"HELL NO. I’m a man, not gay and won’t be dressing up as a Golden Girl anytime soon."
A pink sweater, currently being sold by the middle class fancy chain J. Crew, is the latest item to cause much social consternation amongst men who consider themselves manly. But you cannot have forgotten a most recent ripple when the popular low-calorie beer brand Bud Light celebrated the trans TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney by sending her a personalized can replete with her very own image. Mulvaney celebrated, on TikTok, but a fierce backlash instantly gobbled up the public square. A boycott was announced, Bud Light lost its market leadership to Modelo and Kid Rock shot up a case for good measure.
The entire mess certainly made other publicly traded companies think twice about openly promoting LGBTQ business and was celebrated by manly men as a victory against dumb woke culture trying to steal and/or bastardize their hard-earned testosterone.
Enter The Pink Sweater

The wool, crew neck’d number features a nice pattern at the upper yolk was not modeled by a trans nor an obvious homosexual on J. Crew’s website or in catalog. It contained no inclusive messages nor rainbows and yet instantly became targeted as “gay.”
MOMof DataRepublican took to X to immediately declare, “No man in my family would wear a pink sweater!”
Another added, “My husband wouldn’t use a pink bathroom towel.”
Yet another chimed, “HELL NO. I’m a man, not gay and won’t be dressing up as a Golden Girl anytime soon.
Still another blasted, “I’m sure you’ll be seeing these at the anti-Ice protests.”
Tme Burchett, a Republican congressman from Tennessee directly stated, “(The sweater) is something a sorority girl would wear in the 80s.”
And on and on and on.
The question for you, I suppose, is would you wear the pink sweater? And if so where? I, personally, would prefer in cashmere, as it is much softer to the touch, but could see debuting it at cocktail hour paired with some lighter-washed denim and clean pair of Nike Killshots.
The pink sweater retails for $168.00.
Before you leave, though, what is the “gayest” clothing/shoe you have ever owned? I once had a pair of pink satin Prada loafers. The toe was too square, making them hideous, but the idea was right.
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true grit or total trash from chas?
PRICE ALERT!
The fabulous sweater is now priced at $108 just in time for Black Friday
So we are left to wonder if this is cultural appropriation at its white worst?
the closest I get to pink is ‘the Schocker’: Two in the pink, one in the stink.
It’s not the sweater that’s the problem, but what is up with that photo? Has old mate’s head been enlarged? Is he hunched over, scrunching torso?
Surely an item so bold needs the frame of Harry Styles and the lens of Hedi Slimane to fully explore it’s glory
I ONCE HAD A PAIR OF PINK SATIN PRADA LOAFERS ! !
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…once……
My bumhole hurts and feels violated just looking at that sweater.
You should explore your fantasies
I kind of want that sweater though.
no doubt
Wear it to the Palm Springs pool.
I have to attend a way too early ugly Xmas sweater party Friday night. Should I have it overnighted in time? Then send it to Chas so he can wear it when chasing down unruly VALs Zuck wannabes in the lineup?
“My husband wouldn’t use a pink bathroom towel.”
fuck me, that’s some next level snowflake business.
Imagine going to bed dripping wet because of the towel colour! haha.
From my experiences there are two types of men who openly rock pink attire. Men who are comfortable with their sexual preferences and not afraid to put it on display, and men who are gnarly scrapping badasses with hefty bank accounts just waiting for you to say something.
Best to just leave the both of them well enough alone.
My color palette is black, white, brown, and grey… What does that say about me?
SB Local🤣
I look good in pink, will occasionally go full golf douche look with burgundy stretch slacks and a pink polo. Wore a pink button down to work maybe 20 years ago. After class three frat boys approached, let me know my fashion choice was brave and surprisingly worked on a straight guy, fucking hilarious
You left out the third type. Those who ache to be your bottom tonight.
Not judging, just stating the facts.
Nah that’s the first type.
But truth be told I am way too unkempt and unmanicured to be of interest to them.
Don’t sell yourself short as the second they learn of your online name, they’ll find you wildly attractive!
Spooky ectoplasm!!!
Lucky for me I got sentry hemmorhoids guarding the gate
Had some pretty bad wetsuits as a grom.
I had an Aleeda that was quite radical..
Maga hats are gay!!
You look good in red
And in other news, rest in power Jimmy Cliff. I’m sure I’m not the only one down here who was at times sitting in limbo and a struggling man with many rivers to cross who listened to him before and after needed ocean time. The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all….
His Rebirth album is epic. Rest in Power, truly
Turn this UP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OiA2L6j7PQ&list=PL4nCKym4HNsoxJNABJfnM72JzBcnMQ1QO&index=37
Those “I hate surfing” volleyball shorts pants BG were trying to sell would be the gayest thing I never bought
I thought they looked more all American college football captain called Chad Preston the third.
I resemble that comment!
Perfect for ESPN Hot Summer Nights reruns!
“He’s hung like a horse and wears pink”
-random statement I heard a long time ago and will unfortunately never forget