On Memorial Day Weekend, it’s worth not only remembering fallen soldiers but also considering who gets left out of the holiday honors. I, for one, believe that teachers should be thanked for their service by passersby. Why not? Anyone who has ever served in a classroom (which I have) knows how difficult-yet-important it is. Even…
How Love Changed Me
The real identity politics: part 7
The real identity politics: part 7.
Are Men Reckless with Their Health? (A Call for Submissions)
Justin Birckbichler, founder of aBallsySenseofTumor.com and columnist for The Good Men Project writes weekly on men’s health issues. As a survivor of testicular cancer—which is the most common form of cancer affecting young men—Birckbichler reminds readers of the importance of attending yearly physicals and administering self-exams. And he does it using enough puns to make…
My Politics Make Me Who I Am
The real identity politics: part 6.
The real identity politics: part 6.
Race Is More Than Skin Deep
The real identity politics: part 5.
The real identity politics: part 5.
Do Sports Bring Out the Best or Worst in Men? (A Call for Submissions)
Each week, GMP contributors Michael Kasdan and Wai Sallas discuss the major issues of the sports world in their podcast, Sports Detox (set to continue next week). Sports are not merely a form of entertainment—but a popular means of communicating cultural messages. Many young men (and women) idolize athletes and seek to mimic both their…
Why Feminism Should Not Be About Fixing Men
Male pro-feminist initiatives need to appeal more to men to be effective.
Male pro-feminist initiatives need to appeal more to men to be effective.
I, Too, Am an Emotional Creature
The real identity politics: part 4.
The real identity politics: part 4.
You Should Be Writing (A Call for Submissions)
Back in February, I published a piece entitled “How Writing Cured My Depression,” where I discussed writing as the cheapest form of therapy. Getting your thoughts on paper—or screen—can make a big difference because an individual’s mood is predicated on his or thoughts, and reading one’s own thoughts is revealing. Allowing others to read them…
Smart Responses to Stupid Advice
Is it really "for the best?" And can we "trust the universe?"
Is it really “for the best?” And can we “trust the universe?”
Have We Reached a Tipping Point? (A Call for Submissions)
A system only survives if the people ensnared in it either believe it to be unchangeable or lose the will to change it. Despair is understandable, but it fuels this thing. We’re reaching a tipping point. Donald Trump could represent that tipping point, but there’s work to do. — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 5,…
A Working Class Hero Is Something to Be
The real identity politics: part 3.
The real identity politics: part 3.
Are We in the Middle of Another Gilded Age? (A Call for Submissions)
For a book I’ve been researching the Gilded Age, and my god does it line up to where we’re at. Its emphasis on personal worth based on wealth, as well as the government being bought and sold by wealthy interests is just uncanny. The question is whether we’ll wake up. — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton)…
How Do We Make Progress as a Nation? (A Call for Submissions)
Hardly a day passes where there isn’t another story about crumbling infrastructure, failing schools, dismal progress, and people suffering declining lives and accompanying illness and despair deaths. These individual stories need put into a shared context: SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT. — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 5, 2019 While there is a tendency in mainstream American…
What Does Our Male Privilege Require of Us? (A Call for Submissions)
— It’s unfortunate that the growing awareness of toxic masculinity has not extended to centuries-old oppressive systems of masculinity, often referred to as patriarchy. We all exist in patriarchal systems, regardless of whether we agree with them or are even aware of them, that automatically privilege men while oppressing women politically, socially, economically, culturally, physically—excluding…
Not a Stereotypical Man
The real identity politics: part 2.
The real identity politics: part 2.