“I don’t know what it feels like to not be a man, but I do not know what it feels like to have what you’ve accomplished not matter because of what you are.”
Welcoming the New Generation of Highly Sensitive Men
January 31, 2013 By 23 Comments
Rick Belden gives readers a name for what they have always known about themselves.
The Key to Exercise: Shamelessness
January 1, 2013 By 4 Comments
Free yourself from shame over your body or your taste in music. Noah Brand shares his exercise playlist.
Never Stop Living
December 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
Does self-image ultimately determine how the body will perform?
“I wondered why rejection never triggers the self doubt in my female friends as it does my male friends.”
October 25, 2012 By 211 Comments
This is a comment by Steph and NaHa on the post “The Fourth Meditation On Blind Spots”.
Music for Boys
October 24, 2012 By 3 Comments
Why Fiona Apple’s music mattered to Vincent Scarpa, even when he thought it wasn’t supposed to.
Not Everything Should Be Shared Publicly
September 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
On gay fathers, insight from the straight-partner point of view is very different than from the child’s point of view. A mother-son dialogue from The Gay Dad Project.
“We expect to have sex like the pros, but not dunk a basketball like the pros and we’re fine with that.”
September 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
This is a comment by Jon D on the post “Real Life 40 Year-Old Virgin”.
Men, Strength, and Death
August 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
True strength does not require denial of reality, but suppleness in meeting it.
Splashing in Puddles: How to Be a Father to Your Daughter
August 22, 2012 By 9 Comments
Advice from a father of five daughters: Prioritize your daughter’s interests as if they were your own, and you will succeed at parenting.
Un-Defining Manhood
August 7, 2012 By 18 Comments
Men cling to bachelorhood as a defining chapter of their lives, but becoming a husband and father is much more personally defining than being single could ever be, writes Ryan W. Bradley.
Am I Less Than a Man?
August 6, 2012 By 21 Comments
Do you have to look the part to be a “real man”? Turner Wright questions his body type.
“When I see male Olympians, I see that hard work does pay off. It’s refreshing and triumphant.”
August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These are comments by A. Buchert and Mike L on the post “Open Thread: Does Watching the Olympics Make You Feel Bad About Your Body?”
30 Days Without Social Media: The Wrap Up
July 27, 2012 By 4 Comments
Collin Slattery learns which kinds of connections fulfill, and which are unsatisfying in comparison, in his experiment in avoiding social media.
“BlaQueer is actively showing himself just as he is, which is the opposite of the media’s ‘if you don’t look like this, you are inadequate’ message.”
These are comments by Salvice on the post “I Want the World to See The Man I See in Myself”.