Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson is a writer and broadcaster covering popular culture, media, and questions of masculinity.

Simpson is credited (or blamed) for coining the term ‘metrosexual‘ in a 1994 essay which predicted that the future belonged to the male desire to be desired. In 2008, GQ Russia listed him topless and oiled up in their top ten Things That Changed Men’s Lives, above Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sigmund Freud.

Simpson has written for outlets like The Guardian, Salon, GQ Style, Vogue Hommes International, Têtu, and Dutch Playboy. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Male Impersonators and Saint Morrissey. He edited the landmark 1996 volume of essays Anti-Gay.