hoot about what fashions are parading down the runway. Ron Suresha's thought-provoking humorous long-form interviews with men including editor David Bergman cartoonist Tim Barela and comedian and writer Bruce Vilanch examine questions of gay male stereotyping commodification of the human body the oppressiveness of the physical ideal and how body image affects personal growth. Ron Suresha's work has appeared in American Bear The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide In Newsweekly Gay Community News White Crane Journal  Art &amp; Understanding  The Bear Book and The Bear Book II . He lives in Boston.
language: English
title: Bears on Bears
publisher: Alyson Books