Often Fond of Each Other

While the image of the cowboy as a “lone ranger” riding in solitude is popular in the media, the historic cowboy actually relied on a partner or partners to survive. These men depended on one other to survive the hostile environment of the frontier. Western expansion with the end of frontier culture in the West around 1890 introduced the structured gender binary we’re familiar with today.

The very notion that two men could be vulnerable and intimate with each other and maintain their masculinity negates the core conceptions of American masculinity that the Hollywood Cowboy ingrained in society, and was omitted from it’s on-screen portrayals.

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Western fashion in recent years has been making a resurgence amongst queer artists (Lil Nas X, Orville Peck, Kacey Musgraves, Trixie Mattel, to name a few.)

Thus, the purpose of this concept is to show the queer communities reclamation of the cowboy archetype, and showing the side of history many attempted to cover up.

~ It’s a lifelong pardnership. ~

Written By Eve Larkin. Reference

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Strike Out,

Digital Director: Megan Mohrmann

Assisted by: Kate D’Amario

Digital Staffers: Eve Larkin, Isabella Sugar, Shadaria Jackson, Audrey Kramer, Megan Bishop

Models: Eve Larkin, AnnaKathryn

Photographer: Alexis Priest

Video: Lily Cosentino

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