Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Becoming a Man Program in Chicago

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National Public Radio aired a story today about a youth program in Chicago meant to curb gang-related violence. The program, Becoming a Man ...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Men and Masculinity Conference in Tallahassee, April 1-3, 2011!

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The 36th National Conference on Men & Masculinity (M&M), "Breaking Out of the Box: Changing Perspectives & Redefining Mas...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Teachable Moment in Tucson: Guns, Mental Illness and Masculinity

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Article from Huffington post about the Tucson shootings. Definitely worth the read. Leandra
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Manslater

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This is pretty funny, but there's certainly a lot going on it. Some things I found really interesting: 1. Although it capitalizes on the...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Nice article on talking to boys about dating violence

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

NAIR?

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I found this beauty at America's gem of a supermarket: Wal-Mart. The funniest part is since it removes Mens hair specifically, it'...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Cosmomasculine

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This struck me as ridiculous, but not surprising. I am not an avid-Cosmo-reader by any means, but my opinion stems from the minutes I spend...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Lady Gaga in Bitch Magazine

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So I came across this article not too long ago which focuses on Lady Gaga and her persona seen in a feminist point of view. It's pretty...

"Manly" Animes

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Earlier this semester I went to a video gaming and Japanese animation and pop-culture convention named EXPcon in St. Augustine. I noticed a ...

Response to the Ugly Truth film review

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I had read this blog actually before I even saw the movie. The movie I actually did love and thought it was hilarious. But I thought Wendy h...

Feministing Interview with CJ Pascoe

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(Click the post title to link to the interview at Feministing.) I'm sure most everyone has seen this by now, but I just found it today (...

New Song by Devo

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Everybody loves Devo, and if you haven't heard of the band, I'm sure you've heard of the music ("Whip It" is a huge 80...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

My Service Learning Project

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For my service learning project this semester I've been working on a blog that discusses masculinity in music. I'm highly critical o...
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Old Spice Commercial

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So I'm sure most of you have seen this commercialsseveral times already. I know the first time I saw it, I thought it was funny because...

A Girl Like Me

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Yesterday I was flipping through channels before I had to go to work and I found a movie on Lifetime that looked interesting. It was called...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Men’s Lib: To survive in a hostile world, guys need to embrace girly jobs and dirty diapers. Why it’s time to reimagine masculinity at work and at home.

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This was a pretty interesting article in Newsweek.

Sissy Bounce

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I forgot about the blog deadline, so I do hope I met the quota, but I've been intending to make this post for two weeks now anyway. Cont...
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Incredibly Sexist Vintage Ads

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25 Horribly Sexist Vintage Ads I came across these ads when looking up material for class and thought to share them on our wonderful blog. ...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

New Book to add to Course Curriculum?

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I don't really remember how I heard about this book, probably from some news report, but I thought it would be worth checking out for th...

Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas

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In another class of mine we have spoke about the case of Anita Hill accusing a supreme court justice of sexual harassment in the early 90...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Survey found--Teens blame Rhianna for Chris Brown's abuse

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So I know this is old news, but I'm always a little behind the pop culture curve. We already knew this, but the survey done by the Bosto...
Friday, December 3, 2010

What's the Alternative to Tucker Max? Many progressive young men are rejecting traditional and toxic notions of masculinity. But they're still figuring out what should replace it.

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I found this article and it seemed interesting especially because we were having that discussion in the last class about the men's group...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Bullies Attack Boy Cheerleader :(

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Talking about male cheerleaders in class yesterday reminded me of this news report. It's so sad that this young man can't even enjoy...

Mauro Perucchetti's Modern Heroes

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Click for full-size image. More pictures located here . Although I've recently become a big fan of comic books, one consistent caveat in...

Sport Privilege

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After our discussion last night, I came home to watch one of my shows on my DVR. I am a fan of the Hellcats show on the CW about a college ...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Dinosaur Comics

Some info on the Men Against Violence group featured in Macho!

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You can buy the film here: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c527.shtml Typical documentary priciness : ( You can find a lot of informati...
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Feminism Survey: Men on the Street

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Watch this YouTube video about Feminism! In this video they interviewed men on the street to find out what they thought about feminism. I th...

Thanksgiving

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Everyone loves the holidays because it is a time when families can get together and spend quality time. My family hardly ever gets to spend ...

Unpacking Uncrate

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Uncrate, the Buyers Guide for Men is a website devoted to showing products presumably geared towards masculine consumption. I stumbled on t...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

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Recently I was browsing Youtube and found this video and I thought it was interesting.
Monday, November 29, 2010

Masculinity and Clubs

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I went to a club last Friday and talked about it on Feminist Agenda Radio tonight, and Heather mentioned that I should post about it. (DUH!...

Leading the Black Church Forward: Black, gay and a Seminarian

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someone sent me this video. his story is amazing.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Transgender Man is on Women’s College Basketball Team

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I heard this story a few weeks ago and finally was able to post it on here. I think it's so great how his teammates are so supportive o...

The World is Ending! Time to be The Father I'm Suppossed to be!

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Today, while I was procrastinating with my roommate, I sat down to watch the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". As I was watching th...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Father says his faith cost his custody

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These are the instances where "fathers rights" have legitimate claims.
Friday, November 26, 2010

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I saw this commercial for the first time this afternoon and was instantly reminded of our discussion and readings on men in families. While ...

Alpha Boyfriend Meme

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Internet memes are more often than not disturbing to me, but this image-macro is especially upsetting. Does anyone know how long this one ha...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

White Ribbon Day in Australia

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From the site: The White Ribbon Campaign is the only national violence prevention campaign, and it is unique in that it aims to raise awaren...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Pageant Boys

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The link above is to a story about little boys competing in beauty pageants alongside little girls. I find beauty pageants themselves to b...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Trained in the Ways of Men

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It was announced in class that the day is approaching us marked as the day to remember all those who were victim of violent sexist crimes du...

Sensory Overload

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I wanted to give let everyone know about a great charity event I was apart of on Thursday night, and it is not over so you all can be a pa...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

He's Just Not That Into You

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So you get home from a first date with a guy you’ve had a major crush on. You’re sitting on the couch, reliving every detail from the nig...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Film Review: Bigger, Stronger, Faster

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In the film “Bigger, Stronger, Faster”, a documentary about performance-enhancing drugs and their history in America, director Christophe...

Country Music

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As I was driving home tonight I was listening to the radio, and it was on a country music station. I love country music, I was brought up ...

"Does He Touch You?": Emotional Detachment as a Factor of Masculinity in Pushing Daisies

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In its short run—a grand total of less than one standard American television season— Pushing Daisies became known for its colorful aestheti...

Colionialist Agenda in The Bubble

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I was shocked and disappointed by the ending of The Bubble . I thought I was watching an anti-occupation, feminist film about a Jewish Isr...
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