When The New York Times published “ Welcome to the Age of the Twink” by Nick Haramis earlier this month, it provoked a pretty strong reaction, ranging from derision from gay men who felt the term “twink” had been appropriated, to those who questioned the author’s assertion that a slender frame somehow defies traditional masculinity.

Not since the dawn of the so-called “ dadbod” has there been so much online discourse surrounding the male torso.