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I once thought the message in Dear Evan Hansen was reserved for high school choir performances or for private enjoyment with headphones on a bus or plane. However, a recent revisit to the story reminded me that it encourages quite the opposite.
Read MoreNext Gen Men’s weekly email newsletter, The Future of Masculinity, recently sat down with Eric Arthrell, an NGM friend and facilitator of our B.O.O.K. Club program. He is also the co-author of Deloitte’s Design of the Everyday Man report, and, in this installment, he explores how those findings inform him in discussions with B.O.O.K. Club participants, and his own experiences as a stay-at-home dad.
Read MoreI’ve learned a lot about what it means to ‘be a man’ from trans people—both those moving past their masculine identity and those working towards it. Here are three books by trans authors that I feel offer some wisdom, or that offered some wisdom for me.
Read MoreI’m particularly interested in authors who view their protagonists with depth, range and emotional complexity. The characters in these books are role models for boys who do not always make the right decisions but do always strive to treat others—and themselves—with courage, compassion and integrity.
Read MoreTo recognize the start of Pride Month, I wanted to feature a list of high-quality LGBTQ+ children’s books for parents to read with their young ones or teachers to include in their classroom. So here’s a short list of books for a spectrum of boys—for pride, and Pride.
Read MoreAfter “living as a white, Midwestern woman for fifty years and ten months”, Carl transitioned in 2017, eight months before the #MeToo movement unfurled, a time when “white male supremacists occupy the White House” and the many horrors of modern masculinity were finally starting to be examined in the light of day.
Read MoreJack Urwin reviews Tom Falkenstein’s The Highly Sensitive Man. How are sensitivity and gender related, and how is this relationship evolving? Are there benefits to being sensitive?
Read MoreThe person who has invested 100 hours into books, YouTube, and articles from one “thought leader”. Or the person who has invested 20 hours into books, TED talks, and journals from five “thought leaders”?
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