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Book Review: How to Change the World
April 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
Changing the world is far easier done than said.
Stay Passionate to Prevent Failure
April 15, 2013 By 4 Comments
You Can’t Buy Security by “Fitting In” Anymore
Change is Calling Me for Only $24.99
April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I’ve tried to become a better man through books, apps, DVDs, etc. Doesn’t work. When I live on my edge—-that’s when change happens.
Why Pain Is a Wonderful Thing
April 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
Don’t kill the messenger: pain is also the source of compassion.
Myth of the Single Self, Pt. 1: The Primacy of Change
March 31, 2013 By 2 Comments
No matter how hard we try, we can not wrangle predictability or permanence from the world. Not in any way, shape or form.
We, the Media
March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We call it participatory media. You — whoever you are, armed with just a truth, an insight, a story, a love of men — you are the media.
Beware the Fat-Fearing-Fanatics
February 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Natalie Gold is tired of listening to the same old myths about overweight people.
Up Before the Sun
January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What bothers me is it’s as normal to see headlines of crime and dead children as it is to have cereal in the morning.
A Chronic Cheater
January 1, 2013 By 6 Comments
An unfaithful man ends up alone, taking a fearless personal inventory, and vows to change.
We Are Not Islands
December 15, 2012 By 8 Comments
When Ryan Bradley was suicidal, he thought he was alone. He was wrong.
The Ballad of Betty and Veronica, Part III: Stripped and Totaled
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We were on our last lap, so close to the finish line…
Fathering to Heal
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There is no way I can understand who I am as a father without understanding who I am as a son.
The Edge of Innocence
November 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Let your children dream about peace and beauty and hope. Let them believe that they are lightning rods for global change.
The Long Journey Home Has Started
October 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
As Atalwin Pilon nears the farthest point from home, he realizes he will return to different circumstances.
“I WILL change my masculine frame for ME because it is who I want to be.”
This is a comment by Steve Horsmon on the post “How Do Men Think About Sex?”