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Johnny Cash: Life, Love, and the Magic of Being Your Badass Self

May 21, 2013 By Chantele Theroux 1 Comment

Johnny Cash, original men, Man in Black, musician, passion, dedication

Chantele Theroux on how to live and love like the Man in Black.

Filed Under: A&E, Men and Masculinity, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, alcoholism, charisma, charity, charm, chivalry, dedication, drug abuse, heterosexuality, Johnny Cash, love letters, male role models, Man In Black, manhood, masculinity, musician, original men, orphans, overcoming failure, passion, prison reform, romantic love, S.O.S. Children's Villages, San Quentin, sex appeal, social justice, tragedy, woman on Johnny Cash, women on men, women's gazes

What Real Men Talk About

May 20, 2013 By Justin Cascio 4 Comments

T Cooper interview, T Cooper writer, transgender men, FTM, transmen, Real Man Adventures, gender transition

Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man.

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Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Masculinity, The Good Life Tagged With: American exceptionalism, American Idol, American masculinity, Backdoor Boys, barry white, berlin, bildungsroman, boy bands, Cheshire CT home invasion, Chris Broussard, Clay Aiken, creative nonfiction, daughters, Dynasty Handbag, ESPN, Esquire, family history, fatherhood, feminist men, FTM, gender performance, gender theory, gender transition, Geo Wyeth, Germany, hero's journey, history, homophobia, how I figured out I was trans, how to be a man, Internet culture, interviews, Jason Collins, Jewish history, Judith Butler, Kate Bornstein, Kathleen Hanna, Kishinev, Literaturhaus, Louis CK, machismo, male erotic dancers, male privilege, male role models, Man Club, man code, mcsweeney's, men cry, men in porn, men raising girls, men read, men write, murder, Nostalgia, passing, pogroms, printed books, privacy, private lives, pulp novels, rape, Real Man Adventures, Real Men Cry, ReDickulous, Rick Moody, soundtrack to the book, soundtracks, stepfatherhood, Stone Butch Blues, T Cooper interview, T Cooper writer, testosterone, The Julie Ruin, transgender men, transition novels, transmen, transphobia, violence, voice, whiteness, writers

Can Single Women Raise Boys to Become Men?

April 20, 2013 By Drew-Shane Daniels 52 Comments

Jill Scott, Jett Hamilton Roberts, single mothers, single mothers of sons, single women raising sons, single mothers of boys, it takes a village, male role models, black masculinity, black manhood

No one raises a man alone; it takes a village. We need to make sure we include positive men in our villages, too.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Masculinity, The Good Life Tagged With: black manhood, black masculinity, black single motherhood, black women's marriages, Ebony Magazine, gay black masculinity, gay fatherhood, It Takes A Village, Jett Hamilton Roberts, jill scott, male mentorship, male role models, male teachers, modeling masculinity, single mothers, single mothers of boys, single mothers of sons, single women raising sons, uncles

Join the International Men’s Movement Today

April 13, 2013 By Glen Poole 16 Comments

International men’s movement, glen poole, men and boys, men’s health, boys’ education, male suicide, male role models, crime and violence, men’s rights, fathers’ rights, feminism

A global call to action from Glen Poole, the Good Men Project’s new international men’s movement editor.

Filed Under: International Men's Movement Tagged With: crime, father's rights, feminism, glen poole, international men's movement, male role models, male suicide, men and boys, Men's Health, men's rights, violence against men

“So how do we reach boys who have every single male role model walk out on them?”

March 27, 2013 By the Editors 1 Comment

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Filed Under: Become a Premium Member Tagged With: Become a Premium Member, Boys, common ground, conversations, difficult conversations, male role models, male stereotypes, men, no ads, Premium Membership, support, The Good Men Project, What does it mean to be a good man?

