Good Is Good
Who Creates Jobs (and Other Critical Questions)
The most important thing we can do is treat our human capital in this country as our most precious national resource.
Sex & Relationships
6 Reasons ‘Why Women Aren’t Crazy’ is Only Part of the Story
How listening changes everything: Mark Greene seeks a non-gender binary discussion of gas lighting.
My Future Father-in-Law Thinks I Should Be a ‘Girly Man’
A man wonders why his fiancé’s father assumes that he should be girly, simply because he’s the shorter one in the relationship.
Education and Boys
Make Good Art
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012: “If you don’t know it’s impossible, it’s easier to do.”
Business Ethics
Grow Fangs
“Never allow limited resources to limit your imagination. Bite off more than you can chew. Then grow fangs.”
Manners Made To Order
When did manners in the business place become a rarity? Ken Goldstein reflects on the ever-changing environment of the workplace.
Men Are Funny
DadsGood
10 from the Archives
The Happy Hour Miscarriage in Paradise
How many times can you lose a child without even having one before things change?
My Ex-Wife’s Wedding: Best. Wedding. Ever.
After a marriage fraught with difficulties, Steve Jaeger finds the wedding of his ex-wife to be a day of joy.
Invisible Father
Robert Peake believes that for fathers and non-fathers alike, “the best in us involves us giving back in ways that are uniquely male.”
My Life as a Hermit Crab
After a tragic childhood, P.M. Leonard built up a shell, but he’s finding a way to see the light again.
Awaiting Vesuvius
When a romance is over, it’s over. The problem according to Jackie Summers, is that no one ever evacuates Pompeii until the volcano erupts.
When Playboy Bunnies Ruled
At 17, most girls are filling out college applications. I was nervously auditioning to become a Bunny at the New York Playboy Club.
Living Father, Zombie Husband
Every summer, Robert Barsanti returns to Nantucket, where his marriage died—and where his two boys still need him.
Mission Soccer
For the varsity soccer players at one San Francisco school, their team is their family, and futbol might be their only ticket to college. Jordan Conn shadowed the team last fall, as they defended their title against a neighborhood rival.
When Skinny Men Go to the Gym
For the sake of his children, our pasty British friend Ben Wakeling hits the gym. Then he hits the wall. Then the floor.
Men Over 50
Getting Old? Absolutely Not!
Graham Phoenix refuses to get old and expects to become a cantankerous old man.
Weekend Fiction
The Heart of My House
The home has long been a powerful metaphor, and for good reason. The place where we live comes to represent us. But here is a story I haven’t seen before, where the homeowner cannot seem to see his house as it is. Where he can’t stop seeing it as a metaphor. —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project [...]
Sports
The Errant Heel: Episode 6
In Episode Six, Brian and Tom discuss misogynist high school baseball teams and the sleepy heroes of the Clemens trial jury, all while exploring a new studio space.
The Issues of Men’s Rights
Regarding the Suppression of Men’s Issues
Mark Greene believes our male cultural history, the steps we took to get here, make ignoring boys and men as victims a likely outcome.
Mentoring and Volunteering
All Children Are Born With Potential: A Talk with Wendy Foster of Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Wendy Foster talks about the ways a friendship-based model of mentoring our youth can create positive change.
Male Heartbreak
Love Conquers All—Except, Maybe, the Bottle
Mika Doyle’s first love taught her that love is not enough to sustain a relationship.
Conflict
The Flight 93 Memorial: A Travesty on a Tragedy
Cameron Conaway’s recent trip to the Flight 93 Memorial left him heartbroken, but not in the way he expected.
Learning
Please Sir, Can I Read Some More
When Kalimah Priforce was eight years old and in foster care, he got more books the only way he could. He went on a hunger strike.
Polyamory
Adventures in Polyamory
A champion of sexual freedom, Henry Vandenburgh navigates an open marriage and doesn’t miss a beat.
The Presumption of Male Guilt
When Women Fear Men
Statistics don’t make us safe, Lisa Hickey says. Self-empowerment and facing our fears do.
