So! Noah and I have been writing lots of different places, and instead of doing a post every time we have an article somewhere else, we’ve decided to save them up and post them all on Monday. Also because Ozy wants two days off each week instead of one.
Noah Brand
New posts, at the Good Men Project! There Is No Gender War, arguing that men’s rights and women’s rights are not zero-sum. On Penises: Average and Normal is Not The Same Thing, arguing that your penis is perfectly fine. Father Gets ‘Born This Way’ Tattoo To Honor His Son’s Coming Out, because da’wwwwwww. You Are Not A Loser, saying the Success Myth is bullshit. Male Role Models in Avatar: The Last Airbender, because fuck yeah Avatar. Learn to Love Your Libido, talking about self-acceptance and sexuality.
Reruns, at the Good Men Project! Hegemonic Heterosexuality, a post much beloved of Facebook!
Ozy Frantz
Ozy has been wasting zir words on Twitter and the Manboobz comments lately, so the only place zie appears is a rerun of zir post On Objectification at The Good Men Project.
Nick Denton on the ‘Tragedy of the Comments’: http://www.adweek.com/news/press/nick-denton-tragedy-comments-138881 The hope was that the Internet would boost the quality of public conversation and let writers and readers collaborate on stories, but instead, he said, there’s been a “tragedy of the commons…or tragedy of the comments.” “For every two comments that are interesting, there will be eight that will be off-topic or toxic,” Denton continued, adding that some have been so toxic that he’s seen comments bring some writers to tears. So, to fix the problem, he said, Gawker will launch a new commenting program in six weeks that will turn… Read more »
I haven’t clicked and read your piece yet. I think in some situations, particularly divorces, there is a zero sum game, but most of the time women having rights does not diminish men having rights. And I do think it helps move the discussion between feminists and sort of anti-feminists forwards is we can separate out any of the special cases where a man’s right and a woman’s right would be in conflict. I want to hear the words “not a zero sum game” said more often. TY.
Thanks ! Should also help me to work through each article in my own time.
. Reads like a great reason to me.