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A strong case against muscles
If you were to do an image search for “the ideal man,” and you didn’t mind having that in your browser history, you would come upon image after image of jacked-up masculine figures of steel, sculpted and gleaming, tightly packed … Continue reading
Posted in It Really Did Happen!
Tagged body image, bodybuilding, gender, humour, manhood, masculinity, men, muscles, narcissism, strength
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That ’70s Room
Sometimes I have a hard time getting going. No, not that. Please: this is a family blog. I mean writing. Sometimes getting down to the writing is so difficult that I run out of things to do to avoid writing. … Continue reading
Posted in Family - whadya gonna do?, It Really Did Happen!
Tagged Big Jim's Sports Camper, fatherhood, GI Joe, humor, Johnny West, man cave, manhood, men, nostalgia, the 70s, writing
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We three kings go shopping
The problem with stereotypes is that sometimes they’re true. Men and shopping is a good example. When I go shopping, I cease to see individual items. Instead, everything blurs into a wall of stuff, the white noise of consumerism. And … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Turn that radio on!
Tagged Christmas, consumerism, magi, men, radio. CBC Breakaway, shepherds, shopping, three kings, We Three Kings, wise men
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