Brenton Parry’s Aussielicious blog

It’s time for another blog shout out in my semi-regular series. This time, we’re going back to Australia and looking at Aussielicious , a blog written by a certain Brenton Parry. I’ve always had a thing for Australian men and I find myself reading several Australian blogs. He’s a busy, busy man who likes posing in his underwear and speedos. He was even in the running recently for the new Aussiebum speedo wonderjock media campaign.

The Aussielicious blog is always interesting. Brenton has lots of photographs of gorgeous men, but he also posts plenty of personal stuff which is always fascinating. You know, that’s something I’m struggling with - posting personal stuff. I’m really trying to put more intimate content on my blog but I find it so hard sometimes.

Oh, but look what I’ve done, I’m talking about myself again. Let’s get back to Aussielicious. One thing that really adds to my enjoyment of reading this blog is the comments left by others. Some are positive, but often Brenton gets critical comments from people bitchin’ and moaning about the content. You see, quite a few readers accuse Brenton of narcissism and feel that he is always fishing for compliments. It’s ended up with Brenton deleting some of his more controversial posts because of the negative comments he’s received and also preventing any anonymous comments being left.

I don’t agree that he’s just looking for compliments. From reading the blog, I get the impression that, although Brenton is a very handsome fella who’s obviously spent quite a bit of time down at the gym, he still has some self-image issues, as a lot of men do, especially the gay ones. This gives the blog an interesting contrast between Brenton’s hot photographs (in his underwear, speedos or even naked) and then the posts where he worries about his body or how he is ageing.

I’ve known many handsome men and beautiful women who just don’t see themselves that way and can’t perceive that someone finds them attractive. Some people, like Gwyneth Paltrow, suffer from high self esteem and think they’re way hotter than they really are. Others have a hard time looking in the mirror and seeing what others see. And you wondered why I never have any photographs of myself on this blog. Um, maybe one day.