{"id":23638,"date":"2018-01-08T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23638"},"modified":"2018-01-13T23:42:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T07:42:14","slug":"cartoon-toxic-masculinity-stew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23638","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Toxic Masculinity Stew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the top of the strip, there’s a drawing of various unidentifiable shapes floating in a liquid in a pot. Lettering on top of the drawing, in cheerfully cartoony letters, says “Toxic Masculinity Stew.”<\/p>\n

Panel 1
\nA man in a chef’s shirt talks directly to the viewer. He has a mustache, is bald, and looks to be middle-aged but vigorous. He’s holding a long spoon in one hand and making a “thumb’s up” sign at the viewers with his other hand; there are various bowls arrayed in front of him, with neon green stuff in the bowls, and a big stew pot to his right. (Throughout this strip, all colors are a bit desaturated and dull, other than the neon green.)
\nCHEF: Welcome! Today we’ll be making “toxic masculinity stew.” Yum!<\/p>\n

Panel 2
\nThe chef is stirring some neon green stuff in a pan.
\nCHEF: We’ll start by saut\u00e9ing some feelings. We’ll bury these at the bottom of the pot, so no one will ever see them!<\/p>\n

Panel 3
\nThe chef hold out a neon-green egg towards the viewer. The egg is visibly cracked.
\nCHEF: Add a delicate sense of manhood. The slightest thing can make boys feel that this has been shattered! What fun!<\/p>\n

Panel 4
\nThe Chef mixes something in a bowl.
\nCHEF: In a separate bowl, put ht eidea that “the sex” is something held by women. Mix it with the belief that if a man can’t get “the sex” from a woman, one way or the other… Then he’s not a real man at all!<\/p>\n

Panel 5
\nFrom above the pot, we see the chef’s hand holding a shaker (like a salt shaker) and sprinkling neon green specs into the stew.
\nCHEF: Now sprinkle in lots of gear of being soft or gentle or vulnerable. Nothing spoils this dish quicker than boys accepting these parts of themselves!<\/p>\n

PANEL 6
\nThe Chef holds out a spoon towards the viewer. The spoon is dripping with a thick, neon-green liquid.
\nCHEF: Simmer for 10-40 years and there you have it… a lovely toxic masculinity stew! It tastes repulsive and bitter, but don’t worry. We’ll force it down.<\/p>\n

KICKER PANEL
\nA tiny panel below the bottom of the strip shows a woman yelling at the cartoonist.
\nWOMAN: Criticizing how society harms men means you’re anti-male!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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