Bowen Yang Opens Up About His Experience In ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy
These days, Bowen Yang is praised for “bringing the queer agenda to television,” but the years before he embraced his sexuality were anything but an easy ride. In an interview…
Billy Porter Rocks Butterfly Body Art At Critics’ Choice Awards To Honor Transgender People
Billy Porter lived up to his fashion icon reputation once again at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards Sunday, turning heads in a strapless, floor-length jumpsuit in dueling shades of green.…
Why We Need To Talk About Men
When I met with journalist and producer Liz Plank at a Manhattan cafe one afternoon last week, we ― two feminist journalists ― were there to talk about one thing:…
How Barbers Are Getting Black Men Talking About Mental Health
Stephan “Step the Barber” Swearingen and his staff of barbers do more than just operate clippers. The four-member team at Plush Midtown Barber and Beauty Salon in Atlanta banters with…
Steve Aoki: K-Pop Bands Show Masculinity Is A Fluid Concept
Steve Aoki is completely leaning into K-pop, and he hopes more listeners will too. The famed producer and DJ dropped the English version of his collaboration with K-pop group Monsta…
Brothers Of ‘Beale Street’: A Conversation About The Power Of Black Male Vulnerability
One of the most powerful scenes in Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” is a long, gut-wrenching dialogue between Fonny (Stephon James) and Daniel (Bryan…
We Asked Men To Own Up To Misogyny And Sexual Misconduct. Here’s What They Said.
When Christine Blasey Ford came forward last month to accuse Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, it turned an already heated Supreme Court confirmation fight into…
How To Get High Schoolers To Rethink Sexual Consent And Assault (HBO)
The first woman to accuse Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the event happened at a party back in the 1980’s, when they were high school … source
Why Frasier Is The TV Daddy To Every Millennial Manboy
In late July, Deadline announced that Kelsey Grammer, of “Frasier” fame, is mulling a potential reboot of the sitcom. I wasn’t sure which one of my millennial-age dude friends to…
Terry Crews: Black Men Aren’t Allowed To Be Victims Until They’re Dead
Terry Crews is not here for any macho-man bullshit. “Masculinity can be a cult,” Crews said at the Women in the World Summit in April. “And when I say ‘cult,’…