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  • Robyn

    http://video.aol.com/video-detail/the-album-robyn-dream-on/34874861 ...
  • Ernie and Me: So What? I Played with Dolls.

    There is a picture in that old brown photo album that Nan keeps tucked away in the bottom drawer of her dresser of Ernie and me sitting on the back steps of that old house on Annis Street. I am two years old and Ernie and me are about the same size. ...
  • Who's your daddy?

    Believe it or not, my newborn son received this as a gift. There are so many ways in which this is wrong: Newborns don't play sports. They just eat, sleep, poo, pee and look really cute. Why don't you play sports with your mommy? Of course, this ...
  • Struggling with the Spirit: men, weakness, and growth

      My mom sent me this article by Virginia Battiste about a priest reflecting on the 9 stages of spiritual development.  He pays special attention to how norms of masculinity and the "just fix it" mindset stunts personal growth. Battiste writes: phot...
  • Label Maker

    It's 1:30 in the morning.  I've worked all night in the kitchen at a fast-paced restaurant and now that the stainless steel is polished one last time I'm ready for the bus ride home.Very tired, I was likely to fall asleep, except for the fact there were ...
  • Kanye West, Sexuality, and Masculinity

      This picture of Kanye West alongside Taz Arnold (in the green coat) and other fashion designers, taken at the Paris Fashion Week this February, brought out a great deal of conversation in the rap world and the media about West's masculinity.  Like ...
  • I'm Speechless!

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  • All Guys Considered

      What's the deal with all those wimpy-sounding Mediterranean guys on public radio? In Canada, we have Jian Ghomeshi and his weakly Q sidekick, Mio Adilman. In the States, there's NPR's Ira Glass, David Sedaris, and the rest of the sardonic This Ameri...

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