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Questioning Masculinity

This blog mirrors Paul’s film Shoulder to Shoulder, Men and Vulnerability which asks men about their experiences of being vulnerable and how this affects their emotional and relational health.

Archive of November, 2007

Media Literacy Workshop: men’s magazines

On November 23rd and 24th I facilitated 2 workshops on men’s magazines and the representation of men, masculinity, and race.

It was organized by Youth Action Network and I had 2 co-facilitators to thank for sharing the load and keeping it real.  Big thanks to Jerome Morgan and Courtenay Lazorka.

Looking through 5 different men’s magazines we talked about:

What do men look like?
What are men doing?
What are men thinking?
What are men desiring?

After discussions on stereotypes, racism, materialism, objectification, and uniformity, we tried to offer ideas and examples that could be used for a new magazine looking at the lives of young men… such as MASC (see blog archive)

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