What's Good, Man?

(Or: Masculinity as Science Fiction)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe // [email protected]

@elguante // [email protected]

www.wgmpod.com

Guests:

• Mick Castro
• Malik Mitchell
• Abeer Syedah
• Alec Lossiah
• Sawyer Plotz
• Katie Eichele

The Art of Taking The L

(Or: How We Can Win By Losing)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

transcripts and more available at www.wgmpod.com

Video of "The Art of Taking The L": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVRKNJFIJI

Purchase "The Art of Taking The L" zine bundle at Button Poetry: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/the-art-of-taking-the-l-zine-bundle/

What Happens When We Mess Up?

(Or: What Happens When We Fuck Up?)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

For transcripts and more, visit www.wgmpod.com

Resources

• Barnard Center for Research on Women's "Building Accountable Communities Project"
• "Dealing With Our Shit" Collective's Zine
• Mia Mingus' "How to Give a Good Apology"
• Mia Mingus' "Dreaming Accountability"
• Dan Harmon's Apology (18:38)
• Kyra and Malcolm London's Accountability Process
• How To Survive The End of The World Episodes on Transformative Justice (1 and 2)

How Do We Build A Culture Of Consent?

(Or: Have You Ever Had Sex In A Haunted House?)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

transcripts and more available at www.wgmpod.com

"How Do We Build A Culture Of Consent" Zine: https://guante.info/2018/10/08/how-do-we-build-a-culture-of-consent-new-zine/

"Consent at 10,000 Feet" Video:

https://guante.info/2015/04/27/guante-consent-at-10000-feet-new-video-plus-links/

A few organizations building a culture of consent (among many):

• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment)
• Know Your IX
• A Call to Men
• Local organizations! Especially if you’re looking to donate, go local. To use Minneapolis as an example:
  • The Sexual Violence Center
  • MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault (other states also have “CASA” organizations)
  • The Aurora Center

Suggested readings:

• “Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape” (Friedman and Valenti)
• “Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture” (ed. Gay)
• “Ask: Building Consent Culture” (ed. Stryker)
• “Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement” (ed. Patterson)
• “The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses” (Documentary and Book)
• “The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America” (Deer)
• “Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture–and What We Can Do about It” (Harding)
• “Not On My Watch: A Handbook for the Prevention of Sexual Violence” (Rotman)
• “Know My Name” (Miller)

Poems, links, and other resources:

https://guante.info/2017/11/10/poems-links-and-resources-re-metoo-consent-and-rape-culture/

Masculinity: Fix It, or Forget It?

(Or: REAL MEN don’t create artificial limits to dictate what a REAL MAN is so is there even such a thing as a REAL MAN or is the problem MASCULINITY or is the problem REALITY itself?

Or: I’M COMING OUT OF MY SHELL AND I’M NOT DOING JUST FINE.)

Relinquishing The Patriarchy by adrienne maree brown:

http://adriennemareebrown.net/2019/05/28/relinquishing-the-patriarchy/

Last Word by Shannon T.L. Kearns

www.shannontlkearns.com

www.queertheology.com

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

transcripts and more available at www.wgmpod.com

Episode 4: What Can Hitch Teach Us About Healthy Dating?

(Or: Ten Things I Wish I Knew About Dating As A Teenager)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

Transcripts and more info available at www.wgmpod.com

Episode 3: Feminism Is For Everybody

(Or: Is Feminism For Everybody?)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

Transcripts and more info available at www.wgmpod.com

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

Last word: @trungles

http://www.trungles.com/

Transcripts and more info available at www.wgmpod.com

Episode 1: What's Wrong With Masculinity?

(Or: Masculinity in crisis, so it drives its Hummer twenty miles per hour over the speed limit, down a mountain, in the rain, through a national park.)

#WhatsGoodMan

@tony_the_scribe

@elguante

Transcripts and more info available at www.wgmpod.com