Prison
The Prison-Industrial Complex is Anti-Man
Ozy Frantz takes on the prison-industrial complex and how it affects the lives of American men.
Health, Psychology & Addiction
Lost Boy
Sneaking out, smoking pot, stealing from step-dad’s wallet—Gabi Coatsworth wonders if she should have seen her son’s bipolar diagnosis coming.
Act Like a Man
Struggling to be the best man you can be? Sounds like you need group therapy, man style.
Marriage and Divorce
Scenes From a Divorce: The First Epiphany
Although his marriage didn’t work out, Steven Axelrod’s children washed away any lingering regret.
The End of Gender
Gender Politics
Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp
Ted Cox took on the identity of a closeted Mormon for a weekend of crying, singing, and wrestling. It was the first time he felt another man’s erection.
Advice & Confessions
Gender and Sexuality
Marriage Equality: Making it Their Special Day
“Today, I think most marriages aim for equality. Let’s move away from making it her special day and start making it their special day.”
Ethics & Values
Invisible Men
Like all human beings, men need connections in their lives; we need to be able to share our experiences and seek support.
Men and Dating
Mental Illness, Mental Health
How I Learned to Stop Worrying …. And Love the Bipolar Disorder
Shawn Maxam discusses the importance of accepting his mental illness.
Man to Man
Man-to-Man with Animated American Producer Bill Schultz
Savas Abadsidis sits down with animation producer Bill Schultz to discuss baseball, entertainment, and the value of a good father.
Families
How to Talk to Your Children About Gay Parents, By a Gay Parent
Jerry Mahoney offers a list of techniques to teach children about accepting different types of families.
Arts & Entertainment
Class Acts: Hollywood’s Actors Who Went to College
Find out where your favorite A-lister went to get their smarts
Gay & Bisexual Men
It Gets Better… With Fists
Jeremy Feist isn’t proud of himself for having beat someone up, but he is proud of refusing to the the victim of a bully.
Two Fathers, No Mother: Crossing the Big Black Line
William Lucas Walker’s journey from “gay cliché” boyhood to married fatherhood, via love and loss.
Signs of Our Times
Work / Life Balance
George Lucas And The Thing a Man Needs Most
Mark Radcliffe learned that the Star Wars movies reflect the life of the man behind them, and when he lost something important, so did they.
Men and Feminism
The First Myth of Patriarchy: The Acorn on the Pillow
Tad Hargrave explains how patriarchy and masculinity are not the same thing, and privilege is not good for anyone.
Platonic Relationships
Photoessay
A Conversation With Tim Hetherington
“He was like Hercules. I’m surprised the shell that killed him didn’t just bounce off.”
Project Unbreakable
Grace Brown photographs survivors of sexual abuse with posters that hold quotes from their attackers. TRIGGER WARNING.
On Rape and Sexual Violence
Victims of the Crime
When Paul Kidwell’s girlfriend was raped years ago, the devastation of her trauma extended to their relationship, and though they have both moved on, that memory remains part of their lives.
On Race
Fear & Courage
Love in the Time of Lymphoma
When Daniel Haack was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 22, he started using a different line at bars: “Hey, my name’s Daniel, and I have cancer.”
Women’s Obsession with Beauty
The Ugly Duckling as Gender-Neutral Beauty Ideal
‘The Ugly Duckling’ provides a lesson in beauty and acceptance for everyone, regardless of gender.
Technology
You Need Rights Like the Internet Needs Pants
Technology author and system administrator Tom Limoncelli says it’s time to create an internet user bill of rights.
Editors’ Picks
Ouch
How do you make up for accidentally setting your fiancée’s hair on fire? Write an essay about it, of course.
Think Like a Mountain
A Wisconsin teacher uses an essay about wolves to teach her students about empathy, environmentalism, and looking at all sides of a complex issue.
Men and Social Media
Why I’m Social-Media Promiscuous
Good Men Media CEO Lisa Hickey wants you—and Malcom Gladwell—to know: the revolution can be tweeted.
Vocalyze
“Why do people care if someone gets caught nude? What is there to judge?”
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