The effects of romantic role models in young adult fiction color whole generations’ ideas of who they want to be and to love.
Bullying and the Cult of the Tough Guy
May 15, 2012 By 35 Comments
Mitt Romney’s bullying evoked a painful memory within John Manchester, as well as concern for the message we send by electing a bully as President.
Into the Arms of My Lover…..Sweet, Sweet Porn
May 15, 2012 By 36 Comments
Standing Ovation for Google “Dads” Ad Campaign
May 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
I was still fuming over the Babble Dad bashing when I turned on Mad Men to watch Don hopelessly in love with Megan and a commercial that made it clear SOMEONE really gets what it means to be a dad. Google.
Three Things We Can Learn From Mitt Romney about Bullying
May 15, 2012 By 6 Comments
Mitt Romney stands accused of homophobic bullying in high school. Jeremy Adam Smith looks at the positive lessons can we draw from the story.
Picking Up the Pieces
May 14, 2012 By 6 Comments
In the wake of breaking his wife’s heart, John Taylor questions what it means to be a man.
An Open Flame
May 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Top Ten Reasons a Literary Snob Won’t Go Out with You
May 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Being a snob means being discerning and exclusive. Try not to take it too hard.
WTF: Babble Publishes List of 10 Things Moms do Better than Dads.
May 14, 2012 By 54 Comments
The claim that dads can’t feed, clothe, cuddle or care for our kids as well as moms is so insanely wrong on so many levels I think my head is about to explode.
In My Room
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William revisits his old room and remembers his childhood, brothers, and discovering his sexual identity.
Bully: Surviving School
May 13, 2012 By 12 Comments
Kicked in corridors and spat on: this was the kind of behavior dismissed as ‘banter.’
Lost and Found Life
May 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Christian Piatt talks about saying goodbye, and why everyone should go through their whole house once a year.
What is an Addict?
May 12, 2012 By 10 Comments
The Heart of My House
May 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
The home has long been a powerful metaphor, and for good reason. The place where we live comes to represent us. But here is a story I haven’t seen before, where the homeowner cannot seem to see his house as it is. Where he can’t stop seeing it as a metaphor. —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project [...]
Down a Path We Don’t Know Where
May 12, 2012 By 3 Comments
Lisa Hickey looks back on the fears she had and the mistakes she made with her son.
For My Son, A Kind of Prayer
May 12, 2012 By 7 Comments
Richard Jeffrey Newman offers a poem and a prayer for his son, on violence and fear and the awful mystery of our own bodies.
Vocalyze
“I think most women need to “trick” themselves into believing that they’re not satisfying some carnal desire.”
This comment was by John Anderson on the post “My First Playboy”, about women and carnal desire.
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