Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. This week’s topic – positive role models/depictions of masculinity in popular culture. We all know Steve Rogers is going to be mentioned, but I’d like to nominate … Continue reading Guy Talk: Positive Pop Culture

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. This week’s discussion will be on “crying”. Humans weep in response to strong emotions such as anger or grief. Some scientists say crying relieves pain; others think … Continue reading Guy Talk: Men and Crying

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. This week, we’re discussing a prompt I received from a fellow Avocadian: “Stereotypes that you know, intellectually, are just stereotypes; but deep down you still believe them.” … Continue reading Guy Talk: Overcoming Stereotypes

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. This week’s discussion will be on “gender expression”. Gender expression is the way that a person communicates their gender. How we cut and style our hair, what … Continue reading Guy Talk: Men and Gender Expression

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Our first discussion will be on the subject of “listening”. In 2008, Rebecca Solnit shared her experience of a man in Aspen explaining her own book to her. … Continue reading Guy Talk: Men and Listening

After the success of Touch and Toxic Masculinity, some of us decided to create a “Men’s Issues” space on the Avocado – this post is an opportunity to crowdsource some topics and rules for that space. Suggestion 1 No MRA … Continue reading The Men’s Thread: Under Construction!