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  • Wok like a Man

    The Food Network is splashed with different types of men doing their thang in the kitchen.  Getting down and dirty with their mean man selves in front of the oven.  Slicing juicy red meats on their thickwooden cutting boards.  Filling their man hands w...
  • Oh James: looking at the new Bond

    If you want to look at masculinity through film over the past 50 years, no other character than James Bond will do.  After 22 films, Bond’s brand of masculinity is repeatedly re-launched to match the changing times.  Yet some traits still stick to Bon...
  • CB & Rihanna: Love Gone Wrong

    It seems like every celebrity focused magazine and website is still obsessing over this story. This week MuchMusic is doing a half hour special about the topic of violence against women, specifically in relation to this celebrity incident. I was part of...
  • On Boys and Tears

    "Crying Men" is a photo series by Sam Taylor-Wood Walking through Concordia University's art building (full disclosure, I'm a student there), I noticed a poster for a photography project that needed male actors to cry. I scratched my head at ...
  • Keep Mr Happy Healthy

    Guys don’t like going to the doctor.  Men will wait until it’s absolutely necessary before seeking any kind of health care service.  That’s the opinion one often hears when talking about men and the health care system.  It is a commonly held beli...
  • Obama Boy

    (photo by dklimke via flickr) I, like many men of various ages and political stripes, have a big, fat, juicy man-crush on President Obama. And no, it's not just his chiseled abs, his bad-ass sophistry skills or his three-point jump shot. It's that Obam...
  • The Week the Women Went

    Each time I channel surf, I'm always amazed at how maleness is shown. So I was a bit skeptical when I saw the commercials for CBC's The Week the Women Went. Before watching this season's first episode, I was really curious about how the men were going to...
  • We are not just what people think of us...

    This video is powerful! It made me angry and sad and really emotional. {vimeo}2691617{/vimeo} If you don't have 10 minutes to watch the whole thing just watch the first minute, it's worth it. "I am Sean Bell" tells the story of the impact of Sean Bell'...
  • To be a (hu)man

    The hardest thing about being a guy is that no one tells you how to do it. It's like being a parent, student or best friend; you just have to figure it out for yourself.Women's lives are filled with ceremony. First come bra shopping with mom, sweet sixtee...
  • Feel the Music

    I listen to music everyday.  Either over the web, on my ipod, the radio, or cd player, songs are streaming my way and I wade in them to balance out my day.I recently wrote an article about male friendships and how to look closely at media types (televisi...

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