It’s amusing to read some people’s reactions to the news that the author of “Underneath Their Robes” (a.k.a. Article III Groupie) is actually a man:
This is terrible. I can’t read that site knowing the author is a man.
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…I also agree that it is now kind of disturbing to now know that the pink cascade, and all the sight-ations, and “super-hottie” remarks came from a dude.
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This could definitely be a joke. A3G goes out of its way to call John Robert’s dimple ‘cute’ and his son a ‘hottie’. I don’t think any straight guy would admit to all of this. I can’t decide if this is really funny or really disturbing…
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Strange and/or disturbing = a knowledge of Prada and Gucci’s fall line of women’s shoes that was just a little too in depth … as well as the aforementioned hottie-isms.
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Masturbating to A3G to cease immediately. Crying Game-esque vomiting to begin… now. I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
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I feel as though I need to take a shower.
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Well, this certainly makes this blog lose most of its appeal… now that there’s a face behind this whole charade, the formerly interesting character has vanished; instead, the author is now revealed to be a snarky, elitist, prestige-hoarding *dude*, none of which is endearing.
What a letdown, and what a massive miscalculation on your part. This blog has clearly jumped the shark.
It’s funny that one commenter assumed that since the author wasn’t a woman, it was a straight man. (Couldn’t possibly be a gay man, eh?) And there are clearly guys out there who are so uncomfortable with their sexuality that they’re disturbed by being cyber-attracted to an anonymous woman who’s turned out to be a man.
Some people still have a whole lot of learning to do.
My favorite comment:
I think the “outing” of A3G reveals more about us men who built up idealized fantasies about her than it does about Lat, who I presume had a few women advising him on the nuances of Prada and Italian undergarments. Kudos to Lat for pulling it off for so long.
But “snarky, elitist, prestige-hoarding” chicks are endearing? WTF?