by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 5, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
[from Martha]I’m a feminist, and I didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton. To me, this is a statement of fact, or rather, two facts. To some people, including Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, both hugely influential Second Wave feminists, it’s an oxymoron,...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 8, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
To follow up on Martha’s post, and revisit the who’s-got-it-tougher-Hil-or-Barack? issue that Gloria Steinem brought up in her “Women Are Never Front-Runners Times Op-ed back in January, I thought I’d give a brief update from the...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 10, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I have a post up at Glenn’s blog today. If any of you loyal readers feel in the mood to defend me in the comments section, go to it, but take a word of advice: Don’t get sucked into responding to the deluge of criticisms and arguments. Stick to a simple...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 13, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I plan to give this NPR story – about two radically different approaches to treating children who perceive themselves to be the opposite gender of their biological one – another listen before I write at any length on it, but I thought I’d pass it on...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 18, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
[This is an email that my friend Jeremy once wrote to Jason Sokol and me. We all grew up together in Springfield, Mass. –Dan]To: My Brothers in Competitive Arms From: Jeremy Competition really is one very strong tie that binds us, isn’t it? And tennis does...