Business Ethics
Lemon Squares and the Acceptance Thereof
Baker Wright talks about the ethical line between business and personal relationships.
Sports
Saying Goodbye to the Metrodome
Ian Summers knows that the Metrodome is a dump, but that doesn’t mean that he needs to forget about it when it’s gone
Good Is Good
Sex & Relationships
My Future Father-in-Law Thinks I Should Be a ‘Girly Man’
A man wonders why his fiancé’s father assumes that he should be girly, simply because he’s the shorter one in the relationship.
How Not to Destroy Your Marriage
Mark Tyrrell offers 8 relationship tools to make your marriage work.
DadsGood
Washing My Hands of Germophobia
Jerry Mahoney, father of twins, faces his worst germophobic nightmare in a public restroom with both babies in tow.
Education and Boys
55 Years in School: Pondering the Pencil Grip
What does the way a student grips a pencil tell us about education?
Weekend Fiction
The Heart of My House
The home has long been a powerful metaphor, and for good reason. The place where we live comes to represent us. But here is a story I haven’t seen before, where the homeowner cannot seem to see his house as it is. Where he can’t stop seeing it as a metaphor. —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project [...]
10 from the Archives
The Happy Hour Miscarriage in Paradise
How many times can you lose a child without even having one before things change?
My Ex-Wife’s Wedding: Best. Wedding. Ever.
After a marriage fraught with difficulties, Steve Jaeger finds the wedding of his ex-wife to be a day of joy.
How Do You Maintain Your Manhood and Dignity While Living Underemployed?
A lot of things haven’t fallen the right way for Brian E., but failure isn’t an option.
Invisible Father
Robert Peake believes that for fathers and non-fathers alike, “the best in us involves us giving back in ways that are uniquely male.”
On Boys, Suicide, and the Lessons of Unfilled Holes
“We need to teach our boys that they can bear suffering and loss without shame … that anger is a question that deserves deeper answers than punishment or silence.”
#OccupyVCs?
Paul Kix explores how VCs made 100s of millions personally while destroying billions of dollars of working class pension money.
My Life as a Hermit Crab
After a tragic childhood, P.M. Leonard built up a shell, but he’s finding a way to see the light again.
Awaiting Vesuvius
When a romance is over, it’s over. The problem according to Jackie Summers, is that no one ever evacuates Pompeii until the volcano erupts.
When Playboy Bunnies Ruled
At 17, most girls are filling out college applications. I was nervously auditioning to become a Bunny at the New York Playboy Club.
Hi, My Name Is Tom and I Can’t Put Down My Blackberry
Tom Matlack has a problem: he’s addicted to technology and social media.
The Issues of Men’s Rights
Regarding the Suppression of Men’s Issues
Mark Greene believes our male cultural history, the steps we took to get here, make ignoring boys and men as victims a likely outcome.
Mentoring and Volunteering
All Children Are Born With Potential: A Talk with Wendy Foster of Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Wendy Foster talks about the ways a friendship-based model of mentoring our youth can create positive change.
Male Heartbreak
Love Conquers All—Except, Maybe, the Bottle
Mika Doyle’s first love taught her that love is not enough to sustain a relationship.
Conflict
The Flight 93 Memorial: A Travesty on a Tragedy
Cameron Conaway’s recent trip to the Flight 93 Memorial left him heartbroken, but not in the way he expected.
Learning
Please Sir, Can I Read Some More
When Kalimah Priforce was eight years old and in foster care, he got more books the only way he could. He went on a hunger strike.
Men Over 50
Decline
The gift of the physical is waning. Despite my attempts to stem the tide, my body will continue its slow fade.
Polyamory
Adventures in Polyamory
A champion of sexual freedom, Henry Vandenburgh navigates an open marriage and doesn’t miss a beat.
The Presumption of Male Guilt
When Women Fear Men
Statistics don’t make us safe, Lisa Hickey says. Self-empowerment and facing our fears do.
Prison
The Prison-Industrial Complex is Anti-Man
Ozy Frantz takes on the prison-industrial complex and how it affects the lives of American men.
