MASKulinity
57 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsBrooklyn-based duo Samantha Nzessi and Remoy Philip invite you into their sometimes loud but necessary banter on masculinity. Hear Samantha and Remoy discuss topics like what masculinity means to our society, whether masculinity has actually been good to men, or even how the latest movie, TV and sports trends are helping or hurting the gender, and everyone else by extension. Also listen as a variety of guests—experts in the fields of gender studies, activists, or even everyday guys—stop by the pod to chat about subjects like ‘woke feminism’ or the men's rights movement. Listen week to week as Samantha, Remoy, et. al., invite (cis/trans/hetero/gay) men to take off the MASK that is masculinity, and do so from distinct yet connected perspectives. Let’s get into it
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Episodes
Single-Sex Education?
September 28, 2017 20:13 - 55 minutes - 102 MBThis week, Samantha and Remoy tackle a long-awaited topic: Single-Sex Education. Is it helpful or does it just reinforce stereotypes about boys and girls?? They are joined by Regine Roy, founder and CEO of Queen Geniuses, an organization dedicated to teenage girls' growth and development, and Barry Cooper, formerly High School Dean of Eagle Academy for Young Men, Ocean Hill, in Brooklyn, now starting his own program working with men and boys, and author of a book about successfully co-parent...
Men Got Issues
September 21, 2017 18:07 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week, Samantha and Remoy explore why men fight, actually more like why they think they should at least want to fight; talk about the bravery of 5 men stepping forward to denounce Ed Murray's criminally gross ways and how this could inspire other men to do the same; and address just one more thing that men deal with that we don't talk about: eating disorders. Tune in this week for some insights and conversation about how Men Got Issues.
Man Up! - Young Men Stop Violence Around the World, with Jimmie Briggs
September 14, 2017 07:19 - 1 hour - 87 MBThis week, Samantha and Remoy talk to the wondrous Jimmie Briggs, a renowned journalist who wondered unchartered waters to found an organization empowering youth around the world to combat gender-based violence. fromSouth Africa, to Pakistan, to Oakland, The Man Up! Campaign has had an impact around the world. Jimmie also talks to the duo about his own experience with manhood and maskulinity, and how it's impacted his life as a father and as an activist. He's just so cool.
A look back at this summer
September 08, 2017 05:26 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBThis week, Samantha and Remoy plunge us back into summer news that has yet to have an update. R. Kelly's sex cult of 19 to 22-yr-olds, Betsy DeVos penchant for men's rights on college campuses, Men Against Women in LAPD and even a little interracial romance. Listen as they explore what the MASK has to do with it all.
Men as Victims of Violent Crime
August 31, 2017 09:10 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBIn this episode of MASKulinity, Samantha and Remoy are joined by Yuval Moses, a therapist from the Crime Victims Treatment Center in New York, who works with men who have survived various forms of violence. He drops knowledge on the way suffering affects men (16:54), men being the victims of violent crime (22:36), how men can recover from sexual violence (30:50), and where survivors of violent crime can find help (41:22). In the process, Yuval schools us on what’s needed from society to res...
White Supremacy to Google Said What?
August 31, 2017 04:25 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBFor the first official episode of MASKulinity, Samantha and Remoy reflect on the events of Charlottesville, #ripheatherheyer, and the link between white supremacy and masculinity (4:06). Remoy catches Samantha off guard with “Tweets of the Day” (19:55). Also, apparently the reason why women are less represented in positions of leadership and in the technology field has nothing to do with sexism. No, their brains are just different. Whaaa…! (23:08)
MASKulinity 1.0 - A Preview
August 31, 2017 03:08 - 10 minutes - 7.63 MBFor the preview episode of MASKulinity, we give you a sneak peek of what’s to come! What do Samantha and Remoy have up their sleeve?? What’s society been up to in order to maintain this unattainable persona?