What Real Men Talk About

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Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man.

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“Since the BSA can expel gay people, it’s up to their allies who are harder to demote or expel to be that voice in the organization.”

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This is a comment by Ryan Hauck on the post “No Equality Badge For Boy Scouts Of America”.

“Present-day American culture gives a lot of voice to anger and outrage, all the while being afraid of it.”

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Our culture has a lot of knee-jerk anger, righteous angry, religious anger, and indignant anger. While anger has its place, it also can be very unproductive. Wellokaythen thinks it’s because of our news cycles and political culture which encourages people to be full of stubborn rage.

“If I act like an adult 90% of the time, but get treated like a child anyway, what’s the point?”

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This is a comment by Michael Philp on the post “Raising Teenagers For Dummies (Like Me)”.

The Problem With “Listen To The Marginalized”

I have read a lot of “okay, so I’m convinced about the existence of [sexism/racism/classism/ableism/queerphobia/whatever], what do I do now?” articles. Inevitably, they will contain a section about how you need to listen to members of Marginalized Group X. If you want to be less racist, then listen to black people when they tell you [...]

“My most intimate encounters with the ‘logic’ of suicide have come from my own internal battles.”

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This is a comment by Seth Mullins on the post “Stepping Off”.

“Men in particular have been tasked with accepting, embodying, and living contradiction.”

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This is a comment by Peter von Maidenberg on the post “Society wants dads to ‘step up’, but they are literally stomped down when they do.”

The Good Men Project Presents The Good Voice Campaign

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All around us there are voices that deserve to be heard. A call for submissions to Good Men Project’s latest on-going series.

Voices of My Father

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What’s it like when your dad is both your biggest fan and your most intense competitor?

Ten things I've learned from singing karaoke

Make sure that the song title is “Ignition (remix)”. Ignition is a different song. Know at least most of the lyrics. It might be cute and funny for you, but it’s brutal to watch somebody standing and giggling for 4 minutes because they chose a song they do not know at all. “Just a Friend” [...]

The 10 at 10

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Happiness leads to a longer life, Mike Huckabee is crazy, and Jon Stewart isn’t.

The 10 at 10

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Time travel, Optical Illusions, and the Wikileaks movie.