THE GOOD MEN PROJECT: 21ST-CENTURY MASCULINITY

May 09

What We Have Been Talking About At The GMP- a collection of our comments of the day -

“It also reminds me of the anticommunism in the U.S. during the Cold War. There was the duck test – if it looks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.”

MAY 7, 2012 BY  33 COMMENTS
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This comment was from wellokaythen on the post “Five Ways Feminism Helps Men”

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“There are more Black men in prison than there were slaves pre-Civil War. These facts are sad testaments. Even though segregation is illegal, America is actually MORE segregated than ever.”

MAY 6, 2012 BY  5 COMMENTS
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This comment is from Zek J Evets on the post Can Hipsters Be Racist, Too? Lisa Hickey had asked the question “what else to you find actually works to create change Zek?” This was Zek’s reply.

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“I do not believe women lack courage…are men equally afraid but socialised to suppress it?”

MAY 6, 2012 BY  15 COMMENTS
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This comment was from Transhuman on the post “When women fear men”.

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“A heck of a lot of attraction is predicated on social factors.”

MAY 6, 2012 BY  1 COMMENT
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This comment was from Jonathan G on the post Curves (or Lack of Curves) Don’t Make the Woman

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“And what would be the other reasons to have power?”

MAY 5, 2012 BY  3 COMMENTS
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This comment was from Copyleft on Tom Matlack’s post “Is There a Moral to John Edwards?”

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“Can Sexual Harassment Be Funny?”

MAY 4, 2012 BY  1 COMMENT
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Comment of the day from MediaHound on Julie Gillis’ “What’s So Funny About That?” Open Thread Discussion.

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“I wanna say a little something that’s long overdue / The disrespect to women has got to be through.”

MAY 4, 2012 BY  3 COMMENTS
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This comment was from Neil Jung, who explains he is “de-lurking after about a year reading the GMP to comment for the first time” to comment on the post “Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Passes Away.”

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“There are few things more attractive than a real man standing before you and saying, ‘This is who I am.’”

MAY 4, 2012 BY  LEAVE A COMMENT
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This Comment is by Carla Smith on Tom Matlack’s post “Is There a Moral to John Edwards?”

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“The total of people who speak out and call themselves feminists get to define what feminism is.”.

MAY 4, 2012 BY  10 COMMENTS
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This comment was from Justin Cascio, responding to other commenters on his post “5 Ways Feminism Helps Men.”

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“A reinforcement of the false ‘body type = personality type’ generalizations.”

MAY 3, 2012 BY  10 COMMENTS
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This comment is from HeatherN on the post “In Praise of Small-Breasted Women.”

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May 07

Good Feed For May 07, 2012 -

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Adam Sandler and Rape Culture

Eirik Rogers chastises Adam Sandler for glorifying and making light of statutory rape in his new film That’s My Boy.

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The Marriage Map

HeatherN considers the Marriage Map of the United States and wonders what it says about us as a nation that the issue of same-sex marriage varies so widely in our country.

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Should There Be Laws Protecting Children From Playing Football?

Liam Day wonders how parents letting a 5 year-old play football is much different than the “tanorexic” mother who put her 5 year-old in a tanning bed.

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179 Candidates Thrown Off Ballot for Minor Technicality

Lauren Hale comments on an election technicality in South Carolina that greatly favors incumbents and may even violate voters’ and candidates civil rights.

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Newsflash: America Isn’t the Only Country Holding Elections

HeatherN offers a short primer on elections around the world.

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Mayweather: Champion of What?

Did the Vegas judge delay putting Mayweather in jail so he could fight for the sake of state revenue?

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The Storytelling Animal: The Science of How We Came to Live and Breathe Stories

Stories aren’t merely essential to how we understand the world – they are how we understand the world.

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May 03

Five Ways Feminism Helps Men -

Justin Cascio names five ways feminism helps men.

Can’t think of a single reason why men should support feminism? Here are five.

  1. Gives us equal partners.For men who have women in their lives as co-parents, lovers, wives, partners, clients, and associates, it means that our partners in these relationships have equal power.

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May 01

Was Tupac Shakur a ‘Good Man’? -

Kaleb explores the complicated character of Tupac Shakur through his most famous songs.

People unfamiliar with rap often picture it as either an early 80s Will Smith or 50 Cent boasting about how many times he’s been shot. Although it is true that these styles certainly exist, and are large parts of the genre, rap encompasses so much more than that. I freely admit that I was guilty of this same misconception before I began to take an interest in rap, and what I found out shocked me. In my exploration of rap, I began to realize just how deeply young black men are stereotyped.  Perhaps it is best to start off with one of the most complex and misunderstood rappers of all time, Tupac Shakur.

