words/photography: Joshua M. Jenkins model/art by: Mino Sanchez (@cocteautwinks) Last May, an old (tattoo) artist buddy of mine from college posted a photo of one of his drawings on Instagram. It was a picture of Bert from Sesame Street wearing a sweater with Garfield on the front, captioned with, "WHO CARES". I had wanted more tattoos for awhile (I had two at the time, both of which I can best describe as "meh"), so seeing these two beloved characters from my childhood with

Two years ago, gay photographer Luke Austin moved to the United States to pursue a now successful career in photography. His muses, typically sun-kissed, naked, and queer men, represent a gaze of the male form many queer men don't see outside of a 2am romp on PornHub. When I first discovered his work in 2012, however, I was both enamored and disheartened. His stunning portrayals of the male body played a large role in diminishing my own body dysmorphic disorder (big nose, oil