Himbos

03/27/23 • 58 min

He's hot. He's dumb. He's also a feminist ally. Househusband. Beef pillow. White knight. Clinically depressed golden retriever. And climate activist. Truly, what the f*** is a himbo? Is he a person who pops up in our everyday lives? Or is he just a misguided coping mechanism because women are (1) h*rny, and (2) feel let down by the real men around them? Hannah and Maia discuss the Himbo, his evolution from Himbo-ErectusTM to Himbo-SapienTM, and whether or not, like Maia's imaginary middle school boyfriend Derek, we'll grow out of him one day.

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SOURCES:

Lauren Bans “Bimbo with Balls! The Rise of the Himbo” (2012), GQ https://www.gq.com/story/himbos-dumb-muscle-movie-characters-actors-magic-mike

Rita Kempley “THE HIMBO ALL POWERFUL AND ALL BEEF! IT’S THE REEL MEN!!!”, (1988) The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/06/17/the-himbo-all-powerful-and-all-beef-its-the-reel-men/5171832b-d84e-4fd2-b15b-00e32d5603b6/

“GEORGE, GEORGE, GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE A TREE-SWINGING BRENDAN FRASER ENJOYED PUN AND GAMES OF MAKING NEW DISNEY FILM” (1997), The Morning Call, https://www.mcall.com/1997/07/18/george-george-george-of-the-jungle-a-tree-swinging-brendan-fraser-enjoyed-pun-and-games-of-making-new-disney-film/

Chris Heath “The Quiet Man: The Riddle of Keanu Reeves” (2000), Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/the-quiet-man-the-riddle-of-keanu-reeves-97442/

Nathan Ma, “Let’s be real, who doesn’t love a himbo?” (2020), i-D https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/8895az/himbo-and-modern-masculinity

Patrick Schuckmann “Masculinity, the Male Spectator and the Homoerotic Gaze” (1998) Amerikastudien/American Studies

Marlowe Granados, “The Bimbo’s Laugh: An Old Hollywood stereotype makes a comeback.” (2021) The Baffler https://www.jstor.org/stable/27087342?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Justin Myers “Being a himbo is no bad thing. Here’s why” (2020) GQ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/himbo-meaning

Drew Ayers “Bodies, Bullets, and Bad Guys: Elements of the Hardbody Film” (2008), Film criticism

“Himbos” Know Your Meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/himbo

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SOURCES:

Lauren Bans “Bimbo with Balls! The Rise of the Himbo” (2012), GQ https://www.gq.com/story/himbos-dumb-muscle-movie-characters-actors-magic-mike

Chris Heath “The Quiet Man: The Riddle of Keanu Reeves” (2000), Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/the-quiet-man-the-riddle-of-keanu-reeves-97442/

Nathan Ma, “Let’s be real, who doesn’t love a himbo?” (2020), i-D https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/8895az/himbo-and-modern-masculinity

Patrick Schuckmann “Masculinity, the Male Spectator and the Homoerotic Gaze” (1998) Amerikastudien/American Studies

Marlowe Granados, “The Bimbo’s Laugh: An Old Hollywood stereotype makes a comeback.” (2021) The Baffler https://www.jstor.org/stable/27087342?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Justin Myers “Being a himbo is no bad thing. Here’s why” (2020) GQ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/himbo-meaning

Drew Ayers “Bodies, Bullets, and Bad Guys: Elements of the Hardbody Film” (2008), Film criticism

“Himbos” Know Your Meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/himbo

Previous Episode

Pick Me's

No offence but... women are too much drama. No but seriously, we're living in a time of 'pick me' inception. Pick me's are calling other women pick me's, in response those women become pick me's and call the pick me's pick me's, and now nobody can decipher who the real pick me is. Hannah and Maia try and get to the bottom of this conundrum. Has the 'pick me' always been around or did early 2000s chick flicks do such a number on us that now we have no choice but to clap back? Or maybe this is just a case of good ole' psychological oppression.

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SOURCES:

Sandra Lee Bartky, “On Psychological Oppression” Femininity and Domination (1990).

Bearman et al. “The Fabric of Internalized Sexism” Journal of Integrated Social Sciences vol. 1 (1) (2009).

Sarah Eckert, “There's a Big Issue Surrounding Those #PickMeGirl TikToks & We Need to Talk About It.” Her Campus (2021).

https://www.hercampus.com/culture/tiktok-pick-me-girl-trend-toxic/

Courtney Young, Why TikTok Is Flooded With Controversial Videos About "Pick Me Girls" Bustle (2022).

https://www.bustle.com/life/what-is-a-pick-me-girl-definition-traits

Next Episode

Gymcels

Not quite an incel, not yet a Chad. The gymcel is a little-known, but hugely polarizing figure. Rather than swallowing the black pill and turning away from society (one where evil feminists govern man's ability to get laid), the gymcel takes matters into his own hands and get gains in pursuit of the ultimate Chad-bod. After all, everyone struggles with body image from time to time. So why do women hate him? Or, better yet, why do incels hate him? Hannah and Maia discuss the gymcel and his peculiar role in the ever-expanding Manosphere, giving you a thorough breakdown of all the incel terminology we're sure you've been dying to learn ("looksmaxxing"... "manlets"... "fapstinence"...). Is a figure associated with the worst subsects of the internet worthy of our sympathy? Could the gymcel be more benign than he seems?

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SOURCES:

Sara Brzuszkiewicz, “Incel Radical Milieu and External Locus of Control” International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (2020).

Maddalena Cannito and Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, “The Rules of Attraction: An Empirical Critique of Pseudoscientific Theories about Sex in the Manosphere” Sexes Vol. 3 (4).

Hussein Kesvani, ““The Latest Manosphere Subculture is the ‘Gymcel’” Mel Magazine (2019).

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-latest-manosphere-subculture-is-the-gymcel

Brian Van Brunt and Chris Taylor, Understanding and Treating Incels: Case Studies, Guidance, and Treatment of Violence Risk in the Involuntary Celibate Community, Routledge (2020).