Carlos Andrés Gómez is on a mission to reclaim the phrase “man up” to reflect all the best things about masculinity today.
Carlos Andrés Gómez and Adam Falkner’s poem about the swirling messages about violence and sexuality in modern manhood.
Slam Poetry: I Want to Be a Better Man… But I Wait
September 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
Slam poetry by Carlos Andrés Gómez and Jeanann Verlee explores the complications modern couples experience as a generation who grew up surrounded mostly by divorced families.
Video: When Worlds Collide – Comedian Silences Room With Heartbreaking Honesty
September 24, 2012 By 8 Comments
Comedian Anthony Griffith got up on stage at the Aspen Comedy Arts Festival and silenced the room… but it wasn’t an awkward silence.
Taylor Mali Performs ‘Miracle Workers’
September 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Education is the miracle. I’m just the worker. I’m a teacher. And that’s what we do.”
“What Teachers Make” by Slam Poet and Education Advocate Taylor Mali
September 15, 2012 By 9 Comments
Pretty [Slam Poetry Video]
August 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Video: Men Are Trained To Think of Each Other as Animals
July 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
Men and boys worldwide are caught in cycles and storms that leave us speaking to one another in a language of violence.
10 Responses to the Phrase ‘Man Up’
February 11, 2012 By 14 Comments
A spoken word poem by 2-time National Poetry Slam champion, activist and social justice educator Guante.
Fatherhood. By Any Means. Necessary.
January 30, 2012 By 18 Comments
“This is a man’s work. And I don’t care how you get it done. Fatherhood.” We dare you to listen through to the last line of this spoken word poem and not get the chills.
“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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