I would rather die as the man I was than live the life I just saw. —Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: TNG (S6E15, “Tapestry”)
Philip Ellis and Sebastiaan Vermeulen on Culturally Transgressive Fashion
I love that this piece about Sebastiaan Vermeulen appears in a gender-targeted venue with a largely heteronormative readership. Philip Ellis and Sebastiaan Vermeulen sublimely and succinctly lay it out for the reader: “In the end, it’s the same you, just a different piece of fabric.”
Jesús Adrián Romero: Te vengo a bendecir
Benjamín Rivera: Días mejores
Rene González: Solo tu gracia (en vivo)
Materials Engineer Explains Face Diapers
I said long ago that face diapers are merely spit-filters. Now CBS reports the same with scientists at Consumer Reports and 3M. These ‘experts’ finally admit that commercial face diapers are not “masks” at all but rather just face coverings.
Boys Wear Skirts to School to Protest Homophobia & Sexism
Jeff Allen: Dealing with Life
The History of Men’s Nightshirts
The Wall Street Journal has this interesting piece on the historical legacy of men’s nightshirts, and their suppression due to evolved Western gender constructs.: Why Some Men Favor Nightshirts Over Pajamas.
Jeannette Cooperman: “Why Women Can Dress Like Men But Not Vice Versa”
“How culpable are heterosexual, cisgender women in keeping men boxed in?,” wonders Jeannette Cooperman. “I take real pleasure in wearing [men’s jeans and shirts],” she writes. “Also in using power tools, swearing, and drinking bourbon. But when my not-exactly-hard-drinking husband tried to order a banana daiquiri in a pub, I did a facepalm.” To state the obvious, “male characteristics are so rich with success and strength and feminine things are associated with weakness and fragility.” Read her full essay on WUSTL’s Common Reader.
Extreme Summer Leads Chinese Men to ‘Dress’ Accordingly
This blurb is hardly long enough to draw reliable conclusions, but it is food for thought: Dresses for men really do help keep things cool in the summer heat
Life Struggles
Why do those who have never experiened soul-crushing struggle think themselves equipped to mentor those who are working through their issues?