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A Reverence for Reproductive Justice
Rev. Matthew Westfox appears on MSNBC to talk about Christianity and reproductive rights. The Reverend Matthew Westfox is on a mission from God: to make justice and compassion central to the...
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Hyperarousal: Beyond Fight or Flight
In a crisis, your choices are limited, but it’s not as bad as you think. You may not realize the ways you’re already responding to acute stress. We all learned this in biology class. When an animal,...
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Parables of Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Rev. Matthew Westfox
What do the Bible and Jesus Christ have to say about a woman’s right to choose? As a Christian minister, Reverend Matthew Westfox makes a religious argument for reproductive justice when speaking to...
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Intriguing: The New Ugly?
Tracy Moore at Jezebel thinks their readers should learn to embrace “intrigue” over sexual attraction in their potential lovers. When I saw the title of the article, “How to Have Sex with Someone You...
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Everyone’s Doing It
It seemed to us rural teens a natural fact that those with nothing to do will do one another. When I was 12, my family moved to rural Florida, pretty much ensuring that the social activities available...
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Owning Whiteness
Rather than defend against the charge, Justin Cascio attempts to define and possess his Whiteness. I was so excited to receive Bill Johnson’s column this week on racial color blindness, that I...
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The Fred Flintstone Diet
Is your manly diet killing you? The Paleo Diet, known for its heaping portions of animal flesh, is being blamed again for its resemblance to the diet of one “modern Stone Age” man in particular:...
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I Am a Writing Desk
Justin Cascio had to leave home to find his people: more than once. “There’s a third presence when we meet in this space,” Mark Greene told me recently. We were meeting face to face for the first...
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Easy Targets: The Top 10 in April on The Good Life
Brought to you by the people who make aiming high, look easy. At The Good Men Project, we are leading conversations about men and goodness, two easy targets for cynicism. To declare a goal of...
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How We Can Improve Sex Ed for Boys
Justin Cascio talks to Elizabeth Schroeder, executive director of Answer, about why boys are tuning out in sex ed classes, and what they want to know most (but aren’t telling us). The Answer website...
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Real Man Adventures [Book Review]
A testosterone fueled adventure through sex and gender, unlike any you’ve seen before featuring a man battling a shark on the cover. The first thing I notice about T Cooper when we meet on Skype is...
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5 Guys Talking: Men of Action
An AIDS activist, a Christian missionary, a wilderness first responder, and a revolutionary rock star… Premium Members talk to four men who’ve made it their lives’ work to help other people, and how...
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What Real Men Talk About
Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man. As I read Real Man Adventures, I took notes. Early on, I fill pages with my annoyances:...
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What Our (Straight, Married) Best Man Taught Me About the Value of Family
A best man supports the marriage of his friends, long after the reception. When Kevin and I moved to this college town, almost nine years ago, we became friends with a number of students. Some of them...
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Help and Healing: Top Ten in May on The Good Life
Introducing The Good Life’s staff writers, a look at the themes featured this month, and the most popular posts in May. Themes featured on The Good Life in May In the first week of May, The Good Life...
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When Bad Men Do Good Things
Can people be so tainted that even when they do a good deed, it somehow isn’t? Jennifer Kesler wrote about the death of Margaret Thatcher under the heading, “Sometimes Bad People Do Good Things,”...
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Open Thread: What’s Your Freedom Story?
Open discussion: What does freedom mean to you? Some cultures have these built in to their history: diasporas enslaved and then freed, through faith or strength or miracles. Some people have these...
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Trans 101: What is the Process to Change One’s Sex?
Justin Cascio answers the question, what is the process of transition for a trans person? (Hint: there is no process) - “How does that work?” and, “how long does it take?” are just a couple of the...
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10 Things You Should Never Say to a Trans Person (That Have Been Said to Me)
What not to say to a patient, client, co-worker, friend of a friend, networking contact, first date, or other acquaintance who is transgender. — Has someone just come out to you as transgender? Are...
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Men: Do You Know Your Sh*t?
What you don’t know about healthy bowel function could kill you. — Men can be obscenely proud of their shit. Guys will brag about an especially large or tortuous bowel movement. With rare exceptions,...
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