Warning: Spoilers for parts of Daredevil season 2 and The Punisher Like the incredible Jessica Jones, Marvel’s The Punisher examines and elevates a character and a genre defined by tropes and clichés. Despite being one in a long series of knock-offs of the Lone Vigilante genre – codified in its modern format by Death Wish and the Executioner…
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What Does It Take To Be A Better Man?
It has been a long, long couple of weeks. There’s been seemingly no end of revelations, discussions and open not-so-secrets about supposedly “good” men who’ve been turning out to be far less than they’ve claimed to be. Each disclosure of bad behavior from people long thought to be allies seems to tip the next domino,…
Paging Dr. NerdLove Episode #43 – Be A Better Man
One of the topics that I return to again and again is the topic of positive masculinity and what it means to be a good man. Problem is… a lot of guys tend to define “being a good man” as simply not being one of the bad. And that doesn’t really work. Being a better…
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Be Proud of Being A Man
There are times when it can feel like being a man is difficult. We’re constantly presented with ideas of what it means to be a “real man”… and that usually includes things that we’re somehow lacking. For a lot of men, there’s a sense of emptiness or ennui, a belief that we’re missing something vital. It’s…
What Men Really Need
I’ve written a lot about the pick-up scene – usually about the negative side of things – but there can be good sides to. One of the things that was the most helpful back when I was in the pick-up scene wasn’t what I was learning, but being part of a lair1 Now granted lairs…
Paging Dr. NerdLove Minisode #19 – How To Be A Man
Coinciding with my panel at Emerald City Comic Con, this week we’re going to talk a little about issues surrounding masculinity what makes someone a “real” man. The concept of “being a man” is part and parcel of a lot of dating anxieties for guys – whether it’s about being “alpha” or “beta” or if…
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