There’s Nothing Wrong With Some Self Lovin’
A few months back I wrote Sex & Sexuality: A Boy’s Primer and recently decided to explore the topics I mentioned in it a bit more. This is the first in a series about boys, men and a…
Rachel Dolezal & Societal Divisions
Rachel Dolezal is back in the news. If that name doesn’t some bells, she’s the white lady who said she self-identifies as a black lady and pissed off a whole mess of people, black and white…
Don’t Be Afraid of Your Own Story
I checked out NBC’s new show Game of Silence and, after moaning about the stupid name, realized how overwritten it is. And the reason for that is sad; they’re afraid of their own story. If you haven’t seen…
Simple Words
I wish you knewHow easy it’d beThat first stepTo fix this mess we’re inBut I can seeThat you don’t believeThat simple words are owed meWill I hear them?Probably notBut I’ll hold outAnd try not to doubtA…
Boys & Virginity: Not a Thing to Shame
Tim Tebow and Olivia Culpo are no longer a thing. Not that I realized they were cause I don’t give two cents about football and never heard of the former Miss USA. So, yeah, not really any effect…
Sex and Sexuality: A Boy’s Primer
It can be confusing being a boy. With society’s long-lasting love affair with the Alpha Male and his steely gaze, uberheterosexualism and women-bedding prowess (even when she doesn’t really want it but gives in after a…
Body Image Issues: Boys Suffer, Too
I recently saw an Instagram post from actor Brendan Meyer (Jake Powell, Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462) where he excitedly announced he’d finally seen A Streetcar Named Desire. In the comments, someone compared him favorably to Marlon Brando (the classic’s star)…
Choose Life: You Are Not Alone
Every year, young men – boys, really – with their entire lives ahead of them filled with endless possibilities and unrealized potential, take their own lives. Just one is too many; sadly, the number is so…
Stop Using Gay For Shame. Teach Acceptance.
Recently, Gawker made headlines when they outed a married straight man (who happens to have some money and power) as an undercover butt-lover. I will not repeat any other part of that story. Honestly, I refused…
Millennials Don’t Always Believe #BlackLivesMatter
I am so disappointed in my generation. Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000), the ones who believed that once the old bastions of hate were gone from power that we’d finally have a world where…