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Gen X Men Do Have Feelings, It Just Takes an Alien Robot to Reach Them

On August 26th, 2026, my social media was filled with devastated men announcing the death of Peter Cullen.  The name sounded familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it.  I looked him up.  Upon seeing the results, I felt a sinking feeling in...

The UFC: A Study of Masculinity

            How did I find myself here?  It’s after midnight –well past my 9 o’clock bedtime– and I’m standing, incredulously screaming at a man on the television to stay down as another man is...

Signing on to Be a Parent, Come What May

A Youtuber I’d never heard of and his wife went insanely viral yesterday.  By insanely viral, I mean, I went from having never heard of them to having them as the subject of ¾ of my X feed.  They went viral because they were halfway through a pregnancy,...

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