Yes, Black People Can Be Racist Too

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Damon Young recounts the most racist thing he’s ever done.

On Love, Being in Love, and Waiting on a Train

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For Damon Young, the idea of being so into someone that he literally felt their everything merging with my own scared him. It still does. But now he realizes how necessary that fear is.

Is Gender a Curse on Platonic Friendship?

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Damon Young re-examines everything he thought he knew about platonic friendships between men and women.

5 Reasons Being a Single Man is Kind of Overrated

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Damon Young lists the ways in which it sorta sucks to be single.

Is People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Campaign Racist?

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Joanna Schroeder challenges the outdated notion that Americans don’t find men of color sexy.

A Fight for Peace: Afghanistan’s First Pro Boxing Bout [VIDEO]

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Cameron Conaway believes peace grew with each thrown punch

Separate But Equal: About Wyclef, Lauryn and Loving Two People at the Same Time

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After reading Wyclef Jean’s new memoir, Damon Young examines the possibility of being in love with two people at once.

On The Guy Who Left His Girlfriend and Kids in the Aurora Theater

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Damon Young insists that before you criticize Jamie Rohrs, realize that unless you’ve been in a life-or-death situation, you don’t have a f*cking clue what you would do if you were him.

My Most Embarrassing Moment… Ever

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Damon Young thought he was over the stomach flu… until he reached the supermarket.

‘Cool’ is More Important Than ‘Swag’

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Damon Young explains that when it comes to meeting women, coolness is more important than swagger, and actor Idris Elba is the perfect embodiment of how to make that work for you.

It’s True That Men Have to Fall Harder For Women Than They Fall For Us

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Damon Young discusses why a man really should love his wife a little more than she loves him.

10 Things I’d Tell My Teenage Daughter About Men, Dating, and Sex

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Damon Young may not be a dad yet, but he’s got some advice for his own teenage daughter, should he someday have one.

Do Men Have ‘Mommy Issues’?

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Joanna Schroeder wonders why dads take the fall for women’s bad behavior, but when men act badly it’s never blamed on ‘Mommy Issues’.

Is There Such Thing As ‘Daddy Issues’?

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Damon Young reasons that the age-old excuse for bad behavior as “Daddy Issues” is complete B.S.

My Deepest, Darkest Secret: Beard Envy

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Damon Young has a lot going for him. A full, glorious beard is not one of them.

Trayvon Martin: Not Just Another Cause-du-Jour

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The Trayvon Martin case has taught Damon Young that it’s time to believe in something.