Lisa Hickey looks back on the fears she had and the mistakes she made with her son.
“How Can I Scale?” Lessons in Social Media from an Evangelist
A blogged version of one of The Good Men Project Evangelist Conference calls run by Lisa Hickey
The Place Where Things Collide
Lisa Hickey explores the intersectionality of issues on The Good Men Project: race, gender, fatherhood, language, prejudices, sexuality
Love us? Hate Us? Good Men Project’s Rollicking (and Sometimes Tempestuous) Relationship with Mainstream Media
Lisa Hickey takes a look at those who talk about The Good Men Project.
David Ogilvy on Good Writing circa 1982
On September 7th, 1982, Ogilvy, one of the original “Mad Men” and a damn good writer, sent the following internal memo to all agency employees. It was simply titled “How to Write.”
On Villains, Heroes, and Why We Talk about Good Men
Lisa Hickey explores the dynamics of men and goodness.
Why I Love the Gender Binary
Lisa Hickey likes the lead and follow, teach and learn, and give and take of both the masculine and the feminine.
‘So a Male Feminist and a Female Humanist Walk Into a Bar…’
The Good Men Project is more than just a “big tent.” It’s a big universe.
Rapists, I Have Known
Lisa Hickey believes that the “presumption of male guilt” is equally damaging to both men and women.
When Women Fear Men
Statistics don’t make us safe, Lisa Hickey says. Self-empowerment and facing our fears do.
What if They Had a Gender War and No One Came
This is what Lisa Hickey thinks of the so-called gender battle: we’re all in it together.
When Does it Change From ‘Not Bad for a Girl’ to ‘Not Bad for Someone Your Age?’
A hockey game and some words about Steve Jobs helped Lisa Hickey realize that maybe there is no wrong side of 50.
The Problems of the World Are Not All the Fault of Men: A Woman Talks About Male Guilt
If some ‘women’s issues’ are really all about making men feel guilty for being men, Lisa Hickey wonders, how will we move forward?
“I Will Marry a Prince” — On Pop Culture and Fairy Tales
Lisa Hickey wants to re-define pop culture into something more personal.
The Ghost of Edward Hopper Tries Prozac
Two pop cultural icons—Edward Hopper and Prozac—together in one poem.
Think Like a Man About the Environment
Think recycling isn’t enough to make a difference? Try a few big, macho ways of helping with the environment instead.