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Looking at the Men's Rights movement

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 21, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I’ve been mucking around a bit in the online world of the Men’s Rights Advocates (MRAs), who are, depending on who you believe, either (from the Wikipedia entry, which seems to have been written by the MRAs):a loose coalition of groups dedicated to...

Dumbledore's not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 21, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I was tickled when I read that J.K. Rowling had outed Albus Dumbledore. Gay may not be perverse anymore, but it hasn’t quite graduated from the funny, not-quite-normative phase of its social evolution to complete, prosaic normativity. Gay + most things is still,...

Happy Thanksgiving, you sorry bastards

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 26, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I’m a big fan of Thanksgiving, one of our few widely and seriously celebrated Holidays that hasn’t been successfully commercialized (unless you count the whole Black Friday thing, which I consider more under the Christmas than the Thanksgiving penumbra)....

Who told the frat boys to wear different shades of blue jeans?

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 22, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Walking around the UT campus this past few weeks, I’ve noticed what I suspect is a trend. Frat boy-types seem to be wearing their jeans in a much lighter shade of blue than what’s been fashionable in recent years. I don’t know if you’re still...

Men named Kim probably shouldn't use the word

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 28, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I wish that I could take credit for having dredged this beauty out of the right-wing swamp, but it’s recently been passed around the internet, like a bizarro Samidzat, as a contender for the title of nuttiest right wing blog post of our time. It’s called...
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