Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast perceptions and gender roles thinner than a crepe. Today, meet 30 men who donated their stories, time and talent to author The Perfect Gift for a Man: 30 stories about reinventing … [Read more...]
The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: ActNow, AOC, AOC1, AOC2, AOC3, APA, Australia, becoming a man, book giveaway, boys, boys to men, Buffed-Boys, change agents, collaborative book, courageous men, depression, Derrick Kikuchi, Drew McClellan, Gavin Heaton, Gender, GIJoe, humanity, identity, Inspire Foundation, male heroes, male stereotypes, males, manhood, manhood for amateurs, ManWeek, masculinity, Media stereotypes, men, men and media, monster, Muscle-Men, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, peace, reach and teach, Reach Out, reinvention, Ron Mattocks, self-worth, Servant of Chaos, slackers, social-media, suicide, suicide prevention, superheroes, teens, The Age of Conversation, The Good Men Project, The Perfect Gift for a Man, Tikkun Daily, toxic cues to kids, warrior men