No man who does not actively choose to work to change and challenge patriarchy escapes its impact. The most passive, kind, quiet man can come to violence if the seeds of patriarchal thinking have been embedded in his psyche. Much … Continue reading Guy Talk: The Will to Change 5: Sexual Expectations

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: 26th April 2021

No man who does not actively choose to work to change and challenge patriarchy escapes its impact. The most passive, kind, quiet man can come to violence if the seeds of patriarchal thinking have been embedded in his psyche. Much … Continue reading Guy Talk: The Will to Change 3: Working against How We Were Indoctrinated

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: 29th March 2021

Hello and welcome to the second of a bit of an experimental series.  Here, we’ll be going through Bell Hooks’ book “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love” as a way of prompting conversations about maleness.  I don’t want … Continue reading Guy Talk: The Will to Change 2: Patriarchy and Growing Up with Anger

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: 1st March 2021

Hello and welcome to a bit of an experimental series.  Starting today, every other installment of guy talk (about once a month) we’ll be going through Bell Hooks’ book “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love” as a way … Continue reading Guy Talk 2-15-21: The Will to Change 1 -Emotional Freedom

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: 1st February 2021

Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Hey everyone. Been doing some thinking about what it means to grow up as a boy and Lilburne graciously gave me the opportunity to share some … Continue reading Guy Talk: 18th January 2021: The Boy Code

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: 4th January 2021

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: 21st December 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: December 7th 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Continue reading Guy Talk: November 23rd 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Sorry I didn’t upload last week – life got in the way. So, I’ve made a batch of posts set to publish on:23rd November7th December21st December Remember … Continue reading Guy Talk: November 9th 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: Oct 2020

Guy Talk has been a feature on the Avocado for almost two years now, so I thought it was a good time to explain what Guy Talk is, for any newbies on the site. 1) Guy Talk is posted on … Continue reading Guy Talk Re-introduces Itself…

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Some people in the last thread asked for Guy Talk to happen more frequently, so here you are – an extra edition of Guy Talk for August … Continue reading An Extra Guy Talk!

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: August 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: July 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: June 2020

Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. Another month, another open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to … Continue reading Guy Talk: May 2020