For The Love Of God, Please Stop Saying “Bromance”

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Kate Conway explains how the “bromance” label implies that the deepest emotional connection a straight guy can form with someone else is to date them.

The Politically Correct Terrorist

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How do we define terrorism? Carl Pettit takes a closer look.

We, the Media

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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.

We Eat Stereotypes For Lunch Around Here

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One of the reasons we started The Good Men Project was to dispel the notion that all guys were interested in was sex, sports and beer.

“I don’t know why there is still so much negative stuff stay-at-home dads have to go through.”

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This is a comment by ogwriter and Joan on the post “Why Dads Matter: A Feminist Mom’s Perspective”. Ogwriter is tired of all of the division in the household as far as the media talking about who supposedly is biologically better at partenting, and Joan reminds us that a family is about people and work, not just individuals earning gold stars.

Alyssa Rosenberg Cites GMP in Her Insightful TV Roundup

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The noted cultural critic talks about evolving images of masculinity.

Just Doing My Job

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Justin Cascio’s life has been changed by the writers who reveal their own lives—and the taboos of our society.

“Television and movies portray men as idiots, but we’re aren’t!”

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These are comments by Eagle33, gk, Steve, and John Schtoll on the post “The Depressing Depiction of Men in the Media”.

The Gilda’s Club Conclusion – The Terrifying Power of Social Media

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I want to be crystal clear: I don’t want anybody to stop giving donations to the Wellness Community or to Gilda’s Club. I don’t want this organization to lose support. It was, after all, a place of solace for Gilda in her last years fighting ovarian cancer.

Creative: Breaking Down The Benefits Of Making Comics [@hannibaltabu]

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The following is a first person editorial. I saw an article referencing comments by writer Jim Zubkavich, who writes the largely entertaining comic Skullkickers (among other credits): Creator says creator-owned comics pay as little as $31.25 a page—if you’re lucky. On a print run of 5000 comics (and many, many creator-owned titles sell less than [...]

Can We Please Kill the Headline “He Cheated”?

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Tom Matlack believes the ‘cheater news cycle’ cheats us out of more important discussions.

How to Survive a Natural Disaster

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If there’s a natural disaster or terrorist attack, can you protect your family?

The Plague

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What do we owe our neighbors in times of crisis?

No Longer a Victim

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Donald D’Haene was on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’—twice—as a survivor of sexual abuse, not a victim.

What Is Good Journalism?

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Using the U.S. Benghazi embassy attack as an example, Eric Sentell reveals the “echo chamber” effect in partisan journalism.

Murder, Motherhood, and the Media: Reflections on a Feeding Frenzy

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In the wake of a double homicide, knee-jerk opinion blames mothers and completely erases fathers.