Carlo Alcos, of Confronting Love, wrote an article in 2011 titled “The Friend Zone (or, How “Jerks” are Made), ” which was recently republished by The Good Men Project. I’ll save you the trouble of reading it, in case you’ve missed it or if you just don’t want to read yet another faux-feminist essay articulating why it’s [...]

On February 21, 2013 the New York Times published an article about how American children are eating fewer calories than a decade ago. America has an obesity epidemic, so this is a good thing, right? Sure, maybe. First, though, before we get into any discussion, I’d like to point out that the New York Times failed to list their source – [...]

Let’s talk about Ryan Gosling. Or, rather, let’s talk about the people who create “Hey Girl” Ryan Gosling memes that seem to appear all over Facebook, Twitter, and other corners of the internet. The first of these, Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling was started in December 2008 by writer Douglas Reinhardt, as a “ joke with friends. ” It [...]

*Trigger warning* On April 8, 2012, I was raped by a man I didn’t know well, but had invited into my home–for the second time. He held a job that caused him to travel a lot. I’d met him in October 2011. We talked for a while. We made out. Because it was a chilly [...]