The ‘crisis of masculinity’ is really a form of male emancipation argues Mark Simpson (First appeared in Sweden’s SvD newspaper, 17/06/2017; published here in English with permission) Back in the late 20th Century, when I first began writing about masculinity – which seems an epoch away now – everyone knew what masculinity… Read More »Male Lib is Nothing to Be Scared Of
Maybe I suffer from what Freud described as man’s tendency to devalue what he desires, but I find anything touched by TV survivalist Bear Grylls’ calloused-but-manicured hands difficult to take too seriously. But taken seriously he most certainly has been by the UK media with his currently airing C4 reality show The… Read More »‘Bare Thrills’ Strips Masculinity Down To Its Skidmarks
2nd gen metrosexuals are coming & this time it’s hardcore by Mark Simpson What is it about male hipsters and their strange, pallid, highly ambivalent fascination with bodies beefier and sexier than their own? Which means, of course, pretty much everyone? You may remember last year that last year the… Read More »Meat the Spornosexual
