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September 2018

September 11, 2018

Why “This Is Us” Is the Medicine We Need

There are a lot of feel-good sitcoms that solve every problem in a half hour....

June 2018

June 01, 2018

Choices: Glimpses of Good (Four Weeks of Fine Men)

Today, I want to share with you some of the small glimpses of good readers...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Strong Enough to be Gentle: Hasib (Four Weeks of Fine Men #6)

When I chose the tag #tonicmasculinity for this story, I was pleased with the wordplay...

May 28, 2018

When Heroes Have Clay Feet (a note on #tonicmasculinity)

I took this weekend away from the computer to breathe a bit, enjoy the nice...

May 25, 2018

Actions Speak Loudest: Arnie Clarke (Four Weeks of Fine Men #5)

This is a guest post by Sheila Marie Connolly, who agreed to write about her...

May 23, 2018

Formed in Friendship: Brian and Caden (Four Weeks of Fine Men #3)

From a reader, I have this story of young men who are choosing inclusion and...

May 22, 2018

A Tale of Two Husbands: Gerald Wynands (Four Weeks of Fine Men #2)

To continue yesterday's post, let me introduce you to Gerald Wynands, my grandmother's second husband....

May 21, 2018

A Tale of Two Husbands: Jan Feddema (Four Weeks of Fine Men #1)

I'd like to kick off my four weeks of fine men by telling you all...

May 20, 2018

Four Weeks of Fine Men

With all the examples of toxic masculinity in the news, I feel the need for...

May 01, 2018

All These Things Will Be Given To You As Well

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or...

November 2017

November 18, 2017

Guarding the Sanctity of the Sick Pilgrim and the Broken Spirit

Yesterday, I ranted briefly about "Men Behaving Badly to Get Their Rocks Off." The big...

November 17, 2017

Can We Just Not Do This Anymore, Please? Seven Quick Fed-Up Takes

Lord, if You're listening, I know You are really fond of this Freely-Given Love thing,...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Bunny in a Dark Labyrinth: Trauma and Choice in a Playboy World (Guest Post)

It's an incredibly complicated thing when your personhood has been crushed through sexual exploitation.

August 2017

August 22, 2017

Kill Your Heroes: The Fall of Joss Whedon’s Feminism

It turns out that Hollywood "feminist" girl-power TV and movie director Joss Whedon is a...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

At The Personalist Project: Can Men and Women Be Friends?

A couple of days ago, a writer at The Federalist went on a "just-kidding-but-not-really" rant...

March 2017

March 24, 2017

Drink Your Poison Yourself

I spent my morning on Facebook trying to communicate with a super-bitter, misogynistic geek guy with a...

March 23, 2017

The problem of Ken and Barbie

Flipping through Netflix recently, my kids and I wound up watching a handful of episodes...