Explore different ways of being a man by relating to classic icons, no two of them alike.
About Noah Brand
Noah Brand is the editor-in-chief of the Good Men Project, and possibly also a cartoon character from the 1930s. His life, when it is written, will read better than it lived. He is usually found in Portland, Oregon, directly underneath a very nice hat.
Remote Village Faces Potential Suicide Epidemic
April 18, 2013 By 1 Comment
Two suicides may not seem like a lot, but in a community of 300 people, it’s significant.
Open Thread: How Do You Know You’re Not The Good Guy?
April 5, 2013 By 6 Comments
An open discussion of moral heuristics and why killing Superman never works.
Remembering Roger Ebert
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What made him the one movie critic people really listened to?
Open Thread: What Have You Bounced Back From?
March 31, 2013 By 5 Comments
You thought it was going to wreck you for good, but it didn’t. What was it?
Business Lessons From History’s 7 Greatest Heists
March 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
Brilliant, daring, large-scale thefts, and what they can teach us about mistakes and vulnerabilities.
Open Thread: Best Childhood Toy
March 30, 2013 By 3 Comments
However many or however few toys you had, you know there was one that stood out.
Open Thread: How Well Do You Separate Art and Artist?
March 29, 2013 By 6 Comments
You love the work; you hate the person who made it. How do you navigate that?
The Argument For Male Weakness and Failure
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We define manliness as being in opposition to two things. Those are the things we need to embrace.
The Constitutional Smoking Gun on Marriage Equality
March 28, 2013 By 3 Comments
Justice Kagan shoots a hole in the central premise of DOMA… courtesy of its authors.
Height
March 23, 2013 By 8 Comments
Noah Brand wishes there was better way than “deal with it” to solve an unsolvable problem.
Men Spend Less on Porn Than Women Do
March 22, 2013 By 31 Comments
Although the straight female audience is eight times larger, the gay male porn market is enormous in comparison. What porn are women using?
The Slob Thing
March 20, 2013 By 10 Comments
Noah Brand dispels the myth that being a slob is a gendered trait.
Lululemon Recalls Yoga Pants: “Too Transparent”
March 19, 2013 By 13 Comments
Pants not for showing off recalled for showing off too much.
What Has Been Found Guilty in Steubenville?
March 17, 2013 By 6 Comments
An entire set of unspoken assumptions has been dragged out into the light.
Sexualization of the Male Body On Film
March 17, 2013 By 71 Comments
How can you tell when a man’s being presented as a sex object? Turns out there’s one simple, checkable criterion.
“There is a push for women to be their most genuine selves, and yet now there is makeup for men!?”
This is a comment by Cameron Brown on the post “Makeup for Men? Why?”