Higher Unlearning’s Jeff Perera looks at how sexism and homophobia in sport directly impacts heterosexual young men and boys as highlights the You Can Play project.
About Jeff Perera
Jeff is a facilitator for the White Ribbon Campaign, the world’s largest effort to engage men in ending violence against women, and founded a chapter at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada to further a gender-inclusive environment. Jeff is also co-director and curator of the annual discussion-focused ‘What Makes a Man’ White Ribbon Conference having organized, facilitated and spoken at numerous events from Toronto to Taiwan. In 2010 he delivered the TEDx talk ‘Words Speak Louder Than Actions’ discussing gender roles, the power of words and the impact we all can make.
SlutWalk: Why They Walk, Why I Walk
May 25, 2012 By 116 Comments
Higher Unlearning and White Ribbon Campaign’s Jeff Perera looks back at the initial Walk heard ’round the world, and forward to this
“It is amazing how art speaks and reaches beyond borders, crosses boundaries, transcends any and all barriers and walls.” A tribute to Adam Yauch
May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jeff Perera, with a tribute to the Beastie Boy to Man.
Chris Brown and The Sounds of Young Men in Free Fall
February 29, 2012 By 12 Comments
Jeff Perera takes a look at the troubled singer and wonders how we can keep young men on the right path.
The Invisible Gun of Manhood
December 13, 2011 By 102 Comments
Men have been handcuffed into suppressing their emotions and fearing the “feminine,” Jeff Perera writes. Now we must release our hands and open clenched fists.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”