In the first of three promotional pieces, we celebrate the work of Eric Wallace. This time: Mr. Terrific!
Archives for August 2011
What Comes Out of the Media’s Witchhunt Against Men? No Good.
An example of how guys can suddenly go from “good” to “bad” in a heartbeat — one incident, based on unfounded truths and perpetuated stereotypes of men as sexual predators and purveyors of corporate greed.
Fatherhood, Responsibility, and Crazy Weather
No Mother Nature, you cannot take my kids to see the wizard.
Great Moments In Greatness: The Set of Training Day
Great Moments in Greatness offers a look at excellence from Black people everywhere.
Big Bad Love
“Then we lie in her twin bed, facing each other. We alternate closing our eyes, looking at each other in turns. Next month, she’ll go to court and testify against her father.” By Mary Miller
Why We Fight
Figleaf’s thought-provoking post on perceived masculinity got linked to by none other than Ann Althouse yesterday, in case any of our regular readers were wondering why the comments to that post contained much more troglodytic bullshit than usual. Thing is, you guys got spared the worst of it. Me and Ozy were looking over the…
Comics: Firestorm in Black, White, Yellow & Red from @GailSimone & @ycinar
Integrating your Firestorm matrix, Jason Rusch mirrors Ronnie Raymond in a new preview piece.
Macho Women
Tom Matlack wants to clarify that ‘The New Macho’ isn’t just for men.
There’s a Hurricane of Manliness A’Comin’
Hurricane Irene has Aaron Gouveia imagining a post-storm zombie apocalypse where he kills his own food and protects his family.
Hurricane Irene: A Real Crisis
‘The essence of leadership is the ability to do the ordinary under extraordinary circumstances.’
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #027, “Time To Go”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
Happy Birthday Drama Queen
Hugs and shit. It doesn’t seem like it’s been 14 years since Baby Mama dropped a 9 lb. 12 oz., 21 1/2 inch bundle of joy on the world, but it has been. My Drama Queen was supposed to be a King. Two ultra sounds said boy and I still remember standing in…
Science: Table Top Particle Accelerator Threatens Universe Portably
Ever wanted the danger of the Large Hadron Collider in a package you could fit in a Durango? Now it’s here!
Ten things I've learned from public displays of affection
I have a deep notion of social propriety that makes me very uncomfortable with being too publicly affectionate with someone. I know that many people do not share this notion. I sometimes wonder if PDA is a couple’s way of reassuring themselves that everything is fine. Like…if we kiss hard enough and publicly enough, everybody…
Our Kind of People, Class, and Pride
You should always be proud of your family—even if they are preppy, upper-class, country club members.
Class Warfare and the Power of the Powerless in America
Apathy and rage, David Perez writes, have a lot in common.