Are Men Ok Pt 2
He knows what he doesn’t know, and thereby leaves room for chats with unexpected tributaries. His naïveté is both honest and strategic, a carefully laid roadblock protecting Von and forcing everyone else to move at his unlikely rhythm. Through humor, he asserts a quiet dominance over the chats. And sometimes, he’s the butt of the joke. In almost... See more
Theo Von Dismantles the Interview Show
As one man put it, “Especially now when the worst forms of masculinity feel ascendant, there are a lot of types of man I don't want to be, but very few visions of positive masculinity that I see and want to emulate.
Ann Friedman • A More Expansive Masculinity
Young men are struggling, and we wanted to figure out just how badly and why.
Boys enter kindergarten lagging behind girls in both academic readiness and behavior. A majority of teenagers agree that boys are more disruptive. Large shares say girls get better grades, have more leadership roles and speak up more in class.
Note: Survey conducted Sept.... See more
Boys enter kindergarten lagging behind girls in both academic readiness and behavior. A majority of teenagers agree that boys are more disruptive. Large shares say girls get better grades, have more leadership roles and speak up more in class.
Note: Survey conducted Sept.... See more
The Morning: Tariff flip-flops
In his rangy, vibey conversations, he presents as a proxy for the average American citizen, getting bombarded by opinions at all times and simply trying to forge a coherent path through the competing streams of information and misinformation.
Theo Von Dismantles the Interview Show
But some men find their own liberation within their marriages, dropping the patriarch act. Elizabeth told me about one woman’s husband who now sports a floral trucker hat. He has learned he likes hiking and identifying plants. Bronson mentions another “very manly” man who has taken up gardening to make his own simple syrups for cocktails and the... See more
Sarah Stankorb • Inside TikTok’s Runaway Trad Wife Phenomenon
We have a clique of powerful middle-aged men who want nothing more than to be boys.
Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg Has a Funny Idea of What It Is to Be a Man
The way a man’s life, especially in the beginning, is often built around one question: How do I become worthy?
You don’t need to be told you’re not enough. The world says it in a thousand little ways. You just kind of know. Somewhere between being a boy and becoming a man, you look around and realise everything you want- respect, love, attention,... See more
You don’t need to be told you’re not enough. The world says it in a thousand little ways. You just kind of know. Somewhere between being a boy and becoming a man, you look around and realise everything you want- respect, love, attention,... See more
Gor • what women don't understand about men
THE BROTHERHOOD OF QUITTING ZYN , nyt
Quitting Zyn has become its own kind of social movement among young men, with over 10,000 members in Reddit’s QuittingZyn community swapping “bro-y” encouragement like “Keep smashing it 💪.” Zyn had $581 million can sales in 2024, 75% of which came from men, but Gen Zers say the habit quickly spirals from... See more
Quitting Zyn has become its own kind of social movement among young men, with over 10,000 members in Reddit’s QuittingZyn community swapping “bro-y” encouragement like “Keep smashing it 💪.” Zyn had $581 million can sales in 2024, 75% of which came from men, but Gen Zers say the habit quickly spirals from... See more
Content Hours and Cringe Anxiety
After the wave of social-media “cancellations” that began in the 2010s, it’s unsurprising that an alternate media universe would emerge to provide safe harbor for actual, alleged or purported transgressors — of social mores or politics or misbehavior — who would have been derided but maybe not disqualified in earlier generations.