The Thing About Higher Education is That it Ends (& Then What?)

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The economic landscape is tough for everyone – especially recent college graduates who constantly find themselves in the experience-required-experience-needed conundrum. Breaking Point Flix takes an honest (& kind of funny) look at the question, “Why should I hire you?”

Daddy, Am I Pretty?

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A father struggles to help his daughter make sense of an unkind world.

Does Pop Culture Have a Responsibility to Educate?

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s.e. smith explores the question of whether TV shows like “True Blood” and “Girls” have a responsibility to model ethical behavior to their viewers?

A Letter To My Son About Consent

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Finn Wightman writes to her son about consent because, as she says, “I love you too much to leave these things unsaid.”

“Letting kids know that adults are willing to talk about the difficult topics—including sex—builds a net of security.”

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Did your parents teach you about your body and consent? Or did they skirt around the topic? Paris, Jenny, and Robert talk about why the healthy sex talk is important.

“Before we can teach respect for women, boys need to learn to respect their own bodies and sexuality.”

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Danny says that there are key things that we have to teach boys about themselves before we even start on other genders. What do you think? What would you say to your child self?

These Simple Phrases Are Harming All of Us and Here’s How We Can Stop It (Video)

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Why “man up” and “you play like a girl” are devastating to everyone.

On Sex, Rape, Addiction and Adam From ‘Girls’

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In this guest post, Hugo Schwyzer weighs in on the most controversial episode of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” ever.

“There are no ‘secrets’ to men or to women. What works 100% of the time is clear, open, and honest communication.”

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This is a comment by Carlo Alcos on the post “20 Things I’ve Learned About Men from Working at Penthouse”.

Dad of Divas: The Interview

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Q: What advice would you give to other fathers? A: A vasectomy is waaay cheaper than kids!

“Boys with learning disorders already feel like they are messed up–how can we let them feel that way about being male too?”

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Strider is often told that when trying alternative learning/creativity methods with boys in his classroom that he is wasting his time. Is the classroom stacked against young boys?

“The priority for cosmetically altering genitals goes person who owns the genitals > everybody else.”

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Will you have your infant boy circumcised? If not, do you think people should be able to retain the right for religious rituals, or should the practice be banned all together? What if male circumcision took place late in life instead of at infancy?

“As a parent, the thought of our kids flashing other people stops our heart in fear.”

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This is a comment by Andrew Pollon on the post “I Won’t Teach My Daughter It’s Wrong to Flash Her Boobs”.

Princess Culture: 2/23

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Is daddy’s princess brave and good?

Thank You, Kareem

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Liam Day remembers why he admired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so much when he was growing up.

“Should I Be Friends with My Ex?”

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I still care about him. What should I do?