I Blame Society

It’s been quite a week. I published my  article in the New York Times about Positive Masculinity, and it triggered some big feelings all round, fast becoming a careering runaway freight train of culture war insanity.

(Artwork by Tomi Um for the New York Times) Hello, I Blame Society is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I apologize for my absence (although this feels like a weird kind of vanity to say this does anyone even notice anyone’s absence on Substack? Let alone mine!) Anyway- things have been pretty hectic and I haven’t had a chance to write here much. A new essay coming here soon.

Hello. Sorry for the delay in getting this newsletter out. It’s been a crazy time with the seemingly neverending launch for Boymom and the ongoing (lack of) summer childcare. If you responded to my last post about my planned Zoom discussion group about boys, men and masculinity, I will be in touch about that soon via DM.

I Blame Society Modern life and the forces that shape it. Gender, feminism, masculinity, mental health, psychology, culture, motherhood, anxiety, fear, self-loathing... that kind of thing. No thanks

I Blame Society is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Boyhood: The shark experience When my son Zephy was maybe five, our family went on a vacation. We were by the pool when he spied a group of little girl mermaids in sparkly waterproof tails, sitting captivated by a larger, adult mermaid, who was teaching them basic merskills.

I Blame Society Modern life and the forces that shape it. Gender, feminism, masculinity, mental health, psychology, culture, motherhood, anxiety, fear, self-loathing... that kind of thing. No thanks