{"id":83971,"date":"2025-02-12T13:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-atomic-wedgie-community\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:14:35","slug":"a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-atomic-wedgie-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=83971","title":{"rendered":"A behind the scenes look at the atomic wedgie community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcocdn.com\/tco\/images\/Huck\/Lampshade-WedgieSelf-Portrait.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-5\">\n<p>That photograph is now featured in his new photobook and accompanying exhibition for Fredrickson\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjaminfredrickson.com\/wedgies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wedgies<\/a><\/em> series, which launched at the end of 2024. Inside, an array of muscular, toned men are photographed bent forwards, cheeks are pulled outwards and upwards by wedgies of clenching magnitude, often pulled over the subjects\u2019 heads, or even suspending their full body weights from singular points. One sees a man suspended by his underwear from a doorframe, while other shots see different men give wedgies to the models.<\/p>\n<p>The project was sparked at the end of 2019, when Fredrickson was in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huckmag.com\/article\/a-moving-portrait-of-a-brooklyn-teen-gang-in-the-50s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a> studio space with a model. They were trying out different outfits and underwear, when suddenly, the shot Fredrickson was after came into focus. \u201cHe gave himself a wedgie,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I was like: \u2018Oh my god, this is it. This is what I want.\u2019 Just the stretching, the movement \u2013 it felt very dancer like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After he began posting his pictures \u2013 shot entirely on film \u2013 on social media, he soon found himself immersed in the online wedgie community, as well as finding encouragement and support from beyond the kink spheres. \u201cThe wedgie community really embraced me and welcomed me with open arms,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s how I found the perfect underwear to use for my atomics, and then as it gained popularity I connected with fashion people, and people all over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That photograph is now featured in his new photobook and accompanying exhibition for Fredrickson\u2019s\u00a0Wedgies series, which launched at the end of 2024. 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