Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Save the Body Parts

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jeff Fecke

As you may be aware, I’m a testicular cancer survivor. That sounds a lot more badass than it is; testicular cancer is extremely treatable if caught reasonably early, and while chemo and surgery are exactly as fun as you’d think … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Pornography | 16 Comments

Please, Dear Venus, Show Me Now

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Jeff Fecke

I feel sorry for Men’s Rights Activists. No, really, I do. Like the people in Plato’s cave, they have a sense of the problems caused by a society that demands a harsh conformity to gender norms; they can see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Men and masculinity | 27 Comments

Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Notes Towards a Discussion of Male Self-Hatred

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

In his recently published book, Kayak Morning, Roger Rosenblatt writes: The literature involving fathers and daughters runs to nearly one thousand titles. I Googled. The Tempest. King Lear. Emma. The Mayor of Casterbridge. Washington Square. Daughters have a power over … Continue reading →

Posted in Men and masculinity | 26 Comments

Fragments of Evolving Manhood: from “Unlearning the Equation”

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Trigger warning for descriptions of sexual abuse. Some time ago, an essay I wrote called “Why I Am a Feminist Man” was published at The Scavenger. The essay was a first pass at illuminating the connection in my life between … Continue reading →

Posted in Men and masculinity, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 2 Comments

From an article in the New York Times on sex trafficking in Spain

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

The whole article is really disturbing, but this in particular made me have to stop reading and take a deep breath. I don’t want to judge the family without knowing the situation–who knows whether the traffickers gave them little or … Continue reading →

Posted in Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sex work, porn, etc | 6 Comments

Cartoon: Really Good Careers

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ampersand

Description of cartoon: The cartoon shows a woman holding a child’s hand, in a fairly dismal-looking city area, standing on a sidewalk at the entrance to a building. Above the entrance is a sign that says “Really Good Careers.” To … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy | 101 Comments

Alfre Woodard reads Sojourner Truth

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Ampersand

This is just a stunningly great reading: TRANSCRIPT MODERATOR: Here, the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was freed from slavery in 1827, speaks to a gathering of feminists, in Akron, Ohio, in 1851. ALFRE WOODARD AS SOJOURNER TRUTH: Well, children, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Race, racism and related issues | 1 Comment

Writing about Sex Roles: A Book by Clarisse Thorn and an Essay by Me

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Mandolin

For a couple of years now, Clarisse Thorn has been interviewing and hanging out with the community of pick-up artists, a community she finds fascinating and… well, from a feminist perspective, sort of problematic, too. There’s an unbelievably compelling thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Mandolin's fiction & poems, Men and masculinity, Sex, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Randall Munroe Wins the Morning

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jeff Fecke

Really, there’s very little more awesome than xkcd. Read the whole thing.

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Men and masculinity | 7 Comments

Ten Responses To The Phrase “Man Up”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Ampersand

I loved this video of Guante performing: A transcript of the video is available on Guante’s website.

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Men and masculinity | 12 Comments