The Sweetest Sound

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During my waking life I’ve always been tormented by noise—voices in my brain that turned terror into self-hatred.

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Big Island Love

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Tom Matlack on traveling, why opposites attract, and outrunning your DNA.

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No Poetry, No Gender War, No Bullshit

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Tom Matlack discusses the popular men’s movements and why the Good Men Project stands apart.

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Love Survives

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Tom Matlack talks to photographer Ron Cowie about enduring love, unspeakable loss, and staying present when life falls apart.

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The New Feminism?

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Tom Matlack explores today’s “male identity crisis” and what men need to learn from the women’s movement.

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Amazing Grace

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In my despair, something changed.

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Fitness for the Middle-Aged Alpha Male

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If Tom Matlack could get back into shape, you definitely can.

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What Is a “Good” Man?

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This is a project not a destination, for us collectively and for each one of us personally.

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The New Macho

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What does it mean to be ‘assertively, self-consciously male’ now?

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I Hate Rich Guys. Or Do I?

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If real life is so much more important than money, Tom Matlack writes, then why do so many men care about being rich?

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My Response to an Open Letter From MRAs

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The Good Men Project was never intended to be a platform to espouse any particular dogma. It was founded as a way to begin a conversation.

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The Paradox of Male Honesty

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Joel Stein, Amanda Marcotte, Tom Miller, Dan Barrett and Todd Mauldin in a Socratic Roundtable about Honesty.

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A Dark Road

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Tom Matlack gives a very personal account of Civil Rights in a time and place where not much was civil–Mississipi, 1964

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The Bachelor, Feminism and China

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Tom Matlack seeks to understand the conundrum of how we talk about what we talk about.

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What I Love About Men

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Tom Matlack thinks about manliness as a diverse range of stories and perspectives.

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What I Learned From Twittergate

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We should all tell our stories and listen to others, Tom Matlack writes, as it’s the only way to move forward.

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