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Masculine Sexuality, Finding Love, & Keeping the Rug—the Good Men Project's Best of April -

Masculine Sexuality, Finding Love, & Keeping the Rug—the Good Men Project’s Best of April

Masculine Sexuality: What Gets Overlooked

Wanna Find Love? Let Go of the Banana

Raising a Boy Using Shame

7 Things I Find Attractive in a Woman Now That I Am 50

How a Man Falls in Love

The Everyday Sexiness of Men

Confident In My 50th Percentile-ness

In Praise of Small Breasted Women

10 Things I’d Tell My Teenage Daughter About Men, Dating, and Sex

Project Unbreakable

How We Talk About What Turns Us On

Keep the Rug: An Appreciation of Male Body Hair

Can Hipsters Be Racists, Too?

More About Humility Than Harvard

She’s Only Just a Friend

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Apr 29

A Taste Of This Week's Good Feed... -

Open Thread: Wedding Vow Renewal… Why?

APRIL 28, 2012 BY  2 COMMENTS
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The Good Feed Blog Editors wonder when and why.

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The NFL Draft: Morris Claiborne and the Hundred-Yard Lie

APRIL 28, 2012 BY  2 COMMENTS
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Star Louisiana State University cornerback Morris Claiborne either bombed the Wonderlic or didn’t give a shit about it. What can we learn from this?

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African Men and Hollywood Stereotypes

APRIL 28, 2012 BY  1 COMMENT
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Mamahope.org: “Build a future, not a stereotype.”

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Is the Scandinavian Economic Model Better?

APRIL 28, 2012 BY  26 COMMENTS
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A 21 year-old from Finland becomes an internet sensation by pointing out the obvious.

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1995 Pontiac GT – Every Previous Owner Has Had a Beard!

APRIL 27, 2012 BY  1 COMMENT
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My friend posted this on his Facebook page yesterday and I literally spit out coffee.

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Why I Don’t Care If The President Has an Affair …With an Emu …In Rubber Pants.

APRIL 27, 2012 BY  6 COMMENTS
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Mark Greene has had it with all the self-righteous indignation over rich and famous people having affairs.

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Tone Deaf: Catholic Church Cans Female Teacher for IVF

APRIL 27, 2012 BY  9 COMMENTS
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Jamie Reidy comments on a Catholic diocese’s decision to fire a woman over her use of IVF.

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Can Hipsters Be Racists, Too?

APRIL 27, 2012 BY  49 COMMENTS
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Joanna Schroeder wants us to face the truth about the type of prejudices we all carry inside of ourselves, and try to figure out how to combat them.

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Open Thread: Good Men Project 24/7 Follow Friday Page

APRIL 27, 2012 BY  17 COMMENTS
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Here’s How It Works: Get Your Twitter Button Code, Add Comment Below, Post, Follow, Be Followed!

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Apr 25

Archives for Good Feed Blog / Best of Blog -

25 Rules for Moms With Sons

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Tabitha Studer knows how important it is for parents to raise boys conscientiously, and so she complied a list of 25 rules for mothers of sons.

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Apr 23

A Taste Of THE GOOD FEED ... -

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Through a Father’s Eyes: Artist Captures His Children’s Lives From Birth To Adolescence in 3 Minutes

Frans Hofmeester shot footage of his daughter every week of her life, from infancy to 12 years old. It is breathtaking to behold the way a tiny little baby changes to an adolescent right in front of her father’s eyes.

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The Naked Truth: HBO’s “Girls” Is A Winner

Jamie Reidy discusses HBO’s new raunchy comedy.

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No More Chances For World Peace: Ron Artest Should Be Out

Eli Kaplan thinks Ron Artest should be banned permanently from the NBA and perhaps switch over to the WWE.

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Iowa Newspaper Devotes Entire Front Page to Combatting Bullying

This is an unprecedented unified effort by a newspaper in the effort to end bullying. Editor Mitch Pugh said that they have never devoted an entire front page to an editorial before, but believes that the issue of bullying is bigger than just one person.

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Drink Up: House of Beer Cans

Jamie Reidy comments on a New Mexico house built with beer cans.

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Should Ron Artest (aka Metta World Peace) Be Suspended For Elbowing Harden?

Oliver Lee Bateman wants to know what everybody else thinks: Was Metta/Ron Artest just carried away with enthusiasm? Or did he assault James Harden?

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From Boys to Good Men – Pornography, Fraternities and Feminism

Josh Bowman wonders if on-campus mentor programs can combat a culture of hyper-sexualized aggressive masculinity, and counter some of the lessons learned from watching porn at young age.

Apr 19

Caine’s Arcade: Not Just a Viral Video, but a Story of a Father and Son -

On April 11, we ran the story of Caine’s Arcade here on Good Feed Blog. Today, The New York Times follows suit.

The New York Times today tells the story of Caine Monroy, a 9-year-old boy who built an arcade in his fathers junkyard, and through the power of friendship, the internet, a video, and storytelling, something amazing happened…

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Confessions of a Somewhat Glamourous Mom: “I’ve Started Dating Again.” -

“We met across a crowded room filled with the smell of dirty diapers and popped bubbles. What will my husband think?!”

The more than ‘somewhat’ glamourous mom, Shanon Cook of CNN fame) looks at relationships between husbands, wives and other moms.

Our biggest question — do dads ever feel this way?