From the Liver King to ultramarathons, fitness influencers are glorifying extreme masculinity where ‘pain is the point’
- Written by Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Netflix/Untold: The Liver KingA new Netflix documentary about a shirtless supplement salesman who claimed to be “natural” and was exposed as a fraud might seem like a punchline.
But Untold: The Liver King is more than just a character study of a well-known fitness influencer; it’s a case study of performative masculinity in the...




