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#TBT: Selling the Male Body

The sexy male body was used to sell everything from the Olympics to chewing gum.

Christopher Harrity May 28, 2015

Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.

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