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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThere is a particular loneliness in being a man whose body never matched the archetype he was taught to aspire to. Not because anyone was cruel about it, but because the world built its furniture, its expectations, and its respect around a size he would never reach. - Silicon Canals
Body image issues in men stem from societal expectations and architectural norms, leading to a profound, often unacknowledged loneliness.
fromQueerty
3 days agoEveryone knows what gay director Ira Sachs' latest film is about... So why won't they say it out loud? - Queerty
Ira Sachs, who emerged from the New Queer Cinema movement of the '90s, has become one of the most accomplished & revered directors of his generation, crafting achingly intimate stories about love, friendship, and desire.
NYC LGBT
#manosphere
Film
fromIndieWire
3 weeks agoNetflix's 'Manosphere' Dares to Ask: Should Men Make Documentaries About Sexism? - Opinion
Netflix's 'Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere' fails to adequately examine gender relations breakdown, instead amplifying misogynist influencers' reach and legitimizing their ideas.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology suggests that men who were told "man up" as boys don't just suppress their emotions - they develop a pattern of harmful avoidance and it's misread as strength - Silicon Canals
Emotional suppression in men leads to serious health risks and relationship issues, as societal norms discourage vulnerability and expression of feelings.
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks agoHomophobia Is Back. It's Different Now.
LaBeouf hasn't anchored a box-office hit in more than a decade, and little of his 2020s art-house work has drawn buzz. The most notable thing he's starred in lately was a clip of him on a podcaster's couch, hunched and diminished, talking about his fear of gay people.
LGBT
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoSurely if you rule the manosphere, you can be your own boss? These influencers aren't even that | Elle Hunt
Influencer careers promise freedom and wealth but often deliver banal, soul-destroying work that traps creators as effectively as traditional employment.
Arts
fromwww.jezebel.com
1 month agoThere's Not Enough Women Beheading Men in Art Anymore
Renaissance art frequently depicted women beheading men in biblical scenes, particularly Judith and Holofernes and Salome with John the Baptist's head, representing a powerful artistic tradition largely absent from contemporary art.
Women
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says the true crime audience is overwhelmingly women not because women are morbid but because women are the primary targets of the crimes being described - and learning the patterns isn't entertainment, it's threat intelligence dressed up as a podcast - Silicon Canals
Women's high consumption of true crime content represents threat assessment and safety education rather than morbid entertainment preference.
#lgbtq-representation
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago10 Times People Totally Unfairly Scrutinized Queer TV Shows... Literally Just For Being Queer
Heated Rivalry celebrates queer love without narrative punishment, while facing backlash for depicting non-straight romance with similar graphic content to mainstream shows like Bridgerton.
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago10 Times People Totally Unfairly Scrutinized Queer TV Shows... Literally Just For Being Queer
Heated Rivalry celebrates queer love without narrative punishment, while facing backlash for depicting non-straight romance with similar graphic content to mainstream shows like Bridgerton.
Humor
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoLouis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere review why doesn't he focus more on the impact on women?
Louis Theroux's documentary on the manosphere adopts a more direct, confrontational approach than his typical style, moving beyond performative naivety to meaningfully challenge online misogyny influencers and their anti-women red pill ideology.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoCompulsory heterosexuality is thwarting pleasure & hindering gender liberation. We can change that. - LGBTQ Nation
Trans women can deconstruct femininity built around male desire and reconstruct authentic womanhood through self-directed pleasure and relationships centered on mutual connection rather than male validation.
#lgbtq-cinema
Film
fromQueerty
1 month agoHomoerotic or homophobic? This 50-year-old film explored repression & desire between two camp counselors - Queerty
The Best Way To Walk explores psychosexual tension between two adult summer camp counselors—a sensitive drama tutor and a repressed alpha male PE teacher—after the latter discovers the former cross-dressing.
Film
fromQueerty
1 month agoHomoerotic or homophobic? This 50-year-old film explored repression & desire between two camp counselors - Queerty
The Best Way To Walk explores psychosexual tension between two adult summer camp counselors—a sensitive drama tutor and a repressed alpha male PE teacher—after the latter discovers the former cross-dressing.
Psychology
fromHuffPost
1 month agoMen Are More Likely To Exhibit This 1 Behavior When Other Men Are Creepy. The Reason Is Telling.
Men intervene less frequently than women in uncomfortable social situations due to masculine norms emphasizing dominance, fear of peer judgment, and confusion about acceptable behavior.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoSupermodel says only women can be bisexual: "Double standards exist for us all" - LGBTQ Nation
Jessica White's statement that bisexuality is acceptable for women but not men sparked controversy and amplified biphobic attitudes, with experts attributing such stigma to toxic masculinity and rigid gender expectations.
Relationships
fromScary Mommy
1 month agoWhy Do Women Like To Be Called 'Good Girl' In Bed? Sexperts Explain
Women may enjoy being called 'good girl' during sex because it combines mild submission with praise, often indicating a praise kink or power dynamic preference without requiring full BDSM engagement.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoWhy can't women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt? | Zoe Williams
Fandom around Heated Rivalry exposes sexist stereotypes about female viewers, nationality-based closeting, and generational assumptions shaping reactions to male-male romantic tension.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoLove the work, hate the slaps: Creators and fans wrestle with the dark side of the micro drama boom
"Bound by Honor," billed as a "top series" on ReelShort, opens with a young woman being drugged and coerced into marriage. In "Divorced at the Wedding Day," a "popular" pick on DramaBox, a pregnant widow is whipped and pushed onto broken glass at an engagement party before being locked up in a crate. ReelShort and Disney-backed DramaBox are the market leaders in the rising category of micro dramas, made-for-mobile soaps that feature fast-paced action and wild plots.
Television
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