What happens when I start believing I am my body.
Body Image
Why You Should Exercise With Your Significant Other
There are plenty of good reasons, so why not start the New Year right?
There are plenty of good reasons, so why not start the New Year right?
A Roadmap to Overcoming Insecurities
How do we become OK with ourselves? How do we learn to find contentment and peace? — There isn’t a person amongst us who doesn’t have insecurities — some are just better at dealing with them, or perhaps hiding them. We worry what other people think about us, we worry if we’re good-looking enough, we…
Thanks, Facebook, But I Don’t Need a Makeover
JJ Vincent hates it when Facebook suggests things he should “like”. For one, the words “should” and “like” don’t go together. And two, having Facebook do your thinking for you is kinda creepy.
Glitter Toes: Yes, I have them.
For the most part, JJ Vincent strives to be invisible. But then there are those toes!
What I Learned from 50 Naked People
When I started school for massage therapy, it was a shock at first.
Lying to Children
Where fantasy stops, untruths begin. Carl Pettit writes on the relationship between media and body image.
How We Can Improve Sex Ed for Boys
Justin Cascio talks to Elizabeth Schroeder, executive director of Answer, about why boys are tuning out in sex ed classes, and what they want to know most (but aren’t telling us).
How Do Men See Themselves?
Dove asks women a question that men should be asking, too.
I Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy
Why another man’s back hair makes me happy.
My Gain, Your Loss: Hair Removal, Feminism, and Interdependence
An ideology that lacks compassion for half of humanity will not secure freedom for anyone.
Average Size … for a Black Man: Myths About Size, Racism, and the Patriarchy
Myths about Black men’s prowess reinforce racist stereotypes about Black men.
The Intact-ivists
A diverse group of men who are opposed to circumcision share a common, if unorthodox, mission—to restore their foreskins.
Why Black Women Also Fear Black Men
Though the fear of black men by white people is based on racist stereotypes, black women’s fear is rooted in a lifetime of experience.
The Circumcised Poet and Other Tales
No matter what has been cut away, what remains is whole.