by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Dec 3, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Today is (or "would have been"?) my mother, Sheila Berger's birthday, the first since she died last December 9. The picture is of a crystal she always had in the living room. At one point each day, it would project little rainbows all over the room,...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Dec 7, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I’ve watched and read a plethora of sports (and non-sports) morons joyously take Tiger Woods to the proverbial woodshed this week for his “personal failings.” (A refreshing exception was this editorial) And sure, I’ve repeated the above joke...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Dec 17, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Here’re some thoughts my friend and terrific writer & blogger & thinker Elizabeth Gardner had on Tiger et al: My grandmother, mother and oldest son, Luke, have all been Tiger-worshippers for a long time. Luke's first two-wheeler, with training...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Dec 29, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
So, surprize, surprize, it looks like American health care is going to continue to suck for people who don't have much money. . . . Tiger Woods was just voted "Athlete of the Decade" by the Associated Press. (Heck, now more than ever, right? ba-dum,...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jan 7, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
While I've some silly stuff to chat about regarding Shakira's "She Wolf" video and the Rosetta Stone language learning program teaching NASA how to speak Venutian and more, I'll hold on those for now in the wake of the effed-up goings on in...