Culture

The naked jocks have arrived

By Raziel Reid • December 3, 2012 2:40 pm EDT

The annual Dieux du Stade (Gods of the Stadium) calendar has arrived in all its homoerotic jock glory. The calendar started in 2001, featuring photographs of French rugby team Stade Français. The calendar has since evolved to artistically showing off the assets of other rugby teams as well, and this year photographer François Rousseau is giving us delicious soccer players Gaël Clichy and Rio Mavuba.

The “making of” video is like a little gift just in time for the holidays:

Read More About:
Culture, Sports

Keep Reading

A cartoon of two people standing close together; one is holding a puppy, the other is holding a book
Comics Against Censorship

How a Canadian kids’ book became the centre of a U.S. Supreme Court case

“Pride Puppy” was written to highlight the joy of Pride. It became a political flashpoint
A cartoon of people raising their fists with police officers facing them. There are flowers in the background
Comics Against Censorship

Queer censorship isn’t new in Canada, but we’ve won the fight before

Key figures from censorship fights in the 20th century reflect on what we can learn from them today
A cartoon of a nondescript personified animal riding a horse
Comics Against Censorship

Trans Albertans are strong. We aren’t going anywhere

Trans Albertans reflect on what makes their home province special, even in the wake of Premier Danielle Smith’s legislative attacks and book restrictions
A cartoon of two racoons looking at a laptop
Comics Against Censorship

Online censorship is crushing indie webcomics

From social media platforms to payment processors, new restrictions are making it harder for webcomic artists to exist
Advertisement