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Superheroes Are Humans, Too [OpEd]

May 12, 2013 By Christian Coleman 2 Comments

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Hollywood movies ignore the humanity of the men underneath the masks. Their internal struggles are as important as their superpowers.

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League of Somebodies – The First Trial of Manhood

April 9, 2013 By Samuel Sattin Leave a Comment

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Samuel Sattin offers the first chapter of his exciting new novel League of Somebodies, about the making of superheroes and men.

Filed Under: A&E Tagged With: books about superheroes, League of Somebodies, masculinity, novel excerpt, novel masculinity, Sam Sattin, Samuel Sattin, superheroes, the making of a man

How to Become a Warrior

March 25, 2013 By Russell Perkins Leave a Comment

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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

50 Greatest Superhero Names of All Time

March 7, 2013 By The Weeklings 2 Comments

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Put on your cape n’ tights and plunge into the 50 Greatest Superhero–and Villain–Names of All Time, by Samuel Sattin.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content Tagged With: arts and entertainment, best super villain names, best superhero names, comic book lists, comic books, comics, graphic novels, lists, Sam Sattin, Samuel Sattin, super villans, superheroes, Superman, The Avengers

Sheffield

October 4, 2012 By Tom Matlack 7 Comments

A 3-minute video on photography, fatherhood and surfing.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Good Is Good Tagged With: art, blade runner, dads, fatherhood, Good Men Project, husbands, mixed media, photography, stephen sheffield, superheroes, surfing, Tom Matlack

Open Thread: What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?

September 16, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 24 Comments

Which super power do you wish you possessed?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Good Feed Blog, open discussion, open thread, super power, superheroes, superpower, what's your super power?

A Practical Guide to Bravery

September 11, 2012 By Carl Pettit 1 Comment

Carl Pettit offers a taxonomy of bravery for the rest of us to emulate.

Filed Under: Fear & Courage, Men and Heroism, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: A Song of Ice and Fire, Bravery, confidence, courage, daily life, fear, Game of thrones, gandhi, heart, heroes, Hobbits, Lech Walesa, military, moral courage, Nelson Mandela, politicians, rosa parks, Seal Team Six, superheroes, Superman

“What if instead of humans acting like superheroes, we are superheroes acting like humans?”

August 7, 2012 By the Editors Leave a Comment

This is a comment by Dave Booda on the post “True American Gods”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: batman, comic books, comics, flaws, graphic novels, hero, heroes, hulk, human, humanness, Iron Man, power, spiderman, superhero, superheroes, Superman

True American Gods

August 7, 2012 By Carl Pettit 6 Comments

Carl Pettit explains how Superman, Iron Man, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man became the American Titans.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: abilities, Allah, American Gods, American pantheon, batman, belief, bible, buddha, Clark Kent, comics, Culture, dc, Dionysus, God, Greek gods, Incredible Hulk, Jack Kirby, jesus, Krishna, life after death, Marvel, modern life, Mount Olympus, mythology, Neil Gaiman, Osiris, reincarnation, resurrection, Root Down, Spider-man!, Stan Lee, superheroes, Superman, supervillains, Technology, theology, Thor, titans, tradition, Umberto Eco, worship

Am I Less Than a Man?

August 6, 2012 By Turner Wright 21 Comments

Do you have to look the part to be a “real man”? Turner Wright questions his body type.

Filed Under: Body Image, The Good Life Tagged With: athletics, body image, Channing Tatum, Chris Farley, confidence, dating, desirable, endurance, exercise, Fitness, good shape, Lance Armstrong, long distance running, looking good, men, men's fitness magazines, Real Men, runners, self image, strength, superheroes, The Good Life, tight clothes, women's gaze

Open Thread: What’s The Theme Song For Your Life?

June 2, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 26 Comments

If you were the star of a film about your life, what song would play in the opening credits?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Good Feed Blog, movies, music, open discussion, open thread, superheroes, theme song

Game Over: Abusive Video Gamers under Attack

March 26, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 22 Comments

Jamie Reidy links to a story on the fight against sexism in the video gaming world.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: gamers, Good Feed Blog, MovieBob, superheroes, theescapist.com

My Life With Iron Man

January 11, 2012 By Rick Belden 12 Comments

When Rick Belden was in need of a masculine figure, Iron Man helped him cope with the difficulties of life.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, Media Men, The Good Life Tagged With: fathers, Good vs. Evil, Iron Man, media men, movies, Rick Belden, Robert Downey Jr, superheroes, The Good Life

He-Man or Pee-Wee?

January 11, 2012 By Justin Cascio 6 Comments

Cartoon men also shape our images of ourselves as real, live men.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Media Men, The Good Life Tagged With: cartoons, homoerotic images, Justin Cascio, media men, Pee-Wee Herman, superheroes, television, The Good Life

The Disappearing Boy

December 10, 2011 By David James Poissant 7 Comments

“Nathan!” Chris said. “What the fuck’s wrong with you? This isn’t a game anymore.” By David James Poissant

Filed Under: Featured Content, Fiction Tagged With: david james poissant, gay, puberty, quicksilver, rape, sex, superheroes, the disappearing boy, Weekend Fiction

Escapism: Blackwatch For August 7, 2011

August 7, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

In the same way you used to turn to the last page of Jet Magazine to see where Black people would be on TV, Blackwatch aims to tell you where you can find Black people in the heights of their geekiness.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: black comics, Black movies, Black superheroes, Black webcomics, Blacks in comics, Blacks in film, Blacks on television, Blackwatch, superheroes

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