In her reply to Hugo Schwyzer’s post about masculinity, Lisa Hickey asks for a difference to remain between masculinity and femininity.
Archives for August 2011
News: Word on the Tweets from August 21, 2011
A summary of news items from our webcast It’s Komplicated on the Geekweek Network.
The Failure of Pro-Feminist Hip-Hop
Mychal Smith desperately wants to like pro-feminist hip-hop artist Drake, but something important and powerful is missing from the music.
Mentally Sexy Dads
What you do in the kitchen might have an effect on what you get in the bedroom.
Warning: Yoga Is Dangerous
Robert Steven Williams’ injury in yoga class left him with a painful thigh and more than a little trepidation.
DVD Review: Executioners From Shaolin [@renaissance1977]
We’ve got a rundown of the classic, new on DVD courtesy of Dragon Dynasty.
Respect: Musical Legend Nick Ashford, 1942-2011
One half of the legendary songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson has left us.
Bisexual Men, Like, Exist And Stuff
In “no, duh” news, several new studies reported by the New York Times show that bisexual men actually exist. One of the most common biphobic narratives is that the penis is what counts. A woman who has sex with men is really straight, even if she also fucks women; a man who has sex with men is…
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #026, “Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil – Part 6”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
Technology: 13-Year-Old Has Got This Solar Power Thing Down [@darrylzero]
7th-grader Aidan Dwyer made a calculations and came up with a method to increase the output of solar panels
Two-Fer Tuesday
I’m just keeping it real, yo. It’s been five days since I’ve written a post and that should clue you in to how I’ve been feeling lately. I apologize for the lack of prose, but I’m physically ill (the toilet has been my BFF the past couple of days, I’m mentally exhausted, emotionally drained…
Technology: HP Strangles WebOS In Its Crib
The world’s biggest computer maker presents itself to the tech world like a submissive panda.
Straight Cis White Male Protagonists
An interesting issue has come up in the comments to that 101 101 post, one that I think deserves its own thread to start unpacking its stuff. Indefatigable commenter typhonblue linked to this article from OnFiction, and elaborated on its thesis: What the article talks about is the Actor/Observer bias. We attribute to ourselves that…
Depression Part One: Unemployment, Men and Suicide
Trigger warning for discussion of suicide. Recently, I came across this very interesting study about suicide rates as they relate to unemployment. Since I basically read everything with my Masculism Goggles on now (seriously, I do, it’s terrible), I happened to notice a few interesting statistics. A 10% increase in the unemployment rate (for instance, from…
On Class
Do we still believe that anyone can cross class lines if they work hard enough?
My Angry Rhetoric on Socioeconomic Class, Explained
A lay person’s inquiry into what ‘socioeconomic stratification’ means for us all.