I have been for several years now on a sort of quest to understand and define "masculinity" and how it may or may not apply to me. I'm sure it all began in some deep pit of self-loathing I've excoriated about right in these very pages. I've spent many hours wondering a simple question: "Am I a man ( Read more... )

I used to love watching HGTV... six or more years ago. But, the entire channel now is geared toward the one snippet of society I despise more than any other. The type of people infesting my neighborhood here. White, upper middle class yuppies who think value comes from spending exorbitant amounts of money to make sure you have all the things your ( Read more... )

So, what does it mean to be a man? The question really has come up a lot in my head since I turned thirty. Whether it just be the natural course of a mind at this age or the societal expectations around me, I cannot help but keep falling back to the matter and wondering if I measure up to the ideal in any form. Thoughts on the subject were only ( Read more... )