Comments on: BLOG FIGHT

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James, what is WRONG with you, presenting a balanced post like that? Don't you GET blogging, man?

By: ilyka

ilyka — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, James, quit being so DECENT already. Damn, man.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I have only one response to Monsieur Du Toit.... (apart from 95% agreement)

http://www.katewerk.com/images/hunter.jpg

Not all women want a nanny society, either.

By: raj

raj — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

KdT's post isn't a satire? I thought it was so dumb it had to be.

By: Duncan Stevens

Duncan Stevens — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It took me a while to place what Kim's post reminded me of, but it came to me today.

Ever seen Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men? If not, go rent it. If so: if Chad ever took up blogging, I think he would sound an awful lot like Kim.

By: Trish Wilson

Trish Wilson — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

When I saw your words "1950s-style manly men," all I could think of was "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit." The "1950s-style manly men" were a sham back in the 1950s. And a lot of men knew it.

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Something New, Something Old The Kim Du Toit "maleness" post and the reaction to it made me think of P J O'Rourke for some reason. Perhaps it is the title to this chapter from Republican Party Reptile: How To Drive Fast On Drugs While...

By: Heretical Ideas

Heretical Ideas — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

WHAT IS A "REAL" MAN? (UPDATED) Well, since a lot of the blogosphere has gotten fired up over Kim du Toit's essay on what it means to be a "real man", I figured I might as well comment, too, since I wrote a similar rant a...

By: Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I see...
It's long seemed to me that a kind of poorly-articulated misogyny and homophobia lay at the center of a lot of conservative psychology, but Kim Du Toit articulates it pretty well.UP

By: Cobb

Cobb — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Manly Man Talk
A man named Kim Du Toit is miserable. Why?

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Blog Chicks Pix - Armed And Dangerous Frequent Outside The Beltway commenter, Katewerk, left a link to her well armed picture in the comments to James' post on the "affair du tiot". I imagine there are others floating around, but some quick searches of the usual suspects...

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

By: Dodgeblogium

Dodgeblogium — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Metrosexual = sissy?
A metrosexual is a straight man that acts like a gay man. It basically means that a guy is into sissy crap like facials, tanning and hair care products. Posted by exile at October 30, 2003 11:56 AM This comes...

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