Tag Archives: Masculinity
The Academic Feminist: Talking Feminism and Masculinities with Tristan Bridges
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists! Today’s conversation features Tristan Bridges, Lecturer with the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia (recently appointed to The College at Brockport, SUNY). Tristan offers some fantastic insights into masculinities and men’s relationships to feminisms, while also dispelling some common myths about contemporary gender inequalities. You can find out more [...]
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Quick hit: What’s with all the naked dudes?
TweetI have a piece at the Australian site Daily Life today, about the increase in the amount of substantial male nudity on offer in romantic comedies lately. Before 2009, shirtlessness was pretty standard for men in romantic comedies (why do you think chronic shirtophobe Matthew McConaughey makes so many rom coms?) But in the last [...]
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Guest post: Boys, men, patriarchy, and privilege
TweetThis is a guest post from Cara Hoffman. Hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed novel So Much Pretty, about violence and retribution, a New Yorker Books Pick, So Much Pretty is now out in paperback from Simon and Schuster. Women’s issues have dominated the news these past few months with reproductive health becoming the cornerstone [...]
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The power of women’s friendships: Do people really still devalue it?
TweetThis weekend, it seemed all of my lady friends on Facebook were linking to this piece by Emily Rapp. It’s a lovingly-rendered tribute to the older mentors who’ve shaped her and the current friends who’ve saved her–and a beautiful articulation of the power of female friendship. Recently I overheard a man say at a yoga class, [...]
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Enough with “I date women and trans men”