by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 13, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Over at the eponymous MeTube, our friend and ally Patrick has the YouTube capture of the trailer of the new Quentin Tarantino/robert Rodriguez film. "I’m not an action movie kind of guy,"writes Patrick, "but this trailer makes me wants to go to a...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 14, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Neal Pollack is interviewed over at Radar Magazine about his new book, Alternadad, which I’m hoping to read and review for someone at some point. I thought this particular Q&A was relevant to what we’re doing here.Radar: At one point the book was...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 18, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
As Googled, hit counts for: “Hillary Clinton” (in quotes) and “bitch”: 442,000and “dyke” 79,600 and “whore”: 313,000 and “cunt” 91,900 and “hero” 940,000 and “butch” 68,400 and...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 19, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
The other night Anja and I went out to a friend of her’s gig at a local club wearing the new and semi-matching plaid jackets we bought the other day at our local thrift store (at the Survival Center which, too, has a blog!). It wasn’t until we walked in...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 22, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I don’t yet have a great deal to say about Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation, the new book by journalists Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore ("the Natalies," as they call themselves at their blog)....
