Michael Flood wants us to stand up and do something about violence against women (and men).
Archives for September 2011
Movies: Red Tails Flies High With A Thrilling Trailer, Poster Designed By A Black Man [@esppr]
George Lucas’ pet project comes to theaters with an all-star cast and a gritty director illuminating the Tuskeegee Airmen history.
Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 05 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]
A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.
Open Thread
This thread has been brought to you by a Catholic theology test Ozy is 90% sure zie took at some point.
How to Save Baseball
Tom Matlack thinks he can fix the game we all used to love.
GoodCall: Bachelor Marathons, LeBron (Again?), and More
Brandon Sneed’s weekly roundup where sports and goodness collide.
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #037, “You Are My Number One Guy”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com.
The Big, Unnecessary Numbers Behind the Little King of Spain and Barcelona
Xavi doesn’t look like your traditional athlete, Elliot Turner writes, but that doesn’t make him any less of one. Sounds familiar, no?
What the Modern Man Isn’t
Aaron Gordon isn’t sure what the modern man is, but he knows it’s not Roger Goodell.
Great Moments in Greatness: Real Life Starship Trooper Armor (doesn’t work, but still)
Wow.
The Balls Don’t Make the Man
I read ‘The End of Men,’ re-read it, watched the debates, and now watch as it turns into a book. It provoked reflection on what makes me a man, and inevitably, I had to break it down to fundamentals.
My Idea of Gender: Being The Family Nerd
Benjamin Wilkoff can’t think of a better way to express his gender identity other than by being the geek that he is.
Get Out There and Make Some Babies
Jake DiMare argues that for true gender equality, we need more progressive, liberal folks to create more children and raise them up with love, civility and the ability to think critically about their surroundings.
Men Are Not Finished. Four Reasons Why.
“The End of Men” is headline writing for shock value. Cameron Conaway will show you why.
Friday’s Top Ten
Woof. Welcome to Friday’s Top Ten. I new idea I’m tinkering with. It’s pretty self-explanatory, actually. It’s Friday and I’m picking a top ten of something. Could be anything. Where will I go in this first post? I look no further than my MacBook Pro and iTunes. Today’s top…
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I’ve been gearing up to write a post about the appalling images of men in new TV shows and the implicit assumptions that underlie those images, but Linda Holmes over at NPR has done it for me, so well that all I can really add is to flap my hand frantically in its direction and…