by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 6, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
In 2003, a college- and then San Francisco friend of mine, Matt Gonzalez, ran for mayor in SF and, as a Green, nearly defeated a Democrat in a practically one-party Democratic city. It was a very heady time, and working on the campaign, and hanging out with the...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 7, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
This just in, Gavin Newsom is going in for . . . REHAB!!!!!!!!Why am I surprized and indignant, that’s the question.How long do you think politicians will keep milking the booze excuse? Can’t be too much longer, seeing as NO ONE IN AMERICA CAN POSSIBLY BE...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 8, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I’ve had this notion, over the past few years, of convincing a glossy, extremely well-paying magazine to run a Father’s Day feature of mine. The concept is simple. I’d get a lot of different people to tell me good stories about their father. The...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 9, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
It appears that I might be wearing makeup today. Or, to be more specific, I am most certainly wearing a daub or two from my wife’s Neutrogena “On-the-Spot Blemish Wand.” I have some weird rashy type thing that’s spread from the bridge of my...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 11, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
This is a fantastic article from a recent issue of The Atlantic Monthly. It’s about the cultural signficance of Playboy, but more generally it’s a meditation on how the evolution of men’s magazines — from the pre-Playboy days, to when Playboy...