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Go After It

I’ve been sitting on the above picture for quite a while. I love the unabashed way in which a lion goes after its kill. As men we should approach our lives the same way.  Lions hunt in groups. They...

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The Emperor Has No Clothes

I don’t get political on here very often – and a large part of that is because I believe our current, two-party system is really just two factions of the same club, and both are more interested in...

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Image and Substance

It’s easy for us to think that we live in a time like no other. Our advances in technology, the pervasiveness of democracy, the modern contempt for gods and religion, are all relatively unique when...

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Why a Man Should Own Nice Things

We live in a time and a place where ostentation is a cultural vice. While there is some merit to this, I believe it has been taken to an unhealthy extreme. When the bottom rungs of society are what’s...

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In Defense of the New Suit Supply Campaign

If you spend any amount of time in the online world of menswear, you have most likely seen the brouhaha surrounding the newest ad campaign from Suit Supply. For those of you who aren’t aware, it...

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Style as a Structural Attractor

One of the interesting things about writing is the opportunity to develop friendships with people with whom a man would never have contact otherwise. One of these friendships I developed years ago with...

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Defining Masculinity

Last week I got an email from graduate student at USC who is working on a thesis about masculinity in America. She asked if I would answer some questions, and I was happy to do so. I doubt my views...

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The Mighty Mongrel Mob: An Example of Tribal Aesthetics

Recently Vice published a photo series taken of men from the Mighty Mongrel Gang in New Zealand. Fascinating isn’t a strong enough word to describe these men. I’m going to remove all moral assessments...

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Why Skinny-jeaned (insert epithet of choice here) is my favorite insult

I find myself wedged between two very interesting parts of the internet. The first is the world of #menswear. It’s full of men who will devote thousands of hours and even more money to clothing and...

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Why I’m Not a Gentleman

The term has been so misused, so twisted over the past few decades that it’s truly lost any semblance of its original meaning – both in technical definition and the principles it used to represent. It...

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