Crisis of Fatherhood Fuels the Fires of London
In the face of the London riots, Chris Flux writes, rather than blaming the lack of father figures, we should encourage fathers to be role models. I’m British. As you know, riots have exploded in...
View ArticleThe Man Without Fear: Heroism and Elementary School
Dr. Matt Finch knows fear. He has taken a class of first graders to the beach. This was previously published at Role/Reboot. You think you know fear? I was only knee-deep in icy seawater, but that was...
View ArticleMale Role Models in Avatar: The Last Airbender
Noah Brand explains how there is no gender war in Ba Sing Se. The 2000s were, many critics and fans agree, the Decade When TV Got Good. Some mark the transition from the 1999 premiere of The Sopranos,...
View ArticleChildren Will Listen
Greg White spent a summer teaching a ten-year-old nephew to run, and changed both their lives. I want to leave something behind on this world besides tiny water bottles and shoes—something to say that...
View ArticleWhat If My Son Doesn’t Like Star Wars?
Neil Sheppard explains to his wife that there’s more to Star Wars than light saber duels. It all started very innocently. It was my son’s first Christmas and I felt I should make the effort to get him...
View ArticleI Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy
Why another man’s back hair makes me happy. My ex-wife’s boyfriend has back hair. A lot of it. I know I’m not supposed to take pleasure in such things, and follicle-ly speaking I’m certainly no prize....
View ArticleThe Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage
The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge. Old rites In our ancestral past, and within the last few...
View ArticleHow to Become a Warrior
The warrior is sensitive enough to discern truth, and has the courage to stand up for it. Are you tough enough to be a warrior? Probably not … at least, not if you define your toughness as a man by...
View Article“So how do we reach boys who have every single male role model walk out on...
If there was ever a reason to have the difficult conversations we do, this is why. Join us as a premium, charter member of The Good Men Project. —- Today @timbarrus asked us on Twitter: “So how do we...
View ArticleJoin the International Men’s Movement Today
A global call to action from Glen Poole, the Good Men Project’s new international men’s movement editor. Do you care about what happens to the world’s 3.5 billion men and boys? If so, I want to invite...
View ArticleCan Single Women Raise Boys to Become Men?
No one raises a man alone; it takes a village. We need to make sure we include positive men in our villages, too. I was raised in a single mother household. For the first few years of my life, it was...
View ArticleWhat 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:...
View ArticleJohnny Cash: Life, Love, and the Magic of Being Your Badass Self
Chantele Theroux on how to live and love like the Man in Black. “Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.”—Johnny Cash For as much of a progressively...
View Article“I knew that I wouldn’t be allowed to try cooking and I never knew of any...
This is a comment by Nick says. on the comment of the day: “I don’t want to know whether men can or can’t cook — I want to know WHY they do or don’t cook.” Nick says. said: As a guy who’s a terrible...
View ArticlePompadours and Circumstance: A Thank You Note to Conan O’Brien
Raised among rough-edged men, Katherine Markovich found an unlikely male role model in Conan O’Brien. The only way I can even begin to articulate the feelings I have for Conan O’Brien and his career...
View ArticleHow Can We Help Boys Fulfill Their Dreams?
How can men make a difference for boys? Canadian man calls on Good Men Project community for advice on how to create an event for boys in his local school on International Men’s Day. From time to time...
View ArticleLife in the Man Deserts
Why are more children than ever are growing up with no male role models in sight? By the time of the next General Election, the UK is expected to have reached an unwelcome milestone—the number of lone...
View Article“How I Met Your Mother” and the Dysfunctional Dad Narrative
Will our fathers’ stories be our own? ——— Many flaws in CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” have been shrugged off as acceptable byproducts of the protagonist Ted Mosby’s unreliable narration, from plot...
View ArticleGood Men on Film: Six Characters Who Taught Me to be a Man
Eric Shapiro on six positive male pop culture role models. Film history is loaded with rotten men: criminals, hustlers, cheats, scoundrels, liars, wimps, maniacs, idiots, overgrown children. I’m not...
View Article5 Annoying Things Male Teachers Hear
Tweet Teaching is still considered to require or reward qualities we consider inherently feminine. ___ The male teacher, even a community college teacher like me, is still a topic of consternation for...
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