Calgary’s self-proclaimed “himbo-for-hire,” Mason Jenkins, is a multi-talented trans artist and community advocate. After reading the sage advice that “girls like guitar players” in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book, he taught himself guitar as a pre-teen.
This eventually led to him co-founding The Corey Hotline, a three-piece band you can find rocking regularly around the city. Though he pursued a career as a teacher, burnout and fortunate connections prompted him to transfer to professional tattooing. Working out of Blackbird Electric Tattoo, Jenkins’ practice is to approach the American Traditional style from a non-traditional, un-tough guy, inclusive perspective.
He’s also made a name for himself performing burlesque under the moniker Tomboy Selleck.
- “The greatest wrestling show you can see in Calgary is Go-Go Battles at Dickens. It’s a queer, feminist, WWF-style, Glow-inspired wrestling show that’s very comedy-centric and wrestling-secondary.”
- “Class Clown Burgers in Mission … I love that they’ve been absolutely slammed since they opened.”
- “At The Attic, they have a Sunday show called Laugh Loft. I believe the tagline for it is, ‘The only comedy show in Calgary where you won’t be hate crime’d,’ which I really appreciate.”
- “17th Ave Thrift … they’re a not-for-profit and they donate to animal rescue.”
- “Local Calgary music! I always have to share that Thomas Thomas is incredible, and they will be opening up for Chilliwack coming up, which is amazing.”
