The Unexpected Wholesomeness of the Boys’ Chat (slate.com)
New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm about the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the United States (www.hhs.gov)
The Gendering of Holiday Labor (daily.jstor.org)
Being a man ain't what it used to be. - Thought Slime (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Drag kings are often overlooked in mainstream culture, but their performances have become important political forums in the Pacific Northwest (oregonhumanities.org)
Tradwife stereotypes are making male loneliness worse (www.salon.com)
Lessons from 15 years as a stay-at-home father (www.theatlantic.com)
An apology to men, and response to Shoeonhead. - Thought Slime (yt.artemislena.eu)
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No, you don’t have to see your toxic family on Thanksgiving (www.theguardian.com)
Opinion: Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’? (www.latimes.com)
NYT Opinion | Why Aren’t More People Marrying? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. (Gift Link) (www.nytimes.com)
This is a tough piece, one that I share without fully endorsing. It lays out the problems that women experience with some men, like that men are not getting college degrees at the same rate as women or the lack of emotional modelling provided to boys and young men:...
How to Get a Girlfriend, Boyfriend, or Themfriend (www.bishuk.com)
Healing the 'Invisible Ache' behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys (www.npr.org)
Benevolent sexism: a feminist comic explains how it holds women back (www.theguardian.com)
Opinion | Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. (www.nytimes.com)
Harping on people to get married from up in the ivory tower fails to engage with reality of life in the dating trenches.
Check up on your friends - You never know who might need it (slrpnk.net)
Poll finds that fewer Gen Z boys identify as Feminists than Millenials-- and the same % as Gen X. (www.mensjournal.com)
I worry folks are downvoting because they take the title as an endorsement of anti-feminism. This is an explicit statement that this sub is in no way anti-feminist. Read the sidebar.
2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back (yt.artemislena.eu)
When it comes to gender stuff, sometimes there aren’t simple solutions, and we have to be okay with that. (medium.com)
Atlanta queer rappers tackling hip-hop’s toxic masculinity (www.ajc.com)
No, It Is Not a Struggle to Find Good Male Role Models (bowendwelle.substack.com)
‘It’s Become Increasingly Hard for Them to Feel Good About Themselves’ - Is there a whole class of men who no longer fit into the social order? (www.nytimes.com)
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