Am I a Real Man or Just Dead Inside?
Can society expect anything other than uncertainty when masculinity – one of the very essences of our existence – is almost always presented as toxic? When I was engrossed in the manosphere, this type of messaging would only have alienated me further from mainstream society, driving me closer to the influencers claiming that it was biased against... See more
What is this thing we’re trying to be? I resist writing about masculinity just as I resist taking aspirin for a headache that has plagued me, on and off, all week. Even as I seek to undermine the social power that feminism has shown me I have—even as I apologize for interrupting, seek out the role of second fiddle, quiet my ego—my masculinity, in... See more
Men, in this terrain, face a silent crisis. The traditional script (to protect, to provide, to repress) has expired, but no coherent replacement has emerged. Emotional illiteracy, once a survival tactic, now breeds relational confusion. Many men are asked to be vulnerable without having been taught how, to show up without a map. They are told to... See more