{"product_id":"tom-of-finland-blue-collar","title":"Tom of Finland Blue Collar","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom of Finland's Hard Working Men\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCowboys, loggers, roughnecks, and roustabouts, all Tom-style\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a boy, Tom’s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in the endless forests; threshing oats, rye, and barley on the farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these rough men and their distinctive clothing, designed for protection and utility. He later said, “When I was young, leather was worn by people who worked outside because it was warm.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll the men who wore leather, they were the type of men which I adored\u003c\/strong\u003e.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen he began to draw he celebrated these early idols, improving their wardrobes with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etight jeans, faded T-shirts, and thigh-high beak-toed Lappish boots\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was a young logger in this gear who appeared on the spring 1957 cover of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhysique Pictorial\u003c\/em\u003e, introducing Tom to the world. In the decades to follow Tom added\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etruckers, repairmen, construction workers, circus roustabouts, and the American cowboy to his roster of working-class heroes\u003c\/strong\u003e. Though just sexual fantasies for him, his portrayal of blue-collar lovers helped working class gays accept their true selves.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Little Book of Tom: Blue Collar\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etraces Tom’s fascination with working men in one compact and affordable package. A\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebrawny lineup of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis set alongside archival and contextual material, including historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom’s own reference photos.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTouko Laaksonen, the boy who would become\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom of Finland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at age five. His favorite subjects were the rough manly men of his native Finland. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. In 1957 he submitted some drawings to the American magazine\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhysique Pictorial\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the “Tom of Finland” legend was born. By the late 60s Tom’s “dirty drawings” became the standard for gay art, and Tom’s Men a template for a new gay masculinity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eThe Little Book of Tom. 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