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Why I Love My Blue-Collar Guy
Some might say Blixa Scott, an attorney, is a real loser in the game of love: her boyfriend of four years gets paid by the hour to do physically demanding work. But she wouldn’t have it any other way....
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How Professional Women Can Objectify Men (and Why Waitresses Don’t)
“Just as women rightly want to be valued for more than their looks, we men want to be appreciated for more than our job titles, resumes, or salaries.” Fact: women are too often judged solely on their...
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The Working Class Billionaire: Springsteen’s New Album “Wrecking Ball”
Jesse Kornbluth on Bruce Springsteen, music and politics. Polls tell us that 51% of Americans believe the bailout of the banks was wrong. An overwhelming majority — 86% — disapproves of big bonuses on...
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Profiles of a Regular Man: The Full House
Karl Tiedemann says the economy hasn’t affected him so much as it has his kids, who all work in retail and can’t afford to move out. This was previously published on Livia Gerson’s Blog on Open Salon,...
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How I Became Obsessed With Sneakers
No one has ever sacrificed for his children like Jorge Alberto Foglia, may he rest in peace. Rest in Peace Jorge Alberto Foglia 8/28/26 – 3/26/12 By the standards I’ve been surrounded with all my life,...
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National Glory: Division I Sports and the Olympic Games
Athletic competition was never a spiritually innocent pursuit. College football is no exception. The Olympic Games were born of agon—struggle—among the ancient Greek city-states. In the modern era, the...
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I Only Look Like “The Man”
Sometimes the privileged aren’t all they’re made out to be. My name is Daniel and I am young, straight, white, and male. My teeth are nearly Hollywood perfect and my hair has gentle highlights. People...
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Hymn to Working-Class New York
Mark Naison speaks of the ordinary heroes that surround us, and where their ethic of heroism comes from. As we struggle through the aftermath of the worst storm in New York’s history, my thoughts turn...
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The Hazards of Manhood
Am I man enough? Am I powerful enough? Men put their bodies at risk to cover up pain, fear, and vulnerability. John Henry of American folk song legend refused to bow to the superiority of a machine....
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Get A Job! The Myth of Labor
Our images of manhood and success are too often tied to a “working man” image that doesn’t exist in the real world any more. It is the mid-90s. I am at dinner with my parents and my mother’s parents;...
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Where Labor Day Comes From
What does “labor” even mean in America any more? “Labor” is a strange word in American politics these days, a kind of vestigial holdover. We still have a Department of Labor, a Labor Secretary, and...
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Three Trends That Will Push Demand For An Unconditional Basic Income
With economic woes appearing insoluble, an old radical idea is looking newer and less radical all the time. The digitization of our economy will bring with it a new generation of radical economic...
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I Beg of You
This post would not exist without the inspiration and consent of Anti_Intellect, whose blog targets fellow black gay men but welcomes all readers, “bringing us all closer to greater human dignity and...
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Will The Real Working Class Please Stand Up?
___________ This week, James Plunkett challenges his fellow millennials to stop pretending. Anyone in my generation can tell you we’re tired of all the critics; those who say our youth represents the...
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Poetry Book Review: Brock Guthrie’s “Contemplative Man”
Tweet Poetry Editor Charlie Bondhus reviews Brock Guthrie’s forthcoming debut poetry book Contemplative Man, a “blunt and evocative” offering from Sibling Rivalry Press. — Brock Guthrie’s first book,...
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Working Class Dogs: Is the Male Presence in the Workforce REALLY Dwindling?
Recent reports claim that skilled men are being overlooked in the 21st century workplace…or is it something else entirely? Christian Lyons looks more deeply into these claims. — The older we get, the...
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Grad School
We were all being forced to compete for a gold medal in BEING A VICTIM. ___ “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of...
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Migrant Labor, High Risk Behaviours, and HIV Awareness: A Bangladeshi Story
Raad Rahman explores the difficulty in fighting HIV among South Asian migrant workers. ___ Sylhet, Bangladesh. March 2014: If you have been to the Middle East in recent years, and particularly to the...
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How to Maintain a Happy Workforce: An Interview with TINYpulse
Matthew Rozsa’s interview with the CEO of TINYpulse, a company that is revolutionizing how employers and employees interact with each other. If there’s one thing that sends a chill up the spine of any...
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I Only Look Like “The Man”
Sometimes the privileged aren’t all they’re made out to be.My name is Daniel and I am young, straight, white, and male. My teeth are nearly Hollywood perfect and my hair has gentle highlights. People...
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