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What Kind of Men We Are

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Aug 29, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Masculinity and its Discontents (MAID) is the blog of two men, Jamie Berger and Daniel Oppenheimer, who want to discuss what it means to be a man in America in the early years of the 21st century. It’s our thesis (because behind every good man there’s a...

Father-types

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 2, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

In one of the lost posts from our Masculine Dreams days, I proposed that a recurring feature of the blog could be the identification of various male archetypes, or sterotypes. I gave as an example a short preview of a Jason Mraz concert I once wrote, which I titled...

Wimpy White Guys With Guitars

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 2, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

In response to Dan’s male archetype debut, I offer lyrics from Larry Gallagher’s "Wimpy White Guys With Guitars” (click on track 9) the ultimate tribute to “fags” like Jason Mraz who, via serenade, have always wooed sensitive girls...

Charles Barkely, Enlightened Male

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 2, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

In our earlier incarnation of this here blog, last spring, I offered the following post: In the car today, on ESPN radio, I heard Charles Barkley, the retired NBA superstar and outspoken (in itself a wonderful thing, as athletes, and – as the esteemed Daniel...

Saint Charles the Manly

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 2, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Might I add this snippet from the Charles, talking about one of his potential deficiencies as a governor, and how he might compensate for it:"I don’t know anything about a lot of things, but I would ask somebody and try to make a fair, honest decision for...
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