by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 30, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
[Ignore the YouTube video above — or don’t ignore it, since it’s pretty funny, but know that it has nothing to do with the post below. I was just making sure we could post YouTube videos.]Manjecture #86: You can wear a man purse, or just a purse for...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 2, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I’m interested in this passage from Susan Sontag’s posthumous collection of essays, because I think it touches on the difficulty — partially but not primarily self-inflicted — that feminists often have winning people over to the cause of...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 4, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
[NOTE: Early in its existence, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Dave Eggers & Co.’s always visually inventive and oft-outstanding humor/literary magazine, made the astounding offer, especially in retrospect, of a lifetime subscription for a meager one...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 6, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Something wonderful has happened in Western Massachusetts AM radio. With no warning (as you may have noticed is the way this usually happens), the local sports talk radio station, this past Monday, magically turned into . . . an NPR station! How often have you ever...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 6, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
[turns out the boys can use YouTube — uh-oh]I’ve had this itch recently to pick a fight with feminism, or with particular feminists, or with some aspect of feminism, or something. I’ve also been skeptical of the itch. I consider myself a feminist,...