Men Are Funny
Health, Psychology & Addiction
Lost Boy
Sneaking out, smoking pot, stealing from step-dad’s wallet—Gabi Coatsworth wonders if she should have seen her son’s bipolar diagnosis coming.
Act Like a Man
Struggling to be the best man you can be? Sounds like you need group therapy, man style.
Marriage and Divorce
Do Divorced Dads Get a Raw Deal?
Tom Matlack argues that guys get unfair treatment when they divorce. What do you think?
The End of Gender
Advice & Confessions
My First Playboy
John Tinseth remembers buying his first issue of Playboy at the age of 12, and how he learned he’d make a terrible spy.
Picking Up the Pieces
In the wake of breaking his wife’s heart, John Taylor questions what it means to be a man.
Families
Clowns, Bad Haircuts and Dreams of Disaster
My wife and I have bad dreams that leave us wondering, “Are we ready for the future?”
In My Room
William revisits his old room and remembers his childhood, brothers, and discovering his sexual identity.
Ethics & Values
Men and Dating
Arts & Entertainment
Modern Family Makes Great Family Viewing
Contrary to popular opinion, Jay Palter believes that watching television can sometimes be a great family activity.
Gender and Sexuality
The Girls Who Taught Me I Was Gay
Jeremy Feist waxes nostalgic about the girls he loved before he came out.
Why We’re Crushing on the Conversation’s Amanda de Cadenet
Tara Block tells readers why they are crazy about this lovely British TV personality at TrèsSugar.
Man to Man
The Nick Flynn Interview
Tom Matlack interviews Nick Flynn, author of “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City” and “The Ticking Is the Bomb.”
Male Lust
Harry Was Wrong: Lust Doesn’t Have to Ruin a Platonic Friendship
One of our great myths about men is that lust invariably cancels out the empathy.
Signs of Our Times
Love and Middle School
Nick Florest realizes that telling a middle-schooler to “get over it” when his heart is broken is not the soundest of advice.
Men and Feminism
The First Myth of Patriarchy: The Acorn on the Pillow
Tad Hargrave explains how patriarchy and masculinity are not the same thing, and privilege is not good for anyone.
Platonic Relationships
Photoessay
A Conversation With Tim Hetherington
“He was like Hercules. I’m surprised the shell that killed him didn’t just bounce off.”
Project Unbreakable
Grace Brown photographs survivors of sexual abuse with posters that hold quotes from their attackers. TRIGGER WARNING.
On Rape and Sexual Violence
Victims of the Crime
When Paul Kidwell’s girlfriend was raped years ago, the devastation of her trauma extended to their relationship, and though they have both moved on, that memory remains part of their lives.
On Race
Women’s Obsession with Beauty
The Ugly Duckling as Gender-Neutral Beauty Ideal
‘The Ugly Duckling’ provides a lesson in beauty and acceptance for everyone, regardless of gender.
Erogenous Zones
On Penises: Average and Normal Are Not the Same Thing
Noah Brand talks about the difficult task of accepting one’s own genitals.
Technology
You Need Rights Like the Internet Needs Pants
Technology author and system administrator Tom Limoncelli says it’s time to create an internet user bill of rights.
Historical Perspectives on Goodness
The Greatest Generation
We can find the ultimate example of the Good Generation in the Greatest Generation.
Politics
How Did We Get to Where We Are in the Political Birth Control Debate? A Short History
Lauren Hall gives a historical look at the political debate on birth control, and offers her opinion on the issue based on what she sees.
The Tea Party and #Occupy WallStreet Have Something in Common
Can’t a Marxist. socialist, liberal, progressive, and Democrat also be an American ?
Editors’ Picks
Ouch
How do you make up for accidentally setting your fiancée’s hair on fire? Write an essay about it, of course.
Think Like a Mountain
A Wisconsin teacher uses an essay about wolves to teach her students about empathy, environmentalism, and looking at all sides of a complex issue.
Men and Social Media
Why I’m Social-Media Promiscuous
Good Men Media CEO Lisa Hickey wants you—and Malcom Gladwell—to know: the revolution can be tweeted.
Vocalyze
“I think men should reclaim Creep, after all if being a Slut is something to be proud of then Creep can be lionised as well.”
This comment was by Transhuman on the post Is Creep-Shaming Real?