Notes & Essays

Once again, we’re forced to ask the ugly question: should we support problematic creators?

When we lose our ability to think for ourselves and be original, we risk losing what makes us human. 

We must remember to remember: that remembrance is resistance.

Big lifts and low body fat still matter. But being a present father and a capable man matter more.

People told me to suck it up, that men can’t experience domestic violence. My story proves that they couldn’t be more wrong.

On July 12, American scientist Dr. Kent Carpenter was killed in his home in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. One of his closest friends pens a heartfelt tribute to a man he calls a truly outstanding person.

Some of the best male friendships are built on a foundation of shared humor, mutual ball-busting, and an understanding that doesn’t always need to be explained.

For people who work in harm reduction, substances are almost never the entire story.

In a flood-prone village in Sorsogon, a community map revealed forms of queer care and knowledge that disaster planning had long overlooked.

One aspires to be the man who decides to always do better. The other doesn't want his sons to grow up believing that being a man means never apologizing.

As grief over the deaths of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili turned into rage, surviving Ateneo players became the target of accusations built more on speculation than fact.

How a generation of urban men traded their backbone for therapy-speak, social approval, and a lifetime of self-censorship.