#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."

#Trump #Musk #masculinity
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-toxic-broligarchy-are-ready-to

Lol. Let's hear it for the men!

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/01/17/ladies-its-time-hand-country-back-men-column/

#oligarchy
#masculinity
#broligarchy
#kleptocracy
#equity

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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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-5-2025

Continuing the #Polish #writing theme…

The Empusium is a quietly unsettling novel in which #Tokarczuk dissects #masculinity, myth and the #uncanny.

#novel #literature #humanities

"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/

#Longreads #Essay #Blackness #Masculinity

Is "twunks with machetes" a thing? Can we make it a thing?
#vintageAd #masculinity #banana

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/our-times/article/2024/11/19/the-pelicot-rape-trial-is-causing-introspection-and-division-among-men-honestly-we-don-t-know-where-to-stand-anymore_6733288_39.html

Shit like this pisses me off. Somehow, being a decent human being is outside the realms of possibility…

#masculinity #toxicmasculinity #feminism #equalrights

"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

#masculinity #ToxicMasculinity

"For men like me, spin is hard. Not just the workout, but the vulnerability: letting go of competition and leaning into the group, a dying of self so the room can revive."

A new essay by Nashville writer Raleigh McCool on #loneliness, #masculinity, and finding connection in #spin class: https://longreads.com/2024/09/05/spin-masculinity-loneliness-friendship/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

A name that would make a steamy novel writer go "Nah, that one's a little too obvious."
#vintageAd #masculinity #innuendo

#DougEmhoff, modern-day sex symbol

#Emhoff is secure enough with his own #masculinity to sometimes prioritize his wife’s ambitions over his own.

What. A. Hunk.

#EndToxicMasculinity #TonicMasculinity
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/emhoff-harris-sex-symbol/

Positive #masculinity is when praise for your father makes you want to cry.