Sports
Meanings of Manu
Manu Ginobili shook out of his slump to help the Spurs within a game of the NBA Championship. Here, Yago Colas discusses the Argentine’s unique style of play within the racial, economic and political context of the global game basketball has become.
Health, Psychology & Addiction
21st Century Extinction Diet
Rannoch Donald offers simple ways for people to stop perpetuating the harmful cycle of fad diets, and start taking the power back for their own health.
Reviews, Commentary, and Fiction from MCofA
Be Less Loyal
Putting aside issues of team and party affiliation, Jim Jividen believes intellectual consistency is the highest possible value.
Mad Men Season 6
The Big Babies of Mad Men, Episode 12
Don Draper is in the fetal position, Ted Chaough is blinded by love, and the agency is divided: JD Schraffenberger dives into Mad Men, Season 6, Episode 12.
Guyhood
I’m Looking at the Millennial In the Mirror
“If we raise our kids one way but expect something different of them”, says Brian Sorrell, “then they’ll end up invisible to us.”
Social Justice
Violence and Trauma
Widening the Lens on Gender and Violence
Peter Pollard, the Training and Outreach Director for 1in6, sends us a hopeful message for the future of male trauma informed awareness initiatives and response systems.
Conflict
Can You Unintentionally Commit Child Abuse?
After a tumultuous childhood filled with abuse and neglect, Nathan C. Daniels reflects on how some of the pain he experienced may not have been inflicted intentionally.
Sex & Relationships
10 Reasons Why Emily Hartridge Loves Men (Video)
The very funny Emily Hartridge explains her top 10 reasons for loving men.
Education
6 Tips That Should Have Been in Your Graduation Speech
You’ve probably never heard a graduation speech like this one. Here are 6 tips to prepare you for life after high school or college.
Father’s Day 2013
Father’s Day/Week/Life
It’s the “Love, Recorded” Father’s Day, but hasn’t it been Father’s Day every day?
Men’s Work
What Dad Really Wants
This Father’s Day, Colin Berry suggests, maybe it’s time to give Dad more than just another tie or gift card.
Business Ethics
Mentoring and Volunteering
Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
Josh Magill shares his admiration for the man he calls Dad–who taught him the true meaning of being a man–someone that didn’t have to be his Dad, but did so with vigor.
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Men Only Want to Fix Things and Women Only Want You to Listen? Really? (Video)
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How to Survive Being Dumped
There’s no getting around it, getting dumped sucks. But Harris O’Malley can tell you how to survive it and be stronger in the end.
Ten Seconds Dead
Ten seconds—that’s how long Jonathan Footerman was dead after he flew over the handlebars of his motorcycle.
My Second Birth
Leonard Pitt never got the opportunity to raise a child from birth. Until his grandson arrived and changed everything.
Ethics & Values
“When Is It OK to Call Someone Black?”
“We must devise strategies to keep naming, interpreting, and confronting racism”. Beth Balliro answers a question sent to Steve Locke.
The Problem with Dominance, Submission, and Public Shaming in Airport Security Lines
The TSA demands a certain level of compliance for security reasons, but what happens when they abuse their authority?
In Good Faith
The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Excerpt
An untold story of persecution and perseverance, by Qasim Rashid
Dads & Families
How Does a Caring Father Respond When a TSA Agent Tells His Daughter to ‘Cover Up’?
Hugo Schwyzer believes we can all learn something from Mark Frauenfelder, who stood up for his daughter after being shamed for what she was wearing.
Baby Take a Ride in My (Chicken) Coop DeVille
Every man needs a passion. For Andy Hinds, it’s the super-deluxe chicken coop he just built: The Coop DeVille.
How To Protect Your Kids From Social Media Bullies and Gaming Creeps
Part two on helping your kids avoid online dangers: Gaming and social media
Marriage
Marriage To a Loner: Walking Down the Aisle Alone
D.A. Wolf’s experience in marrying (and subsequently divorcing) a loner.
Arts & Entertainment
Justin Timberlake and the Trouble With Wives
Justin Timberlake’s charm is supposed to work even on the toughest critic. Except, apparently, Matthew Norman’s wife.
Is Neil Patrick Harris Gay Enough?
What’s lost, if anything, when a prominent gay man becomes a symbol of hetero-masculinity
International Men’s Movement
How 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
Advice & Confessions
On Growing Up Without a Father
Atalwin Pilon remembers seeing his father just three times in his life. And yet, his dad was an integral part of Atalwin’s journey for inner peace and balance.
Weekend Fiction
How to Fix Your Life
“My best friend’s father died. I went on eBay and tried to buy a new best friend, but all the best friends on eBay were too expensive.” By Mark Baumer
MegaSAHD: Mark Greene
New Case May Be Catalyst for New Zealand to Change Gendered Sexual Assault Laws
“…it has also highlighted disparity in the law of rape, which makes it impossible for a woman to be accused of the crime.”
-New Zealand Herald
Gender & Sexuality
“The Most Popular Guys on YouTube” Are Cavemen
Gretchen Edwards-Bodmer clicks on a link from YouTube telling her about the “Most Popular Guys” and all she sees are harmful stereotypes.
GMP Original Column: Root Down
Lying to Children
Where fantasy stops, untruths begin. Carl Pettit writes on the relationship between media and body image.
On The Air
The Modern Dad: Hanging Out With Dad Bloggers From Across the Internet
Just in time for Father’s Day, The Good Men Project co-hosts a Google Hangout with Google and Dads and Editors from Mashable, Esquire, NYC Dads, and more.
Work / Life Balance
Is Autonomy the New Money?
What does Jay-Z offer Beyoncé that men can offer the women they hope to marry?
Editors’ Picks
Ouch
How do you make up for accidentally setting your fiancée’s hair on fire? Write an essay about it, of course.
In the Army Now: A Report from Iraq
Army Lieutenant Newman McKay has been in Iraq for one month. This is what he’s learned: 1) It’s hot. 2) The trek to the bathroom is no fun. 3) Never, ever, order the breakfast burrito.
A Junk-Tank Like Me
When you’re an addict, “It’s not that you don’t care. It’s that you don’t care enough.”
Getting Off
Tom Matlack talked to men and women all across the country about pornography. Are you ready for what they said?
Sex & Drugs Made Me a Man
Jesse Kornbluth thinks character and hard work are great and all, but this essay is about women (oh, and drugs too).
“Why did being male make us less in need of assertiveness training?”
This comment of the day is from Joseph, on the post “It’s Time to Stop Discriminating Against Men (and Women)”