Thomas Page McBee
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Please Don’t Google Trans People’s “Before” Photos
Author Thomas Page McBee gives us three reasons. → Read More
An intersex shark discovered near Taiwan shines a light on fluidity in the animal kingdom
2017 was full of interesting animal news and discoveries. Analysis of ancient mammoth fossils led biologists to speculate that male mammoths died in risky, "silly ways" (paywall) more often than their female counterparts. Scientists used the count of neurons to finally settle the age-old debate over the relative intelligence of cats and dogs. (Dogs are smarter, if... → Read More
“Irony” doesn’t mean what you think it means, Al Franken
Senator Al Franken of Minnesota announced today (Dec. 7) that he is resigning following multiple allegations of groping women and a coordinated effort to force his resignation from prominent women senators, mostly from within his own party. The effort was the first high-profile takedown of a political figure since #MeToo. During his speech on the senate floor,... → Read More
Most Americans are gender fundamentalists
If aliens were to land in the United States in the wake of the #MeToo movement, they would likely deduce that among America's primary ways of maintaining social order is placing men who abuse women in positions of power. They would surely conclude after a cursory investigation that gender dictates almost everything about how we see... → Read More
Can a man truly not know whether he abused or harassed someone?
How can these men truly not know if they themselves have abused or harassed another person? → Read More
The grand new tradition of football players who are also Homecoming Queens
Kicker Julia Knapp, the lone girl on her high school football team, is also the first female ever to score a point for her school in Troutman, North Carolina. Last week, after a heady homecoming football game, she also united two incredible high school tropes when she was crowned both Homecoming Queen and Offensive Player of the... → Read More
Exactly how many “shitty men” will it take for us to save our sons?
As long as we make it about bad guys and good guys, we’re never going to get anywhere in a culture that rewards the silence of males in the face of awful behavior. → Read More
Trans soldiers won’t stop serving their country, but Trump’s ban will increase their suicide risk
President Donald Trump announced via a series of tweets on Wednesday (Jul. 26) that the US will ban transgender soldiers from serving in the military, citing "tremendous medical costs." Doing so would reverse the Obama administration's decision in 2016 to allow trans soldiers to serve openly without fear of being discharged, as well as access... → Read More
Until I was a man, I had no idea how good men had it at work
Testosterone made my voice low. Really low. So low that I am almost impossible to hear in a loud bar or a cacophonous meeting, unless I speak at a ragged near-shout. But when I do talk, people don't just listen: they lean in. They keep their eyes focused on my mouth, or down at their hands, as if to... → Read More
Why men fight: An empirical investigation of the extremes of masculinity —
Eric Cohen, a 27-year-old partner in a private equity firm, is a squat 155 pounds, a little soft around the belly, and presumably a lot richer than me. I am his 34-year-old, 132-pound opponent. According to the laws of physics, and USA Boxing, this isn’t a fair fight, but life isn’t fair either, and so... → Read More
Vanity Fair’s “special edition” about trans Americans fails to feature a single trans writer
My body doesn't just sell magazines. So whether trans people are involved in the actual writing of stories about us actually matters quite a lot. → Read More
Powerful images of life at the US-Mexico border—photographed by children
The number of children detained at the southwest border of the US since October has reached a shocking 52,000, up 99% since 2013. The children, primarily teens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, often face months or years in detention before a judge can hear their cases. An uptick in media coverage of the conditions of unattended minor detainees... → Read More
The American Man: Fighting Solves Everything
Wrestling with masculinity in a boxing gym. → Read More
Father’s Day cards are out of touch with the modern American man
I’m not a dad. In fact, the idea of having kids at all felt so at odds with my life plan that a few years ago I’d laugh if you told me I’d be standing in this Duane Reade pharmacy, staring at cards illustrated with beer cans and fishing rods, looking for myself. But then... → Read More