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The Effectuality Effect

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 10, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I struggle sometimes, as all of us masculinists do, to distinguish between anxieties that are heavily inflected by issues of masculinity and those that are just general, human anxieties that I artificially masculinize because that lends them some kind of gravitas...

Menemies and the Mantheon

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 13, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

With the ongoing canonization of Saint Charles the Barkley, we’ve already begun the project of establishing a kind of Mantheon of hero-men–dudes who we admire for their 21st century, enlightened-but-still-manly brand of masculinity.I’d like to...

Workin' For the Clampdown (aka Say No Go)

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 15, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I can count on one penis the number of times I’ve walked into a public restroom, spied a fellow fellow at the urinals, stepped up and whipped out my Magic Johnson and let ‘er rip. It was a nice big bathroom, as I recall, in a spiffy hotel. The urinals were...

Wimpy White Guys With Microsoft Word

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 19, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I noticed a nice MAID-ish resonance today that I wanted to pass on. Michael Berube, a lit professor I once profiled in the Advocate, refers to Jamie’s singer/songwriter friend Larry Gallagher in a post on his blog today. Berube writes:One year ago today I was...

Self, M.A.I.D. Man

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 22, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

As I iterated in my recent urinary tract, I have a certain psycho-physical condition that may or may not be related to my man-ness, but is certainly related to public-ness with other human beings. In general, I am a pretty hypersocial animal and look to surround...
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