This piece was originally published on The Spearhead in 2010. –Ed Baghdad, Iraq, Spring 2004 “49 weeks down in this desert” said Ian to Elliot as they walked through the rail station on one of their last days of work before handing the reins over to their replacements. Just three weeks until their boots hit …
Are men and fathers losing their way in our society? Jesse Lee Peterson sits down with filmmaker Cassie Jaye to discuss her eye-opening documentary “The Red Pill”
Dear Mr. Wemple, I respectfully ask that you take the time to read this letter about the Washington Post’s involvement in the Amber Heard fiasco and to thoughtfully consider what I say here. As a lifelong reader of the Post, I’ve long noticed that the paper has a clear gender bias. This bias is self-evident: …
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Why many men struggle to talk about women and men, and why we need to. Being part of the “men’s movement” that kicked off in the early 1990s was a big deal for me. I was able to talk about many parts of my life that had never been voiced. At the same time there …
In 2019, I drove from Minneapolis to Chicago to meet with the leadership of the International Conference on Men’s Issues. Black comedian Tommy Sotomayor had been booked as a keynote speaker. The conference was the largest ever gathering of its kind (500 people) so it was difficult to get one on one time with leadership. I …
I remember reading when I was younger a biography of the artist Jean Cocteau, how on his first plane trip he remarked how wonderful man was, enraptured by the technological marvel that was carrying him across the sky. Of course, by “man” he likely meant “humanity.” Years later I note how I have spent much …
*Read Aman Siddiqi’s groundbreaking dissertation: ‘A Clinical Guide to Discussing Prejudice Against Men‘.
Long before CGI, humans being menaced by giant creatures they had previously dwarfed had great cinematic allure. In particular, the 1950’s were rife with science fiction films involving tiny creatures grown gigantic. To wit: YEAR CREATURE(S) TITLE 1954 Ant Them! 1956 Tarantula Tarantula 1957 Scorpion The Black Scorpion 1957 Grasshopper Beginning of …
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