As a humorous riff off of the very Millennial buzzword "metrosexual", I wrote in my diary in 2022 that I was "Aragornsexual". Because of course.
And although it’s a silly joke, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
Herein lies the first installment in my new series on the lifelong struggle with Performative #Masculinity and the storied images of manhood in pop culture past and present.
As a humorous riff off of the very Millennial buzzword "metrosexual", I wrote in my diary in 2022 that I was "Aragornsexual". Because of course.
And although it’s a silly joke, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
Herein lies the first installment in my new series on the lifelong struggle with Performative #Masculinity and the storied images of manhood in pop culture past and present.
It is SO much easier for men to blame us than to topple the patriarchy from within.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdu3Q5U/
#masculinity #patriarchy #men #manhood #mentalhealth #gender #genderviolence
It is SO much easier for men to blame us than to topple the patriarchy from within.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdu3Q5U/
#masculinity #patriarchy #men #manhood #mentalhealth #gender #genderviolence
"Wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery store soon. ...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for July rose at the fastest clip in three years, far more than economists expected."
~ Ben Berkowitz
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My apologies for linking this thread from A. Hurst to one on Trump's economy. It was meant to be free-standing.
"For too many men, domination is where masculinity is grounded. Dominating conversations online and offline, dominating the physical space around them, dominating women ('Your body, my choice,' Nick Fuentes tweeted after Donald Trump’s second election victory)."
~ Alexander Hurst
#men #masculinity #gender#MaleDomination#MaleEntitlement #machismo
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"Despite their expressed grievance that they are discriminated against because of some wokeness they believe is holding their country hostage, it remains a fact that no one on Planet Earth is more privileged than a white male fortunate enough to be born in the USA and given opportunities that exist nowhere else in the world to build a good and successful life."
#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
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"Do not listen to the lament that has become the tired and loathsome refrain of many insecure white (and supposedly) heterosexual men in the Trump era."
~ Robert Mickens
#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
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