Setting a timer to remind myself to think about the #Roman empire as a form of #testosterone #therapy.
#masculinity
See tagged statuses in the local BookWyrm community
The 1930s future that we were cruelly denied 🚀
#vintage #fashion #masculinity
Lee Shevek a.k.a. butchanarchy has a zine out!
"A Woman Can Be Any Gender He Wants To Be is a zine by trans butch anarchist Lee Shevek ... exploring patriarchy, masculinity, and gender liberation."
https://ko-fi.com/s/47012fd267
#zines #gender #butch #anarchy #patriarchy #masculinity #liberation
"To really deal with the problems among men would require people to engage in a conversation not just about masculinity, but patriarchy and white supremacy and capitalism” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/ < This is really good in engaging with why the manosphere looks so appealing to vulnerable men #masculinity
Noah Berlatsky asks,
"Why … do progressives let conservatives frame the problem with men as a 'crisis of masculinity' even as they acknowledge that masculinity has always been a crisis?"
His answer: It's "because of a widespread cultural disdain for femininity, and a widespread elevation of masculinity."
I think he's absolutely correct about this. And this bias is as determative for the thinking of "liberals" as conservatives.
#masculinity #femininity #gender
https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/there-isnt-a-crisis-of-masculinity?
what happens when a Barbie op-ed in The Telegraph smears me for wanting to "empower femininity" while everyone else is fretting about a “crisis of masculinity”? I write an essay of course! 5 min read, no-paywall link, pls share & give it lots of "claps" (up to 50, I think)!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/masculinity-femininity-and-meanings-19dd9a1a797?sk=ddc3fa5cd9bb41cc8cc4aff493dc95c2
#masculinity #femininity #gender #Barbie #feminism #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #queer
Native link to TikTok for the (interesting) video mentioned by @pzmyers in the post I just boosted.
#masculinity vs #misogyny
https://www.tiktok.com/@watchfulcoyote/video/7231620451640855854
I think what I like most about being male are the little things:
Feeling my long hair on my back when I go shirtless
Gently pushing my strength to lift or carry something further than I think I can, and delightedly finding out I can do it
That first bit of stubble on the day after shaving my face, before it gets longer and annoying
Putting on a fresh clean pair of boxer briefs
An effective don't-bother-me forcefield
Playing around with jewelry as a guy - - I wear less, but each piece means more
The smell of rubbing alcohol on shot days
Bring back traditional masculinity! With powdered wigs and man-style gingerbread!
#vintageAd #gender #masculinity #gingerbread
Found this 13 year old video on a #vidding site. Gotta hand it to Balistik cause it squeezed a tear out of me.
Vid: Even Dogs Dream by Balistik94
Music:NIN Everyday is exactly the same
Warning: Blood, Gun Violence
It was likely the movie that got me, because it portrays how men are made into weapons. A type of #masculinity that I won't call toxic as much as dehumanizing when it happens. Those affected can not access their emotions and become.. less. Yet we still do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2NGWfo63T8
How Upper Lips Got Stiff
The truism that “boys don’t cry” is a Western social convention. #Colonialism and imperialism made sure it spread East.
by Isti Bhattacharya, March 8, 2023
"These rigid notions of #masculinity crystallized with English #imperialism. The young men sent to serve as administrators in the colonies were meticulously trained to cultivate a 'stiff upper lip,' often through public school education. Elite institutions such as Eton, Harrow, and Radley monitored students and crafted regimentation marked by corporal punishments and intensive sports such as rugby and gymnastics. Literature about public schools is replete with instances of rampant bullying. [...] 'To be hurt was to be stung and if to the point of tears, stung up; crying was blubbing, a word of abysmal contempt'.
"Stoicism in the face of loss had become such an indispensable part of the English personality that the phrase ‘stiff upper …
How Upper Lips Got Stiff
The truism that “boys don’t cry” is a Western social convention. #Colonialism and imperialism made sure it spread East.
by Isti Bhattacharya, March 8, 2023
"These rigid notions of #masculinity crystallized with English #imperialism. The young men sent to serve as administrators in the colonies were meticulously trained to cultivate a 'stiff upper lip,' often through public school education. Elite institutions such as Eton, Harrow, and Radley monitored students and crafted regimentation marked by corporal punishments and intensive sports such as rugby and gymnastics. Literature about public schools is replete with instances of rampant bullying. [...] 'To be hurt was to be stung and if to the point of tears, stung up; crying was blubbing, a word of abysmal contempt'.
"Stoicism in the face of loss had become such an indispensable part of the English personality that the phrase ‘stiff upper lip” came to be associated with it. The practice of withholding the display of emotions during moments of crisis heightened during the two world wars."
#ToxicMasculinity #BoysDontCry
Read more:
https://daily.jstor.org/how-upper-lips-got-stiff/#_=_