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Tag: Toxic Masculinity

  • Essay

The Best a Man Can Be

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

Masculinity is not violence, indifference, or cruelty in the name of toughness. Masculinity is courage to stand up in defense of someone who is being objectified or mistreated.

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The Uncommon Goodness of The Good Place

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Filled with positivity, heart, and goodness throughout every fiber of its beautiful tapestry that has thus far been woven for us.

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  • Short Story

How Societal Pressures and a Great Christian Bale Impression Turned me into a Mob Enforcer – A Cautionary Tale

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

This may just be another cliche story about a young man pressured by conceived notions of masculinity who ends up becoming an enforcer for a crime family, but I think there’s value in my telling it even if just one person can learn from it.

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  • Essay

Stand Up Teachers – or – The Conversations Comedians Have Been Telling Us to Have for Years

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

Excerpts of some of the best life lessons I’ve gotten from stand up comedians, including decades old warnings on toxic masculinity and gun violence.

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