Masculinity

A beautiful thing happens when we allow men to cry.

Men don’t cry. Or at least, that’s what we’ve been conditioned to believe. After all, our modern world was built on the patriarchal notions that men are supposed to be stoic, bereft of emotions and feelings, macho. Crying, then, becomes the ultimate signifier of weakness, attributed only...

‘I was too ashamed to look in the mirror.’

(The author, shown left, writes about losing confidence because of his cystic acne. Photo courtesy Terry Lee)It’s hard to recall the exact date it began. Maybe it’s because too much time has passed. Or maybe it’s because I’ve tried my damndest to repress those painful...