Despite Narratives Of “Strength,” Many Men Are Broken And Run From Real Issues

Preach on it, bro.

That, above, is Josh Hawley running away from danger on January 6, 2021 — hours after he straight-up saluted the protesters as they gathered. Hawley is big on standard masculinity narratives, and here he is, tail between legs, running away from danger as opposed to anywhere near towards it. I’m sure I could find a quote where he criticized the Uvalde cops about that, too. (Maybe not. Back the Blue, right?)

I sometimes think of this clip because for some of 2021 and 2022, I had this therapist named Rane. More on him:

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Dude was OK. The big punchline is that I was struggling with infertility (still am) and was super broken about it (still am) and he once told me, in session, “It didn’t take Sara and I any time at all to conceive.” That was a true blessing.

So, last December, I get invited to this retirement party for a judge. I know Rane has done some work with said judge, so I figure he will be there. Probably due to social anxiety or whatever, or…