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Decoder Ring: The Metrosexual
FromSlate Culture
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 2003, the word "metrosexual", meaning a well-groomed heterosexual man, exploded all over the English lexicon. It invaded the news, TV, and even American politics. On this episode of Decoder Ring we explore the origins of the metrosexual, and how trend forecasters, marketers, David Beckham, Sex and the City, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy helped make the metrosexual possible.
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Released:
Jun 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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