A gorgon haled me as I walked across the pasture. It had eaten a cow I loved, asked me what I thought I might do about it. I shrugged. He was a giant gorgon and swaggered away jerking side to side with laughter. We dream sometimes of things we can’t remember: a strange place, another lifetime. I never loved a cow and Don’t believe in gorgons. But it was […]
Angela Dale | For the grace of God
Last night I dreamed They offered me a casket with a radio In which to bury my child Alive Yesterday the newspaper covered a rash of teen suicides With the topical balm of candlelight memorials To extinguished potential Last Wednesday a quiet boy, but nice Opened up classmates with two kitchen knives Severing all ties As of today the second grader’s been missed 42 days Divers have […]
The Wonder of Boys
There are so many great movies for and about boys, if for no other reason than most filmmakers are men and make films about what they know. Also, as Michael Gurian points out, “the hero’s journey” is largely a male archetypal myth: it describes the predominantly male imperative to leave home and “find himself”—often through losing himself—prove his mettle, get the “boon” (the treasure, the girl), and return to his […]
Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson | What Boys Need
WHAT BOYS NEED, FIRST AND FOREMOST, is to be seen through a different lens than tradition prescribes. Individually, and as a culture, we must discard the distorted view of boys that ignores or denies their capacity for feelings, the view that colors even boys’ perceptions of themselves as above or outside a life of emotions. We must recognize the harm in asking “too much and not enough” of them—in demanding […]
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