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Fist-of-Cuffs: A response to ‘Toronto, City of Sissies’
This post was originally published at The Scale. Cross-posted with permission. There was a huge response to a recent article in ‘The National Post’ by writer Christie Blatchford regarding the men of...
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New Survey May Say More About Gender Expression than Youth Mental Health
by Ashli Scale Last week Global Montreal posted a news article about a survey conducted by Queen’s University in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada. A total of 26,000...
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Women Are Not Like Cats
by Jessica Critcher The Good Men Project has been heralded as “a glimpse of what enlightened masculinity might look like in the 21st century,” and “a cerebral, new media alternative” to glossy men’s...
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Man Showers: Redefining or Reinforcing Masculinity?
Heather Klem is a reading addict, yoga enthusiast and feminist and body image blogger located in South Florida. She rails against our culture’s narrow definitions of beauty, the destructive...
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Feminism F.A.Q.s: Can Men Be Feminists?
by Jarrah Hodge Can men be feminists? That’s the question I try to take on in my latest Feminism F.A.Q.s video. There’s nothing in the definition of feminism that says no, but it can be a bit touchy,...
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The Mythical Dearth of Marriageable Men
by Jasmine Peterson You know what I’m tired of? I’m tired of being told that, because I’m a feminist, I am the reason that men are oppressed, women are lonely, men won’t marry women, or vice versa, and...
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Gender Focus Reads: Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power
by Jarrah Hodge Every once in a while I’m asked to recommend books or other resources for men who are new to feminism and want to learn more. I usually start with bell hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody...
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Male Emotions in The Place Beyond the Pines
by A. Lynn. This piece was originally posted at her blog A Nerdy Feminist and is cross-posted with permission. This weekend, I saw The Place Beyond the Pines, a drama starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley...
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Harper’s Gendered Attack on Justin Trudeau
Recent print attack ad against Justin Trudeau by the Conservatives. by Matt Moir. Matt is a writer based in Toronto. Michelle Rempel rolled her eyes and paused, choosing her words carefully. Standing...
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The Dads Left Out of Father’s Day Marketing
by Jarrah Hodge I want to wish a Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, but in particular, to the dads that are left out of the mainstream Father’s Day marketing. Let’s take a look at who those...
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Chris Brown and the Culture of Misinformation about Sexual Assault of Men and...
by Arwen McKechnie Trigger Warning: discussion of sexual assault, child abuse, victim-blaming. I’m going to start this with a disclaimer – I don’t like Chris Brown. I don’t like his music and, more...
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Don’t Buy Into Shame Culture
by Matilda Branson When we talk about gender issues and gender roles, a recurring theme of gender debates is shame. A victim of sexual assault is blamed and shamed for wearing too short a skirt or...
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Masculine Style: What Cowboy Masculinity Tells Us About Our Material Selves
by Jonathan Alexandratos A quick search on a particular, massive online bookselling site yields numerous texts that discuss cowboy masculinity. Some do it by examining the “high art” of Tennessee...
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The Most Powerful Lines in The Giver are Four Words Long
Like a lot of kids in my generation, Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver meant a lot to me growing up. I was about 10 or 11 when I first read the story about Jonas, a young boy who is named to...
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Beer, Masculinity and the Forgotten History of Women in Brewing
You’re watching TV, maybe you’re watching a football game, and the Budweiser ad pops up with all the guys in it hanging out and being fun. Women are either simply objects of male attention, or they’re...
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Manspreading is an Important Feminist Issue, Not Just Bad Social Etiquette
It’s no secret that manspreading is a hot topic of late, especially when it comes to feminist discourse. Many list it as one one of the problems to be tackled on the Feminist To-Do List, but it turns...
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