Queer Voices

The Book Covers That Never Were

By Maitri Dore

February 22, 2015

The V-shaped body with bulging chest and slim waist has come to signify for children, the world over, the embodiment of a man with super-human strength – the gold standard for masculinity and machismo. This series of images attempts to demolish these very ideals, bringing to light that men whose body types and sexual orientations do not conform to the societal yardstick of perfection are no less super.