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Bear Soup #84: Facial hair in politics, Jeff Mann on country leatherbears

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Tags: bear bones books, Books, facial hair, jeff mann, male issues, politics

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Published on: December 13, 2010

Bear Soup #84

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, November 29th,

at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 84th installment of Bear Soup:

“Beard v. ‘Stache: The Real Alaska Senate Face-Off” by Nick Baumann, Mother Jones

“Read My Furry Lip” by Ruth Graham, Wall Street Journal

“How To Be a Country Leather Bear” by Jeff Mann, from his new book of essays, Binding the God

Hairy business from the fabulous Kinsey Sicks!

Shoutouts — and the usual ursine ululations.

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another steamy serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #83: fat masculinity; more “Limits”; bi vultures

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Tags: announcements, bear bones books, bear books, bisexuality, dan jaffe, limits of pleasure, male issues, masculinities, podcasts, queer birds & beasts

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Published on: November 29, 2010

Bear Soup #83

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, November 29th,

at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

Now at: BearSoupPodcast.net!

In this 83rd installment of Bear Soup:

Call for Papers on the topic of “Fat Masculinity”

Excerpt (NSFW) from The Limits of Pleasure, a novel by Daniel M. Jaffe, coming out Hanukkah Eve from Bear Bones Books

A news story on bisexual (gay?) male vultures

Shoutouts — and the usual ursine ululations.

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another steamy serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #82: Harry Lit, “Post-Style,” Limits of Pleasure, JTF on dating Bears

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Tags: announcements, bear bones books, bear fiction, bear soup, bearsinthewild, best of bear, Books, dan jaffe, essays, harry lit, jesse tyler ferguson, male issues

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Published on: November 14, 2010

Bear Soup #82

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, November 15th,

at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

Now at: BearSoupPodcast.net!

In this 82nd installment of Bear Soup:

An appeal to help our friend Harry Lit

Jesse Tyler Ferguson from Family Man answers the question, “Would you date a bear?” on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens”

“Post-Style,” an essay from The International Homosexual Conspiracy by Larry-Bob Roberts, editor of Holy Titclamps

Excerpt from The Limits of Pleasure, a novel by Daniel M. Jaffe, coming out this month from Bear Bones Books

“Sometime you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you” audio from Stephanie Miller and handsome musclebear Chris Lavoie (see photo of Chris flexing his guns for NOH8 at his FB page here)

letters from non-listeners, and listeners

Shoutouts — and the usual ursine ululations.

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another steamy serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #80: “It Gets Way Better”; Steve Harris interview; Men’s sex study

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Tags: a bear's life mag, announcements, bear music, bear soup, essays, male issues, podcasts, steve harris

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Published on: October 14, 2010

Bear Soup #80

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, October 18th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

Now at our new location on the web: BearSoupPodcast.net!

In this 80th installment of Bear Soup:

“For queer teens who have considered suicide when the rainbow is not enough.” My message to gay/bi/queer teens: “It gets way better.” Video on YouTube here. Thanks to the Care Bear project of the Trevor Project, Dan Savage, Stephanie Miller

Interview with Steve Harris, publisher, A Bear’s Life magazine. Stevo and I chat about bear community, the bear market, and how to wrangle bears, plus
- A Bear’s Life
- One Community, One Voice
- Platinum Diversity Card, benefiting in part The Trevor Project
- Stevo’s new song, Deception (request it here)

Men’s National Sex Study
The Men’s National Sex Study is a study conducted by researchers from the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, in collaboration with MANHUNT, DList, and MANHUNT Cares. This study seeks to gather comprehensive information about the sex lives of men, with a particular emphasis on understanding how men feel about various sexual behaviors and activities. The Center for Sexual Health Promotion at IU is one of the nation’s leading research groups that focuses on how sexually active adults make decisions that influence their sexual health. http://menshealth.indiana.edu/

Shoutouts — with only a bare minimum of the usual ursine ululations.

News, shmooze, interviews, and skews for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another yummy yammy serving of BEAR SOUP! (We know bears love yams.)

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #79: Our CT CU becomes a marriage!; interview with The Den owner, Paul Moore; Stag God excerpt

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Categories: Bear Soup

Tags: bear community, bear music, bear radio, beards, bears (4-legged), GLBTIQA, husbear, male issues, steve harris, the den

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Published on: October 4, 2010

Bear Soup #79

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha,

streams online Monday, October 4th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 79th installment of Bear Soup:

On October 1st, our Connecticut civil union magically became – a marriage! From my blog on the event.

my phone interview with Paul Moore, the owner of the Den, Fresno’s bear bar, about the fire and the aftermath. Reach out to the Den at www.denfresno.com

Stevo’s new song, Deception, running on BearRadio!

