“We need to stop expecting other women to help us just because we’re women, too.”
They’re All Lying to You: Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Photoshop, PEDs, and the Paranoid Style in American Journalism
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Want the “truth” about breaking news stories like Lance Armstrong’s PED confession and the Manti Te’o affair? Oliver Lee Bateman argues that there isn’t any to be discovered.
Tom Matlack on HuffPost Live: Women, Beauty and the New York Times
January 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
Tom Matlack joined a round table discussion of issues related to his controversial opinion piece.
Tom Matlack Talks to the New York Times About Women, Beautification, and Self-Esteem
January 2, 2013 By 18 Comments
Who are we to judge what someone else decides to do to her own face or body?
Never Stop Living
December 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
Does self-image ultimately determine how the body will perform?
So, About Those Uneven Balls
November 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
What would it take for you to have genital cosmetic surgery?
Walking Around Shirtless
October 3, 2012 By 9 Comments
Justin Cascio wants to know: Is it okay to show my scars?
Plastic Surgery: It’s Not Just for Women Anymore
October 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
More men are having liposuction, Botox injections, laser hair removal, and other cosmetic procedures.
My Body Is a Temple
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kyle Carpenter’s body remains unaltered until he can embrace the permanence of the experience.
7 Things I Find Attractive in a Woman Now That I Am 50
September 19, 2012 By 24 Comments
James Elliot’s tastes have matured along with him. Here, he talks about what’s so sexy about women his own age.
Dear John: “Guys Weekend” Had More Girls, Fewer Clothes
September 2, 2012 By 6 Comments
This week Dear John addresses a skinny-dipping party, concern for an alienated friend, and cosmetic surgery.
In Praise of Large-Minded Women
July 12, 2012 By 21 Comments
Mark Radcliffe regrets his recklessness in writing on a delicate subject. For this essay, he redirects the focus to the most attractive of a woman’s attributes: her mind.
Father’s Day Fiction Special: Dad Did the Best He Could
June 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
In part 4 of the Moustache Club’s Father’s Day Fiction Special, Oliver Bateman tells the story of a father whose life plan has gone awry.
Pursuit of Perfection
May 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Many men are taking more extreme and dangerous steps to maintain their youth
Intersex and Gender Surgery
July 26, 2011 By 42 Comments
Some interesting debate has been going on in the circumcision post about genital surgery on children. Therefore, I felt it was time to bring up one of the most important and overlooked issues about children and genital surgery. The intersex. An intersex person was born with anatomy that doesn’t match the ordinary definitions of female [...]
Men Lead the Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Renaissance
March 21, 2011 By 4 Comments
More than 1.1 million men underwent plastic surgery in 2010. Facelifts are up 14 percent, and liposuction increased by 7 percent.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”