The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.
An American soldier in Saigon receives an unexpected lesson in courage.
Letters From the Boy
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Rob Brown gives voice to a little boy who didn’t survive his abusive childhood. (Trigger Warning)
Fear in America
December 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt fears for his daughter’s future, in America and outside of America, in private and in public, and in the aftermath from the recent school shooting.
Simulated Assault: My Life as a Self-Defense Instructor
November 1, 2012 By 7 Comments
Pissing My Pants: Betraying My Manliness at the Sight of Needles
October 1, 2012 By 15 Comments
Jamie Reidy’s fear of needles is getting better, but he’s still taking it a step at a time.
Fear and Love in the Time of AIDS
September 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
A Practical Guide to Bravery
September 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
A Modern Day Hero’s Journey Is What Today’s Boy Needs to Become a Man
July 18, 2012 By 17 Comments
The entire reason we have such a thing as a quarter life crisis, and later a mid-life crisis, is because boys and young men lack meaningful rite-of-passage experiences.
Eating the Elephant
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I find it hard to say whether I have mild or severe cerebral palsy, because my condition affects my entire life.
Love in the Time of Lymphoma
March 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
When Daniel Haack was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 22, he started using a different line at bars: “Hey, my name’s Daniel, and I have cancer.”
The Sniper
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Why Steven Seagal Doesn’t Have Shit On My Dad
February 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
Heroism isn’t about victory, writes Travis Gasper. It’s about a will to survive.
Bigorexia: Masculinity and the Pursuit of Muscularity
February 1, 2012 By 97 Comments
Your Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Probably Isn’t Helping Me
January 31, 2012 By 20 Comments
Why is it that the majority persists on making violence a gender issue? And how does showing that women can also be violent and abusive somehow soften the horror of any act of violence by a man?
Fear Less
January 12, 2012 By 3 Comments
Being fearless consists of much more than denying what you’re afraid of, Dan Griffin writes.
Confronting Myself
January 8, 2012 By 6 Comments
Staring into the darkness, Trent M. Kays is forced to reflect on who he really is.
“You would never know from sex ed classes that people actually enjoy sex.”
This Comment of the Day was by wellokaythen on the post How We Can Improve Sex Ed for Boys?
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