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Self-Obsessed ‘Looksmaxxing’ Culture Subverts Traditional Masculinity

Consider what other ideologies aim to dissociate a person from their body to the point of physical mutilation.

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Unless you’re chronically online, you’ve probably never heard of the Gen Z influencer “Clavicular.” Within a year, his fame will likely fade, and within five, he’ll seem like a fever dream. But he matters now because he represents something deeper: a generation of young men who have abandoned traditional masculinity for self-destructive vanity.

Clavicular is his streaming moniker. His real name is Braden Peters, and he was born at the tail end of 2005. He attended a famous Roman Catholic all-boys prep school in West Orange, N.J. At 14 years old, he began self-administering testosterone injections. Just four years later, he was expelled from Sacred Heart University for hiding a stash of aggressive testosterone in his dorm room. The injections have apparently left him sterile and have created several other long-term health issues, similar to those experienced from taking traditional steroids.

The injections are worth the side effects, according to Clavicular, because he is invested in “looksmaxxing.”........

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