by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 22, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Call me Pollyanna, but I see a definite bright side in the whole “Is Kagan gay/Did someone accuse her of bein gay?” to-do. While the fact that the words “accusation” and “scandal” still suggest a strong stigma to homosexuality, the...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 7, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
So I’m told this is a few years old, but I just saw it for the first time yesterday when my friend Matthew (his real name) posted it on the facebookses. I’ve Topeka-ed it but can’t find out who made this incredibly effective piece of propaganda....
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 28, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
So Anja (aka The Missus) was driving along listening to the awesome WIZZ the other day, as she is oft wont to do, and found herself, for the very first time, listening to the lyrics to “Escape (The Pina Colada Song).” She found it disturbing that someone...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 9, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
. . . I think of Bo, of her first days back in the water each year, gingerly taking first steps into the still cold river/pond, etc. before taking that last . . . one . . . step into the deeper water and then paddling paddling paddling after her ball. On especially...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jun 4, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
After having no power for going on two days now, (incredbly quick, intense thunderstorm Weds. night, felt like a Tornado, took out hundreds of trees, powerlines, etc. for those of you far afield) dealing with that mess as a bar/restaurant owner with three thawing...