Mimi Webb sings about setting her boyfriend’s house on fire while he’s in it
British singer-songwriter Mimi Webb sings about setting her boyfriend’s house on fire while he’s in it.
Misandric Culture
Heracles: A Slave To Guilt
Guilt is a trap used to enslave men. By citing real or concocted transgressions, people are quick to saddle men with guilt (you did wrong) and social shame (you are not a good man), charges which are then leveraged to extract male labor as a means of atonement. This dynamic of male existence is nowhere …
Male survivors and the empathy apartheid: The root of the “Speak to Me” radio play
Tim Pylypiuk wrote and performed in a play about male survivors of physical and sexual abuse–and the reality that people generally ignore or excuse female perpetrators of said abuse. Over time it’s gained more and more attention. Here he tells the story of its genesis.
Can you just “man down”?
Have you ever heard the phrase “Man Up?” Are you as sick of it as we are? Well so is George St. Jones.
Misandry and Emptiness: Masculine Identity in a Toxic Cultural Environment
In a long but brilliant essay, Drs. Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young examine the religious, philosophical, and cultural roots of misandry, and its pervasiveness and effects on modern culture. Sit down to explore and digest this one, it’s long but worth your time.
Men Made This
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 …
Alive! See A man Shrinking Before Your Very Eyes
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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Arawelo: The Somalian Legend that Endorses Men’s Rights
Queen Arawelo is among the best-known folktale characters. Originally an obscure figure outside of Somalia, her legend has reached international audiences due to English-language media: a graphic novel (Mohamed, 2014), an article in biographies of women in history (Porath, 2016), and a theatrical production in London. There’s even a website for diasporic Somalian women named …
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“Stop being boys, be human”
I am writing a lot of letters lately. This is my fourth, being around 13 pages in length. It’s exhausting but I can’t sleep unless I feel I have at least tried to open the eyes of yet another person steeped in wrongheaded views of men, women, society and history. This one will be mailed …
