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Evan Hurst commenting with his usual inimitable verve about the attempt of JD Vance to engage in masculinity drag:
"God, what a creepy, off-putting little charisma desert of a man."
"Little charisma desert of a man": I'd give my eye teeth to have written that phrase.
#JDVance #masculinity #drag #machismo #men #ManlyMan #CharismaDeserts
https://evanhurst.substack.com/p/uh-oh-jd-vance-is-doing-masculinity
"A Public Religion Research Institute study from the Fall revealed the strong connection between the role of patriarchy, attitudes on child-rearing, and religiosity that directly predict one’s support for both Trump and violent authoritarianism. We are all now hijacked by powerful men like Donald Trump, whose parental figures were mostly vindictive, cruel, or absent."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #patriarchy #misogyny #abuse #violence #masculinity
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/whos-your-daddy-maga-wants-trump
Peggy Orenstein reveals what she learn interviewing high school and college young men on their …
This book has frank discussions of sex and masculinity. It fully acknowledges that teenagers have sex, but does not glorify nor damn it.
This was a really interesting book. As a guy, who was/is struggling with this subject. And as a guy who avoided all of this in his teens and 20s. Mostly because I was scared about how any of it could go bad. But reading this, I find out even the guys doing them regularly are not sure what they're doing. And are worried about it still. Some interesting insights with good journalistic work. #Books #Bookstodon #Gender #Masculinity
Bloomberg offers a valuable, well-documented discussion of the key role that a number of YouTube "influencers" played in pushing young males towards Donald Trump in the last election:
Men, and particularly white men, have long made up Trump’s core support base. But in November’s election, young men swung especially hard to the right.
#Trump #males #men #YoungMen #masculinity #YouTube
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https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-youtube-podcast-men-for-trump/
I couldn't let this one slip by. It's just too good and spot-on to ignore! #masculinity
Wajahat Ali comments on Trump's "toxic model of masculinity" that his chief super-rich epigones and handlers now want to copy:
"As a person who has been married for 12 years, I can confidently say this type of performative alpha male masculinity might be great for photo ops and Fox News clips but is utterly disastrous for maintaining healthy, loving relationships. If you don’t believe me, just look at Trump and Musk’s history with women."
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-toxic-broligarchy-are-ready-to
By request, as a counterpart to an earlier thread about women & feminism, here are some #Men & #Masculinity picks of the day:
➡️ @tbpcsg - Prostate cancer support group in Morecambe Bay area of UK
➡️ @DanHakimi - Blogging about menswear
➡️ @maskulinitypod - US podcast examining masculinity and deconstructing patriarchy
➡️ @MensHealthUK - UK edition of Men's Health
➡️ @MensHealth - US edition of Men's Health
➡️ @BritishGQ - UK edition of GQ
➡️ @GQ_Germany - German edition of GQ (in German)
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Robyn Pennacchia responds to Mark Zuckerberg's (absurd) claim that corporate America needs more masculine energy — you know, like his energy. And Elon's. And Donald's. She writes,
"Where I am confused, however, is where Zuck is finding this incredible dearth of 'masculine energy' in corporate America. Because like … only 11.8 percent of those in C-level roles are women."
#Zuckerberg #masculinity #corporations
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/if-zuckerberg-wants-masculine-energy
Heather Cox Richardson summarizes statements made in two letters of Green Beret Master Sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger before he died by suicide with his explosion of a Tesla truck in Las Vegas on New Year's Day.
He wrote that the US is "headed towards collapse" due to moral loucheness, diversity programs, and policies promoted by the Democratic party.
#violence #Republicans #masculinity #ToxicMasculinity #MaleEntitlement #Livelsberger
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Continuing the #Polish #writing theme…
The Empusium is a quietly unsettling novel in which #Tokarczuk dissects #masculinity, myth and the #uncanny.
"For me, one of the most subversive images in art is a Black man resting—not dead but resting—his body not compelled to work for anyone’s gaze."
Roger Reeves for Emergence Magazine:
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/when-the-prince-of-heaven-sleeps/
Is "twunks with machetes" a thing? Can we make it a thing?
#vintageAd #masculinity #banana
Shit like this pisses me off. Somehow, being a decent human being is outside the realms of possibility…
"Jeez. 'Daddy’s coming home'. How can we not say this election is also about toxic masculinity and the latent violence of threatened patriarchy?"
~ Peter Jukes as quoted by Paige Oamek
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #TuckerCarlson #masculinity #gender #MaleVoters #patriarchy #fascism #strongman
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https://newrepublic.com/post/187485/tucker-carlson-daddy-trump-spanking-speech
