Status Updates From The Will to Change: Men, Ma...

"To truly protect and honor the emotional lives of boys we must challenge patriarchal culture. And until that culture changes, we must create the subcultures, the sanctuaries where boys can learn to be who they are uniquely, without being forced to conform to patriarchal masculine visions."

thrashing rowling is always a good thing in my eyes but doing it in 2003 and for this reason (won't elaborate lol) is especially impressive

there is a peculiar disinterest in empirical data which i find disturbing because it keeps leading to leaps in logic i'm having trouble following
"Most gay men in our culture are as embracing of sexist thinking as are heterosexuals," (which is true) becomes, "[they] construct paradigms of desirable sexual behavior that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men." (which is also true-ish) But where is the link?

Despite this book coming out over 20 years ago everything she has said is so poignant today still. I’m not sure if that makes me sad by the lack of progress or if I just feel very connected to women of the past