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All the news that fit to chew . . .

A subculture of hefty, hirsute gay men is attracting the attention of academics and social critics.

LA Times: February 4, 2007

"Oh, by the way, in addition to 19th century American literature, I work on bear studies."

The interlocutors were perplexed. "Bear studies?" one asked. "Do you mean bears in literature — say, William Faulkner's story 'The Bear' ?" Someone else suggested "Winnie the Pooh" — perhaps the candidate worked on children's literature?

Studying Bears

by Andrew Sullivan

The Atlantic Online, January 6, 2007

My own view is that the minute you start taking bear culture too seriously, you've lost it. It's fun and unpretentious and easy-going. And slovenly masculinity has always been integral to male homosexuality; it has just often been eclipsed by heterosexual obsession with gender-nonconformism among homosexuals.

BearBlogs

Radio and Podcasts

Bear Dar Radio

He's Big and Harry but he's not too scary, it's Big V bear on Bear Dar Radio. Welcome to the Offensive Adventures of Big V bear in the OC (Orange County, CA). Join Big V bear as he interviews his Bear Community friends and talks about his life, loves and Beardar.com - More info: beardar.com, email: podcast@beardar.com, voicemail: 877-332-8796.

http://www.beardar.com/bdblog/

Bear Podcast

Online radio show hosted by the goofy and fantastic Nard. The Nard keeps you abreast of all the latest going on in the Bear Community and frequently has guests. Tune in to hear the Nard and occasional co-host Excalibear rant and rave about every aspect of being a bear.

http://www.bearpodcast.com/

Bear Radio

Launched in the October of 2003, Bear Radio Network, a subsidiary of Online Express Music, is a webcast featuring some of the best gay, lesbian and gay friendly artists on the net.

http://bearradio.net

BearTalk with Big Dog Steve

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 20, 2006, SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO TERMINATED THE EMPLOYMENT OF JOHN McMULLEN. AS A RESULT, BEARTALK WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON SIRIUS. JOHN & BIGDOG STEVE WILL RESUME BEARTALK AS PART OF A NEW PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

http://colostreaming.com:8010/listen.pls

btalkworld

bTALK - A podcast for, by and about bears. The 5 bears that make-up bTALK are Jason, Joel, Kurt, Shannon, and Jeff. We are a group of midwestern bears from Minneapolis, Minnesota. We love to laugh, have a good time, and talk shit about ourselves and others.

http://www.btalkworld.com

Magazines and Internet

100 Percent Beef

http://www.beefmag.com

A Bear's Life

A magazine celebrating the bear lifestyle.

http://www.abearslifemag.com/

Becoming Blizzard

Is a comic series that follows Blizzard and his pals, as he

http://www.becomingblizzard.com/

Grizzly Men - The Growing Number of Bears in the Gay Scene

Carl Swanson's NYMag's article on the NY bear scene