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Workplace Gender Shift: More Men Taking “Women’s” Jobs

May 21, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 8 Comments

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Jamie Reidy shares a report showing a gender shift in the workplace: men moving into traditionally female-centric jobs.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Ben Stiller, gender issues, gender roles, Good Feed Blog, Houston, Meet the Parents, Robert DeNiro, The New York Times

Masculinity Olympics

May 21, 2012 By HeatherN 12 Comments

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HeatherN explains how masculinity and heterosexuality have traditionally been assumed to be one and the same in our society, and points to how this is changing.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Feministing, Gender Identity, Good Feed Blog, HeatherN, heterosexuality, masculinity, sexual identity, sexuality

Take Our Survey on The Value of Dads

May 21, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors Leave a Comment

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This Father’s Day, we’re teaming up with Salary.com to learn more about fatherhood, work and home life.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Aaron Gouveia, Father's Day, fatherhood, polls, Salary.com, survey

Best Laid Plans: Prom and Porn at Same Venue

May 21, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 7 Comments

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Jamie Reidy comments on a high school prom and a porn convention happening at the same venue.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Catholic Church, CNN, Exxxotica, Good Feed Blog, Jenna Jameson, Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach High School, porn, pornography

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Social Justice

May 21, 2012 By Tom Matlack Leave a Comment

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Tom Morello talks to Bill Moyers about his role in changing the world.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Good Is Good Tagged With: Bill Moyers, OWS, Tom Morello

Transgendered at 5 Years Old?

May 21, 2012 By Justin Cascio 15 Comments

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Justin Cascio offers insight to a Washinton Post story about a gender variant 5 year-old child, who was born a girl and insists she is a boy.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: children with gender identity issues, gender variant boy, gender variant girl, gender variant people, girl thinks she is a boy, Good Feed Blog, Justin Cascio, Trans men, Transgender child, Washington Post

Open Thread: Who is Your Favorite Batman?

May 21, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 11 Comments

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Keaton, Kilmer, Bale, West? Who played Batman best?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Adam West, batman, Christian Bale, comics, George Clooney, Good Feed Blog, heath ledger, movies, open discussion, open thread, The Joker, val kilmer

Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer

May 20, 2012 By Joanna Schroeder 3 Comments

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it’s with great sadness that we report the death of Robin Gibb, age 62, from complications of cancer.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Andy Gibb, Barry Gibb, celebrities, How Did Robin Gibb Die, rest in peace, Robin Gibb, Robin Gibb dead, Saturday Night Fever song, Stayin Alive music video, Stayin Alive song, Stayin Alive vide, The Bee Gees

Are You More Likely to Get Shot in Mexico or Texas?

May 20, 2012 By Tom Matlack 8 Comments

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Americans fundamentally misunderstand what is going on in Mexico. And they should figure it out.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Drug Gangs, mexico, murder, safety, Tony Soprano, travel, United States

Good Men Project wins Million Writers Award

May 20, 2012 By Noah Brand 1 Comment

The Good Men Project has won the Million Writers Award for best new online magazine, in recognition of our status as one of the best venues for short fiction to begin publishing fiction in the past year

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: fiction, Good Feed Blog, Matthew Salesses, Million Writers award, Noah Brand, Weekend Fiction

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High-Five! Leaning Tower of Pisa Pranksters Make Merry

The Good Feed Blog editors share a video of high-fiving pranksters screwing up photos at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Palestinian Hunger Strike

HeatherN comments on the recent Palestinian hunger strike.

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Is the Educational Gender Gap Biological?

An article on HowToLearn.com asked the question of whether or not the educational gender gap was biologically or sociologically based.

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Mountain Lion Killed in the City of Santa Monica

Mountain lion trapped in the courtyard of an office building in the middle of the city of Santa Monica had to be euthanized after attempts to tranquilize him failed.

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Open Thread: What Would Your Ideal Presidential Candidate Look Like?

If you could create the perfect candidate for President, what would s/he stand for? What would be his or her background?

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Got Condom? Man with 30 Kids Asks for Help with Child Support

Jamie Reidy shares the story of a Tennessee man who has the balls to ask the state for a break in his child support for his 30 children.

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Feminist Ryan Gosling Becoming a Book

What does our culture’s obsession with Ryan Gosling say about how we view men as a whole?

Comment of the Day

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“I always knew he would be a manly man type and never desired to take this away.”

These are two comments by M and AM on the post “The New Macho”.

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“There is an amazing lack of genuine dialogue between the sexes…”

This is a comment by Quadruple A on the post “6 Reasons ‘Why Women Aren’t Crazy’ is Only Part of the Story”.

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“When I express sadness, frustration, fear or disappointment, it does not mean that there is anything ‘wrong’ with me or ‘broken’ that needs fixing.”

This comment was by Leslie Parsons Daniel in response to Mark Greene’s post “6 Reasons Why ‘Women Aren’t Crazy is Only Part of the Story.”

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