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What I Want to Know of Kindness

by Devin Kelly May 15, 2020December 9, 2022

On masculinity, grief, and learning from suffering.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Bearing the Weight of My Grandfathers’ Old Clothes

by Sari Botton June 17, 2019October 19, 2022

In adopting outerwear worn by the men who came before him, Aram Mrjoian considers his childhood misperceptions of traditional masculinity.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Bearing the Weight of My Grandfathers’ Old Clothes

by Aram Mrjoian June 14, 2019October 19, 2022

In adopting outerwear worn by the men who came before him, Aram Mrjoian considers his childhood misperceptions of traditional masculinity.

Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story, Technology

We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning

by Longreads June 13, 2019October 19, 2022

Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do.

Posted inBooks, Culture, Nonfiction, Story

A Childhood in Cars

by Joshua James Amberson January 3, 2019October 19, 2022

How one young man cut against the grain of American masculinity and freed himself from car culture.

Someone holds a marshmallow stuck on the end of a wire over pile of flaming logs
Posted inQuotes

Where Everybody Knows Your Pronouns

by michelleweber July 11, 2018October 19, 2022

Camp Lost Boys has hiking, canoeing, and in-depth discussions about toxic masculinity.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

The Cold War and its Fallout

by Vincent Czyz June 15, 2018October 19, 2022

A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Cold War and its Fallout

by Vincent Czyz June 15, 2018October 19, 2022

A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Wrestling With My Father

by Brian Gresko June 11, 2018November 23, 2022

Brian Gresko considers the lingering consequences when the only touches between father and son are abusive ones.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Great Stink

by benhuberman February 15, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s time for men to stop worrying about who they are, and start thinking about what they do.

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