Report on alien polar bears from Bear Soup cub reporter, Keith Olbermann

The opening chapter (NSFW) from Spring of the Stag God, a fantastic new short story collection by J.C. Herneson, from Bear Bones Books

The Trustworthiness of Beards

News, shmooze, interviews, and skews for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #78: Fresno bear bar burned, needs help; J. Mann essay in GLR

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Tags: announcements, bear bones books, bear books, bear community, bear films, bear radio, bear soup, bisexuality, essays, glbtiq writing, jeff mann, letters, male issues, masculinities

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Published on: September 20, 2010

Bear Soup #78

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, September 20th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 78th installment of Bear Soup:

On September 12th, Fresno’s bear bar, The Den, suffered extensive damage during a suspicious fire started outside the building. If you believe the Den has been an asset to the bear community, and can provide legal or financial help, please contact Paul, advice@denfresno.com or call him at (559) 255-1124. For more details and updates go to the The Den website.

Jeff Mann’s essay in the new issue of GL&R, “My furry brethren” a/k/a “Bear 101 (no prerequisite)”. Note: correct link is http://www.glreview.com/

Letters from Bear Soup listeners — drop a line to us at bearsoup AT gmail DOT com

Happy Talk like a pirate day — yarrrh! — and the usual ursine audio splendor.

News, shmooze, interviews, and skews for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #74: Orlovsky poem; “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” cont’d; HAIR intro

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Categories: Bear Soup

Tags: 100% beef mag, bear books, bear fiction, bear poems, bear soup, beards, bisexuality, glbtiq writing, hair: the book, male issues

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Published on: June 28, 2010

Bear Soup #74

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, July 5th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 74th edition of Bear Soup:

a poem by Peter Orlovsky, a Beat poet and partner of Allen Ginsberg

the 2nd part of the bi men’s erotic story (NSFW) “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” from 100% Beef magazine

my introduction to the new pictorial book from Bruno Gmuender, Hair: Hairy Men in Gay Art. Your order from Amazon through this link helps support this website.

News, shmooze, views, and skews for the online ursine community — open wide for another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #71: “Bearded Gentleman” Preview & more

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Tags: bear books, bear community, bear soup, beards, Books, glbtiq writing, hair, male issues

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Published on: May 3, 2010

Bear Soup #71

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, May 3rd, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 71st edition of Bear Soup:

The Bearded Gentleman

advance selections from the new Allan Peterkin & Nick Burns book, The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to Shaving Face

Bears on Bears noted in 100% Beef column by Chris Wittke

My take on bear community reaction to a new song by Stevo Harris, “I Just Want the One”

Announcement of LitBEARary events with Lammy-winning bear author Jeff Mann
- Bears in the Wild! reading during Saints & Sinners GLBT literary festival in New Orleans. Facebook event page.
- reading & reception for Jeff Mann, during Summer Bear Week in Ptown, Mass. Facebook event page.
- Bears in the Wild! reading, during Summer Bear Week in Ptown, Mass. Facebook event page.

Three bawdy Turkish jokes, and the usual ursine audio har-dee-har.

All the news, shmooze, views, and skews you can use for the online ursine community diced, spiced, and cooked up for another bubbling and dee-lish deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books

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Bear Soup #66: The Cult of Masculinity

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Tags: bear community, Books, glbtiq writing, male issues, masculinities

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Published on: February 15, 2010

Bear Soup #66

Bear Soup #66, streams online tonight, Monday, February 15th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this edition of Bear Soup:

“The Cult of Masculinity,” by Arthur Evans, from White Crane Journal‘s 20th anniversary issue

Mega-Bearapalooza!

Shoutouts, and the usual ursine hootenanny.

Do drop in for another bubbling and dee-lish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bibliobears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #65: The big bad bear porno show

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Tags: ageing, bear films, bear soup, Books, glbtiq writing, hair, male issues, masculinities, media, podcasts

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Published on: February 1, 2010

Bear Soup podcast #65

The big bad bear porno show

Bear Soup podcast #65, streams online tonight, Monday, February 1st, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this steamy spicy NSFW bowl o’ Bear Soup:

“The Real Men of Gay Sex,” a section from Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture, by Edison Wayne Dotson

ChiChi LaRue’s bear porno vids from Channel One, and the bears that inhabit them, including “Barry Barrett”

RIP: The Advocate. Try these other magazines that deserve your support: G&LR/Worldwide, White Crane Journal, and RFD

Bear Podcast hit 300, Bears in the City had a big 69, Cubs Out Loud even hit 100, and welcome to the new woof on the BearRadio block, Tym Moss with Artists Exposed!

Shoutouts, and the usual audio woofenanny!

Do drop in for another bubbling and dee-lish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bibliobears at Bear Bones Books.

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