Category Archives: Men and masculinity

Men Should Call Themselves Feminists, But They Shouldn’t Start Fights About It In Other Feminists’ Spaces

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Ampersand

In my opinion it’s okay for men to call themselves feminists. More than okay, I think it’s beneficial. And I call myself a feminist. Feminist men on “Alas” are welcome to call themselves feminists. In my (anecdotal) experience, most feminists … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Barbara Walters’ Interview with Vili and Mary Kay Letourneau Fualaau

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I’m giving two readings over the next few weeks, one on April 21st at the Risk of Discovery Reading Series, and the other on May 2nd as part of the New Masculinities Festival 2015. The details are below, but I’ve been giving … Continue reading →

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My Reading at the 2015 International Conference on Masculinities

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

ETA: There were some problems with the original version of the video. This one should be better. As well, the text of the poems, which contain explicit descriptions of sex and sexual violence, appear below the fold. On March 5th of … Continue reading →

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The International Conference on Masculinities, March 5-8

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

If you care about men’s issue and gender equality, and you’re the conference-going type, this is one you should check out. A collaborative effort between the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities (headed by Michael Kimmel), the American … Continue reading →

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“You’re a Man. Why Are You Teaching Women’s Studies?”

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

For me, the most difficult part of refusing to be silent about the fact that I am a survivor of childhood sexual violence has been figuring out when and under what circumstances to reveal it to my students at the … Continue reading →

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Red Pills and Ants

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Louise de Rênal's Left Shoulder

Recent events at a blog that rhymes with Shmetal-Moptimized reminded me of the existence of sociobiology and of people who imagine that human beings – and ants and bonobos and every other species — are driven primarily by biological imperatives, … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Being a Man Who Survived Childhood Sexual Violence

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

As I said in the blog post I wrote about the artist’s grant I received this year from the Queens Council on the Arts, I plan to use the blogging I do, as well as my newsletter (click to sign … Continue reading →

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Here’s to a New Beginning and a Renewed Purpose

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

As I have hinted at in some of the posts I’ve written over the past couple of years, my professional life has been difficult, not because of anything having to do with my job per se, but because the college … Continue reading →

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Daddy posts cute parenting photo. Racist comments ensue. WTF?

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Ampersand

This is a cute photo. It’s a photo of Doyin, the blogger at Daddy Doin’ Work. If it had come up on my facebook feed, I would have said “oh, cute!” and that would be that. But when Doyin posted … Continue reading →

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13-Year-Old Boy Suspended For Carrying Purse At School

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Ampersand

From a Fox News site, credited to CNNwire, but also credited to KCTV: Boy, 13, Suspended Over Vera Bradley Purse Garnett, KS (KCTV) — A 13-year-old Kansas eighth-grader says he was suspended from school on Wednesday because he refused to … Continue reading →

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