but does this mean that we need to poo
is the bottom just because he’s wearing
no pants I mean I mean are we
stereotyping him that’s amazing imagine
you’re just like ass out all the time I
guess in bears famous it feels like a
category that maybe exists but isn’t
talked about a lot and they said famous
bears I was like who’s that I just
thought we need a pill I don’t really
see in mainstream media like gay bear
icons there are straight men who would
be considered bear types but in terms of
bear representation I don’t really see
that a lot bear representation in the
media is so limited to just like the
funny fat guy it’s like all you ever see
is those two character tropes it’s kind
of like boring at this point I feel like
I’m gonna know some I just don’t think
I’m gonna know is I don’t know I think
he probably might know more than we
think we do I will say that like there
is something very admire about about his
fashion win like the cartoon bear is
like very style he’s a stuffed animal
like come to life right yeah so you
don’t even read the book and I know the
story he’s a childhood icon I feel like
symbolic of something like they have an
emotional like yeah it’s attached to
like feelings I think yo represents like
depression figures like this to me
brings up this question right of like he
was married on the show and they like
you’re a sexualized chubby fat man but
he’s straight on the show so like in
that moment was he categorized as a bear
do we use the bear identity exclusively
in a gay way
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