How to Become a Warrior

March 25, 2013 By Russell Perkins Leave a Comment

guys who wrote the book on war, Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, warriors, military genius, leadership, sensitivity, courage, male toughness

The warrior is sensitive enough to discern truth, and has the courage to stand up for it.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Historical Perspectives on Goodness, Male Toughness, The Good Life Tagged With: aggression, battlefields, Boys, Carl von Clausewitz, charm, competition, courage, defining masculinity, experts on warfare, Fighting, General George S. Patton, General Patton, grace, guys who wrote the book on war, heroes, highly sensitive men, intelligence, leadership, macho men, male disposability, male rites of passage, male role models, male sensitivity, male success, male toughness, male warriors, manhood, masculinity, military genius, nobility, objectification of men, physical culture, samurai, self-control, sensitivity, soldiers, stoicism, strength, Sun Tzu, superheroes, tough guys, traditional gender roles, war philosophy, warfare literature, warriors, young men

The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage

February 15, 2013 By Nick Clements 8 Comments

The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: acting out, adolescent boys, adrenalin, adrenaline, adulthood, anti-social behavior, body modification, capitalist culture, car accidents, Challenges, character, consumerism, danger, driving, drug use, Families, gang rape, gangs, growing up, guns, individuality, male role models, manhood, mentoring, peer pressure, piercings, quarter-life crisis, reckless behavior, Responsibility, rites of passage, role models, self-expression, selfishness, service missions, sexual violence, social justice movements, strength, Stress, success, tattoos, teenage boys, testosterone, violence, weapons, young men

I Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy

January 24, 2013 By Anonymous 9 Comments

Why another man’s back hair makes me happy.

Filed Under: Anonymous Stories, Body Image, Featured Content, Mixed and Step Families, The Good Life Tagged With: back hair, bitterness, body image, competition, Divorce, empathy, ex wives, ex-wife's new boyfriend, guilty pleasure, happiness, joy, judging by appearances, kindness, male role models, men's bodies, Parenthood, pettiness, pride, schadenfreude, shame, teachable moment

What If My Son Doesn’t Like Star Wars?

January 23, 2013 By Neil Sheppard 3 Comments

Neil Sheppard explains to his wife that there’s more to Star Wars than light saber duels.

Filed Under: Christmas 2012, Ethics & Values, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: Anakin Skywalker, batman, Boys, Bruce Wayne, Christmas gifts, Christopher Nolan, comic books, doctor who, fatherhood, fatherless boys, fathers and sons, geek culture, heroes, Hobbies, life lessons, Luke Skywalker, male mentorship, male role models, male stereotypes, manhood, moral dilemmas, myths, Qui-Gon Jinn, science fiction, Spider-man!, Stan Lee, Star Trek, values

Children Will Listen

December 19, 2012 By Greg White Leave a Comment

Greg White spent a summer teaching a ten-year-old nephew to run, and changed both their lives.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Hands On, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: A Confederacy of Dunces, basic training, boot camp, children, coaching, distance running, Families, friends children, gratitude, learning to run, legacy, male role models, Mallorca, Marines, mentoring, nephews, opportunities, running, Sex and Relationships, Spain, teaching, uncles

Male Role Models in Avatar: The Last Airbender

March 16, 2012 By Noah Brand 19 Comments

Noah Brand explains how there is no gender war in Ba Sing Se.

Filed Under: A&E Tagged With: Avatar, avatar the last airbender, bumi, Cartoon, iroh, legend of korra, male role models, Men's portrayal in media, Nickelodeon, sokka, television

The Man Without Fear: Heroism and Elementary School

February 20, 2012 By Role/Reboot 1 Comment

Dr. Matt Finch knows fear. He has taken a class of first graders to the beach.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, Men and Heroism, The Good Life Tagged With: children, Daredevil, disaster, heroes, male role models, Mark D. White, Mark Waid, Matt Finch, Matt Murdock, Role/Reboot, teachers, The Good Life

Crisis of Fatherhood Fuels the Fires of London

August 16, 2011 By Chris Flux 13 Comments

In the face of the London riots, Chris Flux writes, rather than blaming the lack of father figures, we should encourage fathers to be role models.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values Tagged With: Chris Flux, David Cameron, discipline, fatherhood, London riots, male role models, poverty of hope, Tariq Jahan

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