In gyms, I learned how to remain open to new approaches and ideas and to understand the need for perpetual modification and adaptation. If you’re not happy with your outcomes, you automatically try something else. Let the results (or lack thereof) guide you. Please click here to read my full article!
Tag: male pattern violence
Thanks to porn culture, Todd Kohlhepp is NOT an anomaly
By now, you’ve certainly read the sordid and repulsive details about the latest high profile serial killer and rapist, Todd Kohlhepp. I say “the latest” because we all essentially ignore the 24/7 femicide that characterizes “life as we know it.” Please click here to read my full article!
You wanna see something REALLY scary this Halloween?
Patriarchy. It’s a whole lot more terrifying than the whir of a fictional chainsaw echoing down a fictional Texas highway. This Halloween, how about we confront what’s truly scary by naming the problem? Please click here to read my full article!
In male supremacist culture, kindness is not rewarded
Growing up where I grew up when I grew up there required the rapid acquisition of street smarts. Even your own crew, if bored, could turn into enemies in a heartbeat. (I was reminded of this reality when I took the photo in the middle of this article below.) When I was 14—the height of… Continue reading In male supremacist culture, kindness is not rewarded
Another fur season, another round of animal whites “activism”
Yet another fur season approaches and you know what that means. Yep, your local animal whites crowd has commenced yet another round of anti-fur virtue signaling. As I peruse the social media posts of NYC animal “activists,” I suppose I should be flattered to see some of my “protest” photo style has caught on, but… Continue reading Another fur season, another round of animal whites “activism”
Everything you know about self-defense is wrong (part 3)
Q. What should we do? A. Whatever works. Q. How do we know what works? A. We don’t. Please click here to read my full article!
Where are their hashtags?
Brittanee Drexel’s nightmare was far from a cultural aberration. There are thousands and thousands and thousands of images and GIFs and videos—posted, re-blogged, and shared every minute of every day—eroticizing the concept of women in deep distress. Barbarous devices and restraints abound and there’s no limit to the myriad methods by which pain and degradation are… Continue reading Where are their hashtags?
Everything you know about self-defense is wrong (part 2)
Alongside commitment is awareness. We must accept the realities of what we’re up against and do the work to stay as safe as possible within the confines of such realities. This is not victim-blaming, e.g. “Why was she in that neighborhood or wearing her headphones?” Predators are predators. It’s not you, your outfit, what you… Continue reading Everything you know about self-defense is wrong (part 2)
Masculinity goes to the movies…
It’s easy to imagine many readers shaking their heads and almost pitying me for overanalyzing, having no sense of humor, and taking the fun out of everything. But I’ve worked too hard and learned too much and have too far to go to accept being dismissed as a mere party pooper. Instead, I put the… Continue reading Masculinity goes to the movies…
In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man
Over the years, I’ve written a fair amount of autobiographical pieces but it’s only recently that I’ve begun to re-explore some of these episodes from a more critical, radical perspective. With that in mind, to follow is yet another revised memoir-of-sorts. Please click here to read my full article!
