Tag Archives: Masculinity
We should be talking about masculinity and violence after the Sandy Hook shooting and every day
TweetLet’s talk about violence and masculinity. In a post earlier this week, Amy argued that since women are sometimes perpetrators, focusing on masculinity can only take us so far in understanding violence, gun violence, and mass shootings in particular. But, in my opinion, a deeper analysis of masculinity would take us farther than basically anything [...]
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Behind every good woman…
TweetEd note: This is guest post by Feministing Editor Emeritus Courtney E. Martin I’ve spent part of my time this fall as part of a team that created TEDxWomen’s third annual gathering. The event is a wild one–a day and half of packed programming in Washington D.C. with over 150 local self-organized events tuning in via live [...]
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Teen boys also risking their health in pursuit of unattainable bodies
TweetGreat, so that basically makes all of us, right? The New York Times reports: “There has been a striking change in attitudes toward male body image in the last 30 years,” said Dr. Harrison Pope, a psychiatry professor at Harvard who studies bodybuilding culture and was not involved in the study. The portrayal of men [...]
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Pretending to be gay?
TweetEd. note: This post is part of the second round of the Feministing “So You Think You Can Blog” contributor contest (background here). Stay tuned all week as our six finalists take turns turns covering the blog and giving us a sense of their personal contributor style. The winner of the contest and newest member [...]
Also tagged Analysis, gay, Media, News, Queer Issues, Random, Religion, Timothy Kurek Comments closed
It takes a village to silence street harassment