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Superman's unitard

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 13, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I don’t think this New Yorker essay, by Michael Chabon, gets to the heart of what makes comic books so captivating to boys in quite the way it so obviously aspires to do, but it does have some wonderfully precise observation, particularly this little...

Man on Man action

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 17, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Jamie and I have just commenced a collaboration with Men’s Rights Advocate Glenn Sacks over at his blog, where he just posted our introductory post as "The Feminist Dissident." I’ll post it here tomorrow, but for now, go over there and join in...

Macy Gray and Christina Aguilera save the world

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 18, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I’m tired of the heavy shit. Enjoy:

they wouldn't know oppression if it bit them on the bum

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 18, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Daran, who I believe is one of our visitors from Glenn Sacks’s blog, wrote this in our comments section, and I thought it was worth further hearing: Take me for example. I’m white, forty-three years old upper-working-to-lower-middle-class background. (My...

Perhaps Obama's most brilliant speech

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 19, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I really don’t know whether this would make him a better president than Hillary, but my God, Obama is brilliant. You should just watch this, whether you’re for him or not, for the chance to see political oratory on an extraordinary level. I don’t...
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