Throw Like A Girl. Or What Tampons Have To Do With Masculinity

You may have seen this. It’s actually an ad. By Lauren Greenfield. It’s for what’s sometimes referred to feminine or female health. That is to say, tampons and pads. What do tampons and pads have to do with masculinity, you want to know. If it has to do with gender, because reproductive and sexual health have to do … Continue reading →

Obama: “Sometimes I Sold Myself Short”

So as Christian mentioned, during my visit, they’re in a circle and I sat down in the circle, and we went around, led by their counselor, and guys talked about their lives, talked about their stories. They talked about what they were struggling with, and how they were trying to do the right thing, and … Continue reading →

South African President Zuma Promises Free WiFi in Informal Settlements and a Focus on African Boys in His State of the Nation Address

On Tuesday night, June 17, President Jacob Zuma gave the State of the Nation Address. If I’m correct this was Zuma’s sixth State of the Nation Address in total and first of his second term as Head of State. But you wouldn’t say. South Africans have become used to headman Zuma and his uninspiring, compromised, leadership. He is cunning, Zuma. That’s why he … Continue reading →

The Icelandic Penis Museum – Apparently The Only One Of Its Kind In The World

  I didn’t get to visit the Penis Museum while I was in Iceland over a week ago. At the time, I didn’t think there would be anything to see. I am starting to feel that it might not have been good idea to give it a skip. I seem to have been influenced by … Continue reading →

The Beautiful Game Could Be Bad For Your Country

If you are like me in this one respect, you might be dizzy from the amazing the football being played in the expensive stadia Brazil built to host the Football World Cup. That is, if you enjoy the beautiful simplicity of football, even at this early stage it is ridiculous. If you too like watching … Continue reading →

What We Learn in Foreign Lands

When I was young I used to like the idea of traveling to foreign places. Travel tied into the desire to learn about places other than home. Home was where the hatred was, as Esther Phillips might say, in that painfully nostalgic rendition of Gil Scott-Heron’s song that she makes it hers. For a long … Continue reading →