lean-bodied

All this is balanced by the fact that there is a lean-bodied, smart black cop who protects Hit Girl.

Kick Ass (2010) Steven Barnes 2010

Arnold Roper at forty-five was one of nature's bachelors, a lean-bodied man accustomed to looking after himself, a man who found the chatter of companionship a nuisance.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

All this is balanced by the fact that there is a lean-bodied, smart black cop who protects Hit Girl.

Archive 2010-04-01 Steven Barnes 2010

But when I see whites disproportionately represented as "lean-bodied, smart, sexy, heterosexual, 18-35" and the disproportionate representation of non-whites OUT of this "breeding circle"...yeah, I take offense.

Tropic Thunder (2008) Steven Barnes 2008

The vast majority --if not the totality of stars in 100-million plus films are those who are in the "Breeding Circle"--young, heterosexual, lean-bodied.

Hellboy II (2008) Steven Barnes 2008

-Marty, that would be true IF the distribution of black characters is roughly proportional to their statistical presence in the population OR if, when black characters are present, they are sexual and lean-bodied at the approximate rate their white counterparts are.

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Forbidden Kingdom" Steven Barnes 2008

I HAVE said that I've never met a white, straight, lean-bodied, Christian middle-class male with much of a clue about prejudice, but change any one of these parameters and they grasp the problem much more rapidly.

Archive 2007-04-01 Steven Barnes 2007

I HAVE said that I've never met a white, straight, lean-bodied, Christian middle-class male with much of a clue about prejudice, but change any one of these parameters and they grasp the problem much more rapidly.

To slp and an Iraq thought Steven Barnes 2007

White straight lean-bodied males will have much more difficulty believing--not because of any innate perceptual flaws, but because when you are on the winning team, you tend not to question the referee's calls.

Archive 2007-01-01 Steven Barnes 2007

About thirty years ago I came up with this, noticing that black men in SF/Fantasy/adventure movies were never lean-bodied heterosexual survivors between the ages of 17-45.

Trying to clarify re: movies Steven Barnes 2007