Category Archives: Masculinity

January 6th: Cops, Vigilantes, and the Ruling Class

[Author’s Note: This essay was written just two weeks after the events of January 6th. The historical context remains largely unchanged. While we still need more documentation of two important developments, it appears that many, possibly hundreds, of police agents … Continue reading

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A Different​ War Story: The Soldier and Veteran Resistance Against the War in Vietnam

The battle over American war stories began during the peak of the last revolution. Millions of Americans and tens of thousands of veterans and soldiers opposed the war in Vietnam. In the war’s moral outrages, crimes and betrayals, many saw the … Continue reading

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The Betrayal of the American Man

Susan Faludi’s book “Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man” takes a remarkably compassionate and revealing look at the crisis of modern masculinity from a feminist prospective. Faludi is an award-winning writer with the skills required to make a challenging … Continue reading

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