Afraid to Weigh Myself: Body Issues, Queerness, and (Gay) Masculinity

Christian Lewis
4 min readMar 21, 2018

Body image is something a lot of people struggle with–especially queer people. Although society has a lot to say about women with anorexia and oft depicts them in popular media, not much is said of men with body dysmorphia, and contrary to public opinion, it is actually quite prevalent.

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Christian Lewis

Theater Critic. Vassar College alum, current PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center.