The father of the men’s rights movement is Warren Farrell, author of the core text of the movement, “The Myth of Male Power.” Steve Paulson sat down with Farrell for a candid talk about men’s rights and masculinity in America.More
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Michael Rohrbaugh's short film “American Male” portrays the pitfalls of hyper-masculinity with a punch.More
When Ashanti Branch first started teaching, he noticed that a lot of boys at his school were kind of checked out, absent and not on track to graduate. He decided to push them to take off the "male mask."More
Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?More
It means “a couldn’t-care-less attitude,” and it’s a personal mantra for comedian Norm MacDonald.More
Blogger Mark Manson on embracing our negativity as a means of consciously choosing what we really care about.More
Author Neil Gaiman on the magic beyond the House on the Rock's walls.More
The legendary speculative fiction writer on why young people identify with dark, murky futures.More
2017 Man Booker Prize Winner George Saunders talks about his creative process, his fledgling Buddhist practice, and the enduring fascination with Lincoln and the Civil War.More
Editor and publisher Ann VanderMeer is the co-editor of the sprawling anthologies “The Big Book of Science Fiction” and “The New Weird...More
Showrunner Noah Hawley's approach for adapting the series captures the classic film's essence.More
Despite pining for landline telephones, writer Virginia Heffernan sees magic in the potential of the internet.More
Many of us are living two lives – old-school analog and cutting-edge digital. Author David Sax says that’s okay. More
Writer and producer Damon Krukowski explains why we must take care in eschewing analog imperfection in pursuit of more perfect digital sound.More
MP3 formatting compresses audio so that the file becomes 75 to 95 percent smaller. What's goes missing in the process? Conceptual artist Kenneth Goldsmith explains. More
Quan Barry is an award-winning poet and novelist who founded the website ASPHODEL.INFO, which is dedicated to publishing a new poem each week in response to current events.More
When you hear "poet", what kind of person comes to mind? Emily Dickinson in her white dress? Robert Frost in the snowy woods, with...More
A hundred years ago, the poet Carl Sandburg turned Chicago into an American icon. He called it "The city of broad shoulders" a gritty...More