#petition for more images of pol posed like saint sebastian

[lenetaylor]

paul mccartney in the axillary pose:

passive, disempowered, and vulnerable, enacting the feminization of the male figure, or at least the proposal of an alternative masculinity

and

soft flesh, full lips, defenseless armpits, supple belly, and bare groin

in Clifton's words. You can read the whole essay here (it's very good): The Erotics of the Axillary Pose by James Clifton

reading this paper called the erotics of the axillary pose (aka the arm-up-pit-exposed-facing-the-world pose) and feeling so seen rn