Monthly Archives: August 2011

manning up

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jason Sperber

[UPDATE 9/1/11: Welcome and thank you to new readers coming in from Mom-101 and The Good Men Project. I wanted to invite you to check out and participate in the comment discussion going on at GMP’s reposting of this essay … Continue reading →

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guilt by association

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jason Sperber

It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting here at the local indie coffeehouse trying to write. Even that formulation should tell you something about where my head’s at, since, as a writer friend of mine told me, “Write or write not. … Continue reading →

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race is always a parenting issue

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jason Sperber

[originally posted at The Good Men Project] Last week, The Good Men Project started a conversation about race by publishing 8 articles from diverse points of view over the course of the week. However, the site launched the series last … Continue reading →

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trophy husband, one year later

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Exactly one year ago today, The Today Show told the entire morning-news-watching nation that I, as a stay-at-home-dad married to a doctor, was an example of a new status symbol for “alpha women.” I was a trophy husband. If you … Continue reading →

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