With regards to the doomers, do we think there is enough hopepunk content out there to sustain a dedicated community that may act as a counterbalance to something like !collapse
It seems like a good way to both ensure that there is a portion of our user base that is educated on academic gender theory and to get some targeted discussion going on about works that have more depth than your average think piece or news article....
Worth noting also that The Hill has a ranking of Mostly Factual from mediabiasfactcheck. In this case they are summarizing data from this study monitoringthefuture.org. Considerations about the truthfulness of the information presented should take into account the accuracy of both sources.
I would like to caution folks against concluding that these boys are simply following a longstanding trend. Looking at the numbers over time definitely shows that liberal identification among male high school seniors has reached an all time low (based on the Monitor the Future dataset) since 1976. I would also say that there does not seem to be very much conversation regarding outreach so as to reverse this decline.
I really don’t think that’s what the article is saying at all. For the most part this is not even a forward looking article. Most of it is how carbon neutral schemes were used to avoid significant green investment over the past few decades. It has very little to say about current carbon storage except that we should be wary of the same schemes with claims that they’ve scaled to the size of the current crisis because it is most likely that they were simply not doing anything to begin with.
Every Sunday a bunch of folks over on Mastodon get together and watch a monster movie using the tags #monsterdon for discussion and #monsterdonalert for the movie announcement. Tonight’s movie was The Brain Eaters (1958) and last week’s movie was The Giant Claw (1957)....
I am skeptical of claims of testosterone induced violent criminals. In this case I think it’s useful to consider how the prison system is still one of the primary mechanisms for systemic oppression of particular groups (black folks, poor folks, queer folks and their intersecting communities) and how police departments specifically are influenced by their own internalized notions of masculinity.
The original title for this article is Against Masculinity, which I was certain would get a lot of first impression downvotes. That said, I am not sure this is the best alternative title as the article very much does not feel the need to provide alternatives to masculinity even as it advocates for its jettison. I think this...
The bulk of this community, as with its parent r/menslib, has proven itself inimical to any real discussion of men’s issues and the role feminism plays in holding us back. Please check out !men if you believe in gender equality.
SLRPNK community discussion - August 2023
So there are a few topics that came up lately that I think would be nice to discuss with members of this community....
Vulfmon - Here We Go Jack (Full Visual Album) [FUNK] (www.youtube.com)
Any interest in a book club?
It seems like a good way to both ensure that there is a portion of our user base that is educated on academic gender theory and to get some targeted discussion going on about works that have more depth than your average think piece or news article....
What is Positive Masculinity? | How Patriarchy Oppresses Men (www.youtube.com)
High school boys are trending conservative (thehill.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/6895873...
Toxic masculinity: A primer and commentary (xyonline.net)
Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap (theconversation.com)
YSK About Monsterdon - A Mastodon Based Monster Movie Watch Party
Every Sunday a bunch of folks over on Mastodon get together and watch a monster movie using the tags #monsterdon for discussion and #monsterdonalert for the movie announcement. Tonight’s movie was The Brain Eaters (1958) and last week’s movie was The Giant Claw (1957)....
A crisis within a crisis: Police killings of Black emerging adults | Brookings (www.brookings.edu)
Mass Incarceration is a Men's Issue
93.2% of incarcerated individuals are men....
The Minneapolis Police: A Criminal Organization | Big Joel [31:55] (www.youtube.com)
The Next Front in the GOP's War on Women: No-Fault Divorce (www.rollingstone.com)
What Is It Like to Be a Man? (hedgehogreview.com)
Excerpt:...
Is there a crisis of masculinity? | Checks and Balance | The Economist (www.economist.com)
What do y’all think of podcasts being posted here? Should they be tagged with something like [podcast]?
Alternatives to "Positive" Masculinity (www.currentaffairs.org)
The original title for this article is Against Masculinity, which I was certain would get a lot of first impression downvotes. That said, I am not sure this is the best alternative title as the article very much does not feel the need to provide alternatives to masculinity even as it advocates for its jettison. I think this...
Why men lose all their friends in midlife (www.telegraph.co.uk)
For genuine men’s liberation content, visit !men@kbin.social
The bulk of this community, as with its parent r/menslib, has proven itself inimical to any real discussion of men’s issues and the role feminism plays in holding us back. Please check out !men if you believe in gender equality.