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The Future of Masculinity spoke with Edmonton-based art pop musician Saint Idiot, about his article for NGM’s Pass the Mic Reading Series, exploring his written work, his new music, and why we need to think more deeply about the relationships we all rely on.
Read MoreSaint Idiot (Tomáš Andel) is an NGM friend, art pop musician and self-described ‘Masculinity Explorer’ from Edmonton, on Treaty 6 territory. Here, for the Pass the Mic Summer Reading Series and readers of the Future of Masculinity newsletter, Saint Idiot has written a companion piece to Talk, the lead single off his new album. Here is Part 2.
Read MoreSaint Idiot (Tomáš Andel) is an NGM friend and art pop musician. The self-described ‘Masculinity Explorer’ pens wants us to talk—really talk—and to lead us on a journey, going from a place of smallness and fear to one of expansive self-love, starting right now.
Read MoreIntroducing the ‘Pass The Mic’ summer reading series—Next Gen Men’s way of giving back to our community, with stories told BY our community.
Read MoreIt’s a flag that’s huge in impact, and rich with meaning. Eight, to be precise, each with a new perspective to offer. To pay tribute to the rainbow flag in honour of Pride, here are eight stories that filled us full of hope for the future.
Read MoreIt’s not everyday a country gets a new statutory holiday. Maybe there is something telling in what we as societies choose to honour in our public observances.
Read MoreFollowing our recent NGM Circle on the subject, NGM friend and volunteer Mason Slaver wrote this reflection on what ‘no homo’ represents to him, what the Circle had to say about touch isolation, and why he makes sure to say ‘I love you’ to all his male friends.
Read MoreWhen given the chance, boys are incredibly thoughtful about masculinity and open to reflecting on what manhood means to them. In order to support their positive development, parents and educators need to have a grounded understanding of what masculinity means beyond a media catchphrase like toxic masculinity.
Read MoreThe way we use our platforms matters. A lot. With great power, comes great responsibility, and whether it’s social media or everyday connections, we today are more platform-empowered than ever before. It’s on us to use it wisely, and with empathy.
Read MoreIt’s clear, then, that to combat problems of gender-based violence, we must get at their roots in early childhood. We need to talk to adults—as parents, educators, mentors—about the clear links between gendered and sexual violence and the way kids’ genders are policed, both by adults and other children.
Read MoreTime and time again, boys show us that if we raise the bar, they will meet us there. If we create a space for meaningful discussions, they will fill it. If we offer them an alternative to the boys-will-be-boys culture that would motivate a student to disrupt a presentation, they will show up with open hearts and open minds.
Read MoreHuman trafficking seems to never end. We catch one trafficker; there’s another one waiting. That’s why the human trafficking story does not really have the tidy, satisfying endings that it does in Hollywood. Instead, it’s a complex and multileveled conversation that lacks that finality that most people are looking for.
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