by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 4, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Back in my nom-de-plume-tastic days as Dexter, I was once asked the following question:Dear Dexter:Is there any kind of hat that goes with a formal-type coat that doesn’t look either silly or get you odd looks? The knitted-wool affair keeps my ears warm but...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 6, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Hey y’all (that’s my Britney Spears impression). Here’s the post that I sent over to GlennSacks.com yesterday. I gave it the nice neutral title "On Katha & Hillary." Glenn, in his infinitely provocative wisdom, titled it "Sexism...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 11, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
In January ’07, after hearing and reading a bunch of really nasty misogynistic Hillary bashing, I created a Hillary Google Index of terms I searched next to "HIllary Clinton," below. For some wacky reason, our recent conversation with the folks over at...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 14, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
So I had a chance to sit down and talk with Robert Jensen last weekend, which was surprising and refreshing, and which I’ll go into in depth this weekend. Among the things we talked about though, was whether he was, in his recent anti-porn, anti-masculinity...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 17, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
(Dear Readers, In the name of posting more, I’m trying to edit less. This is my first effort in doing so. -jb) If I were still writing middling magazine features and this were one of them, I’d probably start with something like, “When Robert Jensen...