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Generation Z vs Generation T

Generation Z vs Generation T

Estee is 24, about to get married to Conner, 22, lives in Virginia, has 30,000 followers on TikTok, and is a self-confessed “Trad Wife”.   We caught up with her to...

Generation Z vs Generation T

Estee is 24, about to get married to Conner, 22, lives in Virginia, has 30,000 followers on TikTok, and is a self-confessed “Trad Wife”.   We caught up with her to...

Grizzly Bill

Grizzly Bill

Finances were such that I had to move back in with my parents. I was thirty-one. My mother informed me that the position of Son had been filled. “We promoted...

Grizzly Bill

Finances were such that I had to move back in with my parents. I was thirty-one. My mother informed me that the position of Son had been filled. “We promoted...

A Many-sided Man

A Many-sided Man

Will Goodloe has all the heart you could want from a legendary Texas Football coach—but he’s so much more than the stereotype. I met him when he was an assistant...

A Many-sided Man

Will Goodloe has all the heart you could want from a legendary Texas Football coach—but he’s so much more than the stereotype. I met him when he was an assistant...

a prison and a sacred, beautiful thing

a prison and a sacred, beautiful thing

I’ve been thinking about what I want to write about for this project for weeks – and interviewing all of the (very patient) men in my life about what masculinity...

a prison and a sacred, beautiful thing

I’ve been thinking about what I want to write about for this project for weeks – and interviewing all of the (very patient) men in my life about what masculinity...

6 Things About Rural, Disconnected Men

6 Things About Rural, Disconnected Men

Real men provide. Or so it says in the Manly Book of Mandates of Masculinity, page 5. In this version of the world, a man who is gainfully employed has...

6 Things About Rural, Disconnected Men

Real men provide. Or so it says in the Manly Book of Mandates of Masculinity, page 5. In this version of the world, a man who is gainfully employed has...

Into The Heart of Masculinity

Into The Heart of Masculinity

In exploring the topic of masculinity, I spoke with Sam, a 35-year-old trans man living in the Pacific Northwest. Sam’s perspective is one that has shifted from outsider to insider...

Into The Heart of Masculinity

In exploring the topic of masculinity, I spoke with Sam, a 35-year-old trans man living in the Pacific Northwest. Sam’s perspective is one that has shifted from outsider to insider...

A Journey Into The World of Male Stripping

A Journey Into The World of Male Stripping

A few years ago, I found out that a friend of mine had somehow morphed into one of the preeminent male strippers in the Midwest.  And then I delightedly *also*...

A Journey Into The World of Male Stripping

A few years ago, I found out that a friend of mine had somehow morphed into one of the preeminent male strippers in the Midwest.  And then I delightedly *also*...

Graduation Day At Legacy Barber College

Graduation Day At Legacy Barber College

There is little doubt, and overwhelming evidence, that men returning to society post-incarceration are among the most socially denigrated and disenfranchised. Juan Rivera was 20 years into a life sentence....

Graduation Day At Legacy Barber College

There is little doubt, and overwhelming evidence, that men returning to society post-incarceration are among the most socially denigrated and disenfranchised. Juan Rivera was 20 years into a life sentence....

Airport Lounge Observations

Airport Lounge Observations

I was coming back from Fort McMurray and had a stopover in Edmonton. One of the perks of frequent air travel is gaining access to private lounges, and knowing I...

Airport Lounge Observations

I was coming back from Fort McMurray and had a stopover in Edmonton. One of the perks of frequent air travel is gaining access to private lounges, and knowing I...

Masc4Masc

Masc4Masc

Grindr has never been known as the place to go for meaningful discourse. The notorious hook-up app was the first of its kind to exclusively cater to gay, queer and...

Masc4Masc

Grindr has never been known as the place to go for meaningful discourse. The notorious hook-up app was the first of its kind to exclusively cater to gay, queer and...

Ring The Belle

Ring The Belle

The world of professional wrestling has long enjoyed its place in masculine culture, but as our understanding of gender roles have evolved, so has the audience for wrestling. DS Shin...

Ring The Belle

The world of professional wrestling has long enjoyed its place in masculine culture, but as our understanding of gender roles have evolved, so has the audience for wrestling. DS Shin...

Farley’s Notes

Farley’s Notes

Terry Farley has been DJing and producing house music for over three decades. You can find him playing clubs and festivals all over the world. Or here at Bones, where...

Farley’s Notes

Terry Farley has been DJing and producing house music for over three decades. You can find him playing clubs and festivals all over the world. Or here at Bones, where...

Uppers + Downers

Uppers + Downers

Each issue we’ll be rummaging around the internets for stories that make us grin, and the tales that make us grimace. Here’s this issue’s Uppers and Downers of masculinity: Uppers...

Uppers + Downers

Each issue we’ll be rummaging around the internets for stories that make us grin, and the tales that make us grimace. Here’s this issue’s Uppers and Downers of masculinity: Uppers...

Conversation with a NYC Taxi Driver

Conversation with a NYC Taxi Driver

I’ve always felt a certain kinship with taxi drivers and bartenders – those whose jobs also revolve around observing a great deal of humanity and absorbing the secrets of strangers....

Conversation with a NYC Taxi Driver

I’ve always felt a certain kinship with taxi drivers and bartenders – those whose jobs also revolve around observing a great deal of humanity and absorbing the secrets of strangers....