I love that the self-described introvert who was 'living his best life' locked in his house during COVID now finds live events 'energizing.' Now that's personal growth. Or the edible kicked in. Or did it wear off? Who can tell anymore?
Whatevers, I welcome you and your media empire to Substack. If you want to see what midlife crisis content looks like without the graphs, I'm over at Aging Against My Will, chronicling the indignities from the cheap seats.
The alternative is obvious and I'm not recommending it. Being unhappy about aging is a far cry from wanting to stop doing it. I'm just trying to make the ride less horrible — and if I can't do that, at least funnier."
Scott, I’d gently push back on the framing that society “wasn’t ready” five years ago. What changed isn’t readiness — I believe it’s that the political consequences of ignoring male displacement became impossible to dismiss after 2024.
The harder question: when boys grew up watching equity frameworks expand without anyone explaining where they fit in the new map, was the hostile response to your advocacy cultural immaturity — or a system with no language for “you’re included too”?
Significance isn’t zero-sum in theory. But it feels zero-sum when nobody does the cultural work of explaining why it isn’t. I think that gap between policy intention and lived psychological experience is where the damage lives.
Scott, my 14 year old grandson and his parents live with me in our heavily MAGA town. His male classmates harass him daily over their adoration of Charlie Kirk which he refuses to support. His dad is a Scot who served combat with the RAF in Northern Ireland and is a MAN. Thank goodness his dad has taught him how healthy masculinity presents. we've assured him he's on the right side of history and psychology. But I mourn for the young teens who are being indoctrinated in misogyny. This entire Band of Bozos has corrupted an entire generation of young men.
I will be working during your event on Wednesday, but I hope it will be recorded and released as a podcast? I wrote my MDiv thesis on this topic and the crisis from a spiritual point of view, very specifically arguing that supporting men’s well being is not mutually exclusive of supporting women. I even quoted you!
Scott, I enjoy what I can hear and read of you. But I subscribe to many, many Substacks--so much more informative than both my two old Papers of Record rolled together. And also way more expensive. There ain't $200/year or $20/mo left in the budget!
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I love that the self-described introvert who was 'living his best life' locked in his house during COVID now finds live events 'energizing.' Now that's personal growth. Or the edible kicked in. Or did it wear off? Who can tell anymore?
Whatevers, I welcome you and your media empire to Substack. If you want to see what midlife crisis content looks like without the graphs, I'm over at Aging Against My Will, chronicling the indignities from the cheap seats.
Hmm. Aging against your will? I'm knocking on 73, so my question to you is: what are the alternatives to aging?
I think history suggests there is only one. Which I hope to evade for several more years.
The alternative is obvious and I'm not recommending it. Being unhappy about aging is a far cry from wanting to stop doing it. I'm just trying to make the ride less horrible — and if I can't do that, at least funnier."
You will have lots of company in making aging a wellspring of humor.
Just don't forget to appreciate the calm and wisdom that also comes with a well-run older life 🤗 Especially nowadays.
Scott, I’d gently push back on the framing that society “wasn’t ready” five years ago. What changed isn’t readiness — I believe it’s that the political consequences of ignoring male displacement became impossible to dismiss after 2024.
The harder question: when boys grew up watching equity frameworks expand without anyone explaining where they fit in the new map, was the hostile response to your advocacy cultural immaturity — or a system with no language for “you’re included too”?
Significance isn’t zero-sum in theory. But it feels zero-sum when nobody does the cultural work of explaining why it isn’t. I think that gap between policy intention and lived psychological experience is where the damage lives.
Groovy Scott. The book was impressive in a deep and lasting way. Thank you.
Scott, my 14 year old grandson and his parents live with me in our heavily MAGA town. His male classmates harass him daily over their adoration of Charlie Kirk which he refuses to support. His dad is a Scot who served combat with the RAF in Northern Ireland and is a MAN. Thank goodness his dad has taught him how healthy masculinity presents. we've assured him he's on the right side of history and psychology. But I mourn for the young teens who are being indoctrinated in misogyny. This entire Band of Bozos has corrupted an entire generation of young men.
I will be working during your event on Wednesday, but I hope it will be recorded and released as a podcast? I wrote my MDiv thesis on this topic and the crisis from a spiritual point of view, very specifically arguing that supporting men’s well being is not mutually exclusive of supporting women. I even quoted you!
You should have Terry Real on your Podcast. He is an expert in Toxic Masculinity and may expand your understanding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGb7hYMlA3o
Scott, I enjoy what I can hear and read of you. But I subscribe to many, many Substacks--so much more informative than both my two old Papers of Record rolled together. And also way more expensive. There ain't $200/year or $20/mo left in the budget!