January Media Map: The Will to Change by bell hooks
Updated: Jun 1
Enrich your reading of our January book of the month, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks, by exploring related music, books, TV, film, podcasts & social media accounts, with additional resources & articles to check out!
Books
For The Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank
Amateur: A Reckoning with Gender, Identity, and Masculinity by Thomas Page McBee
The Trouble with Men: Reflections on Sex, Love, Marriage, Porn, and Power by David Shields
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt ♥
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano ♥
Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All by Laura Bates
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
The Man They Wanted Me To Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making by Jared Yates Sexton
The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb
The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities edited by Chin-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
*♥ Previous Hardcover Hottie “Book of the Month” Pick!
TV & Film
Moonlight (2016)
Leap Year (Año Bisiesto) (2010)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
Steven Universe (2013)
The Mask You Live In (2015)
The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Sex Education (2019)
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
We Believe: The Best Men Can Be | Short Film by Gillette
Women Talking (2022)
Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood & American Culture (2013) [TW: graphic descriptions of violent pornography
Aftersun (2022)
Podcasts & Video Essays
Violence against women – it’s a men’s issue | Jackson Katz at TEDxFiDiWomen
Men | ContraPoints
Dissecting the Manosphere | F.D Signifier
Oreja Peluda (In spanish!!)
Accounts to Follow
@nextgenmen
@alanmeasles
@acalltomen
@wearemanenough
@theblackmancan
@decolonizing_fitness
Resources
Articles to Check Out
Freeing our Imaginations: Can Men Help Take Down Patriarchy? by Men Care
How Patriarchy Hurts Men Too by Veronika Ilich
Who Cares About America’s Male Caregivers? Laying the Groundwork for a National Strategy to Support Fathers by Equimundo
Masculinity in Music: A Love Letter to the Musicians Who Made us Rethink What Manhood Means by David Levesly
Music
Hardcover Hotties Collaborative Spotify Playlist
Did we miss anything?
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