Get A Job! The Myth of Labor

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Our images of manhood and success are too often tied to a “working man” image that doesn’t exist in the real world any more.

Is It Fair to Believe Men Can Be Summed Up By Our Desire to Drink, F*** and Swear?

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Even “regular guys” aren’t two-dimensional stereotypes, says Tom Matlack.

You’re Going to Vegas?

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Why a 22-year-old who doesn’t drink, smoke, or gamble would choose life in Sin City.

6 Ways to Survive a Recession Without Having to Do Porn… Unless You Want to

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Rapper Mystikal says he will do porn if his next CD doesn’t sell. Here, Showtime offers 6 other ways to survive during a recession in case that’s not your thing.

Writing Outside the (Idiot) Box

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Dream of churning out laughs for the Hollywood machine? Do it from home, counsels Greg White, who finds freedom writing for anything but TV.

My Unemployment

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Stand-up comic Bo Guthrie reflects on what he learned during his four months of unemployment.

Becoming Who You Want to Be (When You Grow Up)

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Who do you want to be when you grow up?

A Letter to My Nephew Who Is Away at Summer Camp

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Advice from Uncle Sean on drug use, growing up, New York City, and having your heart broken.

What’s a Man To Do? New Work for 2012 and Beyond

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Find the new good life.

This Town Needs a New Sheriff

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Jeff Cohen defies you to find him a comic figure in the movies today who you’d be proud to share with your young son.

The Economy Just Won’t Listen

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Todd McCann explains the ways in which a down economy affects people in the trucking industry.

How to Win the Lottery Every Single Time You Play

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Can you really win the lottery every single time you play? In a word, yes. In two words, heck yes.

Why We’re Done Occupying and We’ve Moved On

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It has been almost a year since Occupy Wall Street. The world and our mood have both changed quite a bit since then.

The Sensitive But Angry Man

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Frederick Marx has identified a type of man he’s been seeing around a lot.

Should Anyone Earn a Billion A Year?

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Tom Matlack invites discussion around a simple question: Should the mega rich be admired or vilified?

Male Employment Hits Historic Lows

(Via Occupy Wall Street.) According to the Federal Reserve’s economic data, the rate of employment of men has hit historic lows– in fact, it’s at the lowest rate in more than sixty years. And women aren’t doing so well either. Noah, who is awesome, Photoshopped the two charts together so we can see what’s up: