Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Capitalism - Feudalism without the Kings
Tax the Rich

Website Wednesday

OK, I have decided to only discuss politics on Monday not so much because I don't want your head to explode; I don't want mine too. Now, I can expand on this but I think I would very soon begin typing political thoughts - it's such a slippery slope. So, wait till Monday. Oh, the suspense!

So instead of politics, here's a left-field topic for me:

http://goodmenproject.com/ - The Good Men Project

I hope I know something about good men but men, in their souls, may be as mysterious to women as women are to them. But I do like their About:

“The Good Men Project is a glimpse of what enlightened masculinity might look like in the 21st century,” the press raved when we launched. Finally, “a cerebral, new media alternative” to glossy men’s magazines. In fact, The Good Men Project is not so much a magazine as a social movement. We are fostering a national discussion centered around modern manhood and the question, “What does it mean to be a good man”?

We are a community of 21st Century thought leaders around the issue of men’s roles in modern life. We explore the world of men and manhood in a way that no media company ever has, tackling the issues and questions that are most relevant to men’s lives. We write about fatherhood, family, sex, ethics, war, gender, politics, sports, pornography, and aging. We shy away from nothing. Our content reflects the multidimensionality of men — we are alternatively funny and serious, provocative and thoughtful, earnest and light-hearted. We search far and wide for new stories and new voices from “the front lines of modern manhood.” And we do it without moralizing and without caricaturizing our audience; we let guys be guys, but we do it while challenging confining cultural notions of what a “real man” must be.

They tackle important and interesting topics: The Shifting Definition of Adulthood and wacky ones: Whatever Happened to Pro Wrestling? (though my husband would like the answer to that one.) And some articles: Coca-Cola Killa: Cancer Link? have a very strong POV.

I did like the Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 12.8 because I felt they were trying to talk to adults, and not dumbing down.

So take a look at The Good Men Project because unless you've been living under a rock or in the middle of a fanatically conservative community, the relationship of men to women and men to men and the role of men in the business, social and family world has surely changed. This looks like a good place to find some answers and perhaps start some discussions.

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