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  • Manhood for Amateurs (review: 4/5)


    mlarson.orgAuthority Authority: 91
    I became impatient with the few Michael Chabon books I’ve tried, never finished one. And historically I have had little patience with memoir. So what do I do? I go pick up Michael Chabon’s new memoir, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son . Good decision, it turns out. ...
    13 hours ago
  • SCIENCE GRRL: The Science of Pink & Blue


    Girl with PenAuthority Authority: 121
    Out of sheer luck of the calendar, this month’s Science Grrl falls on Veterans Day so I had to dedicate this month’s column to the Goddess of Science Grrl Veterans… Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper who has an entire conference named after her. Hopper entered the Navy under the WAVES program. *** Fellow ...
    14 hours ago
  • Radical Masculinity: How to Make Masculinity Stop Hurting


    Sugarbutch ChroniclesAuthority Authority: 506
    It’s up! My second Radical Masculinity column for Carnal Nation is titled How to Make Masculinity Stop Hurting . Here’s the beginning: My dad’s best friend died last week. Heart attack. He was 60, barely older than my dad, not old enough for his heart to give way. They’ve been friends for 35 years, ...
    17 hours ago
  • Why do good boys do bad things?


    Andrew BartlettAuthority Authority: 549
    Why do ordinarily good people do bad things? One of the big questions that underlie all the debates on university colleges, male sports teams and other forms of hooliganism, is why do some groupings encourage thuggery? Often this as a male thing, because aspects of sexual aggression in masculinity are too often still ...
    18 hours ago
  • A New Generation Revisits Masculinity


    YpulseAuthority Authority: 524
    I know weve had a lot of  coverage on gender this week, but after a thought-provoking interview with the authors of Packaging Boyhood , a follow up phone chat with Mark Tappan and some awesome suggestions for fictional male role models from commenters (keep em coming!), I couldnt help but draw attention to the ...
    20 hours ago
  • Men buy underpants for only 17 years of their lives!


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 708
    London, Nov 11 (ANI): Men buy their underwear for only 17 years of their lives, reveals a study by a British department store.The survey of Debenham shoppers suggested that throughout their childhood and teenage years, boys rely on their mothers to pick out their underwear.And it is only after a brief period of ...
    1 day ago
  • Do Young Men Need A New Kind Of Masculinity?


    JezebelAuthority Authority: 819
    Courtney Martin writes in the American Prospect about groups of young men who are trying to shake off the homophobic, misogynistic, Tucker-Max-inflected aspects of modern masculinity. The problem is: whats left? In a way, Martins article is optimistic — she writes about young men getting together not to slam ...
    1 day ago
  • Review: Petals Drifting by Anne Hampson


    Love Romance PassionAuthority Authority: 478
    This category romance would make a great farcical romantic comedy movie. Just keep reading and you’ll know what I mean. The Bryants – Jane (heroine), Guy (brother) The Dysons – Stuart (fiancé), Pauline (future sister-in-law) Two pairs of brother and sister pretend to be married to each other in order to land ...
    2 days ago
  • Crisis of Masculinity Blogging: Young Progressive Male Edition


    AlterdestinyAuthority Authority: 572
    Courtney Martins piece on young progressive men and masculinity is really interesting . She looks at the so-called feminist masculinity movement on college campuses and sees in it great promise but also concern that it hasnt defined an optimal masculinity. This is an interesting time in the history of masculinity. ...
    2 days ago
  • Author Spotlight: Packaging Boyhood By Mark Tappan, Lyn Brown & Sharon Lamb


    YpulseAuthority Authority: 524
    Todays Ypulse Author Spotlight is on Mark Tappan, Lyn Brown, and Sharon Lamb, the authors behind "Packaging Boyhood," a much anticipated follow up to "Packaging Girlhood" that takes a similarly critical look at the troubling media targeted towards young boys today. From the Packaging Boyhood website: Boys are ...
    2 days ago
  • Whats the Alternative to Tucker Max?


    FeministingAuthority Authority: 727
    As if you needed another reason to vote for Courtney to be the newest WaPo columnist, check out her latest at The American Prospect about imagining a new model for masculinity.
    2 days ago
  • What’s the Alternative to Tucker Max?


    feminist blogsAuthority Authority: 160
    As if you needed another reason to vote for Courtney to be the newest WaPo columnist, check out her latest at The American Prospect about imagining a new model for masculinity.
    2 days ago
  • Its about improving the lives not only of women, but of men


    MetaFilterAuthority Authority: 733
    Video discussion on being a man with, and The Seven Ps of Mens Violence by, Michael Kaufman, International Director of the White Ribbon Campaign . Feminism Brings Benefits to All -- Men Included. Rethinking privilege?
    3 days ago
  • Dr. Romance and Charles J. Orlando weigh in on masculinity


    DR. Romance BlogAuthority Authority: 117
    This week, I was asked the following question by a journalist, and thought Id invited Charles J. Orlando, author of The Problem with Women is...Men to dialogue about it. Journalist: Does it make a man less masculine if he’s too...
    3 days ago
  • No Shave November nonparticipants still manly


    The Pioneer | Whitman news, delivered.Authority Authority: 515
    It’s but two weeks into November and already there is a change in the air. It’s something elusive, difficult to pinpoint. At first, I attribute it to the season, the weather and the air. But then, upon gazing around my classroom I realize something is not as it seems. Splotchy, poorly-kept beards that would be ...
    3 days ago
  • Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics


    feminist blogsAuthority Authority: 160
    For the vast majority of my life, I never even considered questioning the ethics of male circumcision. When something is so ingrained in one’s culture, it seems strange to question it. And I’m not referring to the fact that the United States has a circumcision rate of 75%. Growing up in a Jewish community, in [...]
    5 days ago
  • The Butch Factor


    Joe. My. God.Authority Authority: 717
    A documentary examining masculinity and gay men titled The Butch Factor is scheduled to be released on DVD in December after having toured gay film festivals in recent months. One review from the films site : The 87-minute feature explores gay mens complicated relationship with masculinity. The core segments ...
    6 days ago
  • 5 Things You Must Know Before Buying Any Usher Cologne!


    DiabetesAuthority Authority: 133
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    6 days ago
  • Multiple Concurrent Partnerships Increase Risk Of HIV Infection (Mail & Guardian)


    OneLoveAuthority Authority: 131
    Years of working a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV, reports The Mail and Guardian. “Many men sit around the table and tell false stories about how, to be men, we have to be promiscuous. But this is just an excuse to have many ...
    6 days ago
  • The gang rape at Richmond High: media disassociation and the bystander effect


    Feminist Legal TheoryAuthority Authority: 126
    A little over a week ago, a young woman was raped and beaten by a group of young men for over two hours, just outside her high school homecoming dance, while dozens of passerby did nothing to intervene or contact authorities. The media coverage of the gang rape at Richmond High has been troubling to say the ...
    6 days ago

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