WarriorMale

About

WarriorMale is a Tumblr blog which roleplays the celebration of manliness through combat in the ancient Greek tradition. Their posts often feature wisdom for men presented in bolded text. While the sincerity of the blog is subject to debate, the blog's hyper-masculine style, general positivity, inclusivity of gay, trans, and men with disabilities, and its respect for women has helped it generate a large following on Tumblr.

History

WarriorMale launched on October 3rd, 2014.^[1] Its first post, which now serves as the "About" section of the blog, reads:

This site celebrates the manly Warrior Male, in the ancient Greek tradition. We are men who train and fight daily. We can be found in all walks of life. Just like the ancient Greek palestra, we train in the fight schools, working on perfecting our technique depending on the fight tradition chosen, and there are many worldwide. Some of us, imitating the Greek tradition, also fight each other nude. We have a strict moral warrior code, with loyalty, humility, respect and selfless behavior in high regard. We put training and fighting first, always before hedonism and money. Where money is prized, manliness is despised.

Over the course of three and a half years, WarriorMale continued posting in that character, giving wisdom to men centered on physical strength. Often, the blog accompanies the text with pictures of muscular men wrestling or engaging in physical activity (examples shown below).

In addition to prizing fighting, WarriorMale has also expressed inclusive stances on non-heterosexual men. For example, they have expressed his stance that trans men are men (shown below, left) and has also expressed inclusivity towards gay men (shown below, right).

Fandom

On Tumblr, WarriorMale has grown a large following due to his inclusivity and positive interactions with their followers. For example, the blog will regularly interact with users asking for advice on certain problems (examples shown below).

Additionally, several popular posts on Tumblr see users dedicating simple actions to WarriorMale. A post by creepsandcrawlers which read "does one push-up: this is for you warriormale" gained over 37,000 notes (shown below, left). A post by margaritamerle made a similar joke and gained over 3,100 notes (shown below, right).

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