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The Threat of Guyliner

While I am, in fact, a FAN of guyliner, this DoubleViking article was a hilarious read. I can't even effectively sum it up from you, you're just going to have to go read it. They name check Fall Out Boy, Green Day, The Killers, Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, Captain Jack Sparrow and more.



And while I mostly disagree with all of it (I think it's hot, sorry), here's the part I actually have a counterpoint for:

Question: should men be beautiful? Answer: no. Men can be handsome, hunky, haggard, gruff, grizzled, buff, and slick, but they can not be beautiful. So why use a feminine beauty product like eyeliner? Women have cornered the market on absurd makeup tools – and if you ask them, most women don’t enjoy putting on eyeliner. 


They obviously want to make themselves look presentable, but their desire to wear eyeliner does not come from a genuine personal belief that eyeliner is pretty, but rather an adherence to the societal expectation that, for whatever reason, girls wear eyeliner and lipstick. To willingly take a completely feminine product that even women don’t like and use it within the male gender for the purposes of beautification is downright stupid.

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1. If a girl is slightly less than beautiful, she has tools. Foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, gloss, etc. If a guy is less than beautiful, all he has is personality. And maybe money.  And I'm not saying guyliner is the key to keeping a lasting and meaningful relationship (as might personality/money) but it sure does help with first impressions.

2. I like eyeliner, I think it's pretty.

3. This article could have been written by a dude who secretly wants to bust out the MAC Eye Kohl, no? ;)

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Posted on 06/08/2007 12:22 PM Visits: 1,317
isleoftroh: 06/08/2007 12:49 PM
I love guyliner.
clndstn: 06/08/2007 12:51 PM
Mabe he's just jealous that he cant pull it off? But Brendon does look like a pretty little girl up there I must say. The fact that the whole article was written as if a deadly plague has swept the nation was pretty amusing. I admit too, I like it, but some guys can pull it off, while others.. not so much.
retroambiance: 06/08/2007 1:46 PM
#1: I enjoy eyeliner, and I'm a female.
#2: Guys may hate eyeliner on other guys, but I for one love guyliner.
*gives article the finger*
stephfob: 06/08/2007 1:52 PM
I know when i dont wear eyeliner i look tired. I think it looks good on guys because it makes their eyes "pop" some guys cant pull it off but on some guys it just makes their amazing eyes stand out. I think if a guy wants to wear eyeliner let him. there is no rule or law saying he cant. Its like if a girl wants to wear guys clothes or work a guys job. it happens all the time and way back when it wasnt accepted and now almost every women is working. in a few years there will be no more stupid articals about this.
stephfob: 06/08/2007 1:57 PM
I also think its funny how pete wentz was the first to use guyliner and now all the haters are saying it. this guy probably had nothing better to write or had a assignment to come up with the most shitty and stupid artical in the universe. I dont lik the fact that they said that sucky bands and eyeliner go hand in hand. I actually like most of the bands on that list and obviously a lot of other people do to because the are the ones making millions of dollars not him. or her... i dont know who wrote it but i sounded like a guy. anyway the artical was poorly written and this person should not be a journalist.
tragicunicornsiren: 06/08/2007 2:14 PM
It seems to me that although this fact IS a bit one-sided...SOMEBODY should have done his research. I mean, I was appalled when he says, "Emo kids may be one of the top two easiest groups to mock on the planet (Scientologists being the other), but it has to be said: an entire subculture of American kids from the ages of 12-30 somehow managed to have such a lack of personality, such a desire to be seen as intelligent and interesting and deep, that they all decided to look and act exactly the same way." He's really an insipid insignificant pile of mediocre waste matter that calls himself a journalist. That's seriously one of the most daft things I've ever read...EVER. The funny thing is...he'd probably come up with a lame comeback and call me EMO. Haha. Whatever...the apple is not too far from the tree, and he's probably been dumped by "guyliner loving" females. He needed to react somehow. ha ha ha.

Cynthia
djrossstar: 06/08/2007 3:28 PM
billie joe wore it to fit the mood of american idiot...for theatrics!
lizy: 06/08/2007 5:45 PM
oh man oh man I just love love love the pictures you chose for this.
Reindeer.: 06/08/2007 7:20 PM
This is amusing to read. I'm not even going to say anything, mostly because I want to see the oncoming arguments begin.
But I do think eyeliner is okay for guys to wear. It doesn't have, "GIRLS ONLY" printed on it, does it?
sallylovesgwen: 06/09/2007 7:45 AM
GUYLINER IS HOT.

ON GERARD WAY ESPECIALLY...MMMMMMM YES PLEASE! ;)
xzipp3r: 06/09/2007 11:14 PM
Guyliner is love. ♥ , I tell you!
likevagina: 06/10/2007 4:19 PM
umm..yes?
dulon: 06/10/2007 4:54 PM
I love guyliner.
chaapanda: 06/10/2007 6:36 PM
stephfob said:
I also think its funny how pete wentz was the first to use guyliner and
now all the haters are saying it. this guy probably had nothing better
to write or had a assignment to come up with the most shitty and stupid
artical in the universe. I dont lik the fact that they said that sucky
bands and eyeliner go hand in hand. I actually like most of the bands
on that list and obviously a lot of other people do to because the are
the ones making millions of dollars not him. or her... i dont know who
wrote it but i sounded like a guy. anyway the artical was poorly
written and this person should not be a journalist.


he was NOT the first to use eyeliner, sorry to burst your little happy bubble. The first celeb to actually use eyeliner was David Bowie back in the 80's.
Solveig Goes Grr: 06/10/2007 10:19 PM
i love guyliner if it's on the right guy. becouse on some guys it's just ugly
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