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)
Lessons from 15 years as a stay-at-home father (www.theatlantic.com)
Tradwife stereotypes are making male loneliness worse (www.salon.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)
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:...
Opinion: Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’? (www.latimes.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)
How to Get a Girlfriend, Boyfriend, or Themfriend (www.bishuk.com)
Check up on your friends - You never know who might need it (slrpnk.net)
2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back (yt.artemislena.eu)
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.
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.
Atlanta queer rappers tackling hip-hop’s toxic masculinity (www.ajc.com)
When it comes to gender stuff, sometimes there aren’t simple solutions, and we have to be okay with that. (medium.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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What's the matter with men? 'Real masculinity' should look to queer community, Gen Z. (www.usatoday.com)
The trouble with boys isn’t boys: "The way we talk about them has become the way to talk to them, and that’s not good for anybody." (www.bostonglobe.com)
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