Very good. Not only captures the old archetype but captures how much the culture has changed from the days when seemingly any old white dude could get handed a well-paying job. Our perception of drinking is based on that old culture, so this is very relevant.

Why Brogressive Brocialism?

An IAQ (imaginarily asked questions, because I can’t lie, nobody frequently asked me questions)

Q: Why did you call a publication Brogressive Brocialism?

This is a woman who writes that she was wrong to consider herself more interesting and better than ordinary guys, and admits that chasing after mysterious & apathetic “alphas” was silly.

She also doesn’t pity herself for her choices or humblebrag about how good she is at pleasing shitty men. And more than that, she never…

If a woman with more privilege than Solanas expressed that sentiment, though, it would be derided but not seen as crazy. Like Tim Hunt, she wouldn’t experience serious long-term damage, and that is a good thing.

I’ve had nerdy friends, bro-y friends, charming friends and loser friends, and it’s only a couple of weird outliers who have ever said that monogamy was uncool.

I think it’s really important to say this because it’s harmful when inaccurate and damaging ideas get repeated as if they’re social norms.

If you’re reading this and thinking ‘alpha male behavior’ and this is reaffirming your belief that all women go for this, I recommend you read the article linked-to below.

If you don’t want to read the whole thing, read the section on the idea of the Alpha, and how silly and unreal it is.

This is actually a good idea, and the fact that it’s shyed-away-from points to a blind spot in the article.

A diverse workplace will weed out shittier people like this job candidate. Sexist, racists, etc. are always narcissists. Many narcissists won’t show their dark side if they esteem the group you belong to. Expose them…

All you really have to do is google “how to get a woman off.”

I’ve never understood why a dude wouldn’t google those words, but then again, I also spend more time googling shit than I do in the gym.

To add to that, Sara…

There was also something distinct about growing up knowing that David Bowie was married to a woman and dressed like an ordinary man, yet was still weird.

When I was a teenager, I fantasized about being able to fill out “david bowie” as both my race and my gender. He was proof…

Reminds me of John Fiske’s writing about pop culture, and how elites (for lack of a better word) often write and talk about it as if people are passive recipients of mass media. In reality, people interact with pop culture in very personal ways, and their relationships with pop culture have more give & take than their relationships with more “important” institutions in society.