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Entries by Tom Matlack from 06/2011

Has TV Made Cooking Macho?

| Posted 06.01.2011 | Media

Dwight Garner's review got me thinking. About cooking and manhood, and how the culture of cooking and gender has changed in the last 15 years.

Do Weiner's Tears Mean Anything?

| Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics
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Do we need more proof that things are dramatically off track in this country when it comes to any discussion of manhood?

New Kids Are Real Men

| Posted 06.07.2011 | New York

Photo With Permission of Mass Eye & Ear The first time I heard the New Kids in person was a few months ago at a Mass Eye & Ear fundraiser. ...

NYT Calls Men "Lazy"

| Posted 06.13.2011 | Media
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Here we go again: "There's never enough time," the mother, Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker), says. And increasingly on television, there's never enough ...

Playboy Shouldn't Be a Show

| Posted 06.14.2011 | Entertainment

Hugh Hefner has sparked a profound change in American culture that continues to frame the way we look at sex and gender.

Standing Up For Gays In A Boston Catholic Church

| Posted 06.14.2011 | Religion

Father John had an official message from the Archdiocese which he never read. Instead he walked amongst his flock, back and forth, speaking with so much passion that at times his face became red.

Is Fake Really Better?

| Posted 06.16.2011 | Women

A few weeks ago we ran into a relative who had been going through a difficult patch in her life. What I saw made my heart sink.

Why Men Don't Need To Be Ugly To Be Good

| Posted 06.17.2011 | Divorce
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One of the most popular posts on Huffington Post this week, "Hot or Not? Why Women Shouldn't Pick Attractive Husbands," claims that smart, beautiful, and financially independent women should resist the temptation to marry attractive and masculine men because they are, by definition, going to fail to be good husbands and fathers.

Should Women Really "Go Ugly"?

| Posted 06.20.2011 | Divorce

This post originally appeared on The Good Men Project Vicki Larson and I have been having a fairly heated conversation about what ugly has to do, o...

The Paradox of Success

| Posted 06.20.2011 | Healthy Living

This is the paradox of life: you usually have to fail utterly and completely in order to succeed. Success, it turns out, is an inside job. You can pretend it's not, but in the end you will fall flat on your face.

Is It Safe to Come Out of the Cave?

| Posted 06.27.2011 | Media
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After years of hating people, Tom Matlack is ready to start connecting. I often find myself in rooms full of a veritable sea of people these days. M...

What the Heck is a "Good" Man Anyhow?

| Posted 06.29.2011 | Healthy Living

Talking about "goodness" is nearly impossible to pin down. With so many men in the public eye called out for bad behavior, from the very start "good" has been our company's cross to bear.