masculinity
Twisted Trauma: “Malcolm & Marie” Evaluates the Young, Female Muse
Marie is a muse without divine favor: She must know invisibility so that he might know its opposite.
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Slippery Soft: The Rise of the Manic Pixie Dream Boy
Manic Pixie Dream Boyism resists the clean-cut mold of macho masculinity.
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Whatever His Kink, Armie Hammer Is an Abuser
Social media rapidly shared jokes about his cannibalism fetish.
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Shia LaBeouf’s Abuse Confession Can’t Absolve Him
LaBeouf admitted to abusing loved ones for years.
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Will Feminine Boys Ever Truly Be in Style?
Few things can scorch the internet as much as a man in a dress.
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Biden, Byrde, and the Limits of “Toxic Masculinity” Discourse
For men like Joe Biden, the solution is never to contend with their own role in upholding an oppressive system—or to step aside to make room for others.
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Meat and Potatoes: In “Tomboyland,” Melissa Faliveno Asks Who Can Explore Queerness
Given Faliveno’s commitment to honesty, there isn’t a moment in Tomboyland that feels chastising or heavy-handed.
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Boys and Their Toys: Privatizing Space Is the Ultimate Tech Bro Fantasy
This race takes place firmly within capitalism, as a coterie of tech billionaires flex their fantasies for starfaring civilizations.
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Dicks in a Box: The Enduring Fear of Penis-Snatching Witches
Castration anxiety is the unidentified main character in fantastical stories about penis-stealing witches.
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A Softer Smokey: Fighting Fires Alongside Toxic Masculinity
Smokey is a symbol of the failure of our government to embrace progressive ideals and a more inclusive and open-minded ecological stance which would lead to more thoughtfully managed natural spaces.
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