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The Invisible Woman! in Positions of Power and Ownership (an actual Masculnity-related post!) as Exemplified at the Rendezvous

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Aug 28, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

This kind of thing happens all the time to us at the Rendezvous, but last night’s example was especially telling and infuriating. I was talking to a fellow at the bar, a first-time customer, who asked if I own the place. I explained that I did, with three...

What's the Big Deal about the San Diego Mayor's (year old) Change of Heart?, Joe Lieberman Redeemed! (and other juicy bits)

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 24, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

This year old clip (from 9/19/07) of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders reversing his anti-gay-marriage stance has going viral since Prop. 8 passed. Many of my friends were muchly and mushily moved by it. Anja was like, “Eh.” And while I wasn’t quite that...

joe the plumber, barack the cool cucumber, bachman the moron

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Oct 28, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Here's Barack’s entire, original “Joe” the “Plumber” conversation. Just for the complete background. Joe seemed pretty charmed at the time – it must kill the Foxnews-ers to watch such a gracious, smart, Ivy Educated,...

Could someone explain to me how this could possibly NOT be racist?

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 25, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

That's the thing that baffles me about the brouhaha about the above NY Post cartoon: How couldit not be construed as anything but a representation of the president as a chimp, gunned down by two white cops to boot. I mean, people are actually debating the issue....

Why Women's Beach Volleyball Totally Rools!

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 5, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Last week, as beach volleyball took center stage at the Olympics as we see it on American TV – in large part because two American women are the world’s best at the sport – controversy erupted over the fact that women in the game wear bikinis while...
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