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“Modern Identities” is a publication about how we identify our authentic self: as an individual, in relation to a loved one, and as a member of society. We’ll share heteronormative and non-heteronormative…
Almost 1000 men responded.
To be exact 986.
I was asking men in a survey whether or not they had ever been depressed. If they had, would they ever tell anyone. Or seek treatment in some way. Medication. Therapy. If so, why. If not, why.
The…
By Jon Ochiai
Suffering, yet resilient Keanu Reeves returns in “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum” as retired assassin John Wick forced back into “the game” wreaking visually stunning havoc upon those, who seek the $14 million bounty on his body. Good luck. Rather, our condolences.
In the astounding fight…
Dear Great-Grandfather Wolf and Great-Grandmother Bascha,
Though I have never written to you, I have carried your image and felt your comforting presence ever since that first day when your son (my maternal grandfather, Simon) told me about you. One day, when I was very young, I…
I have known people who have great spirit. My sister comes to mind. If you were in a room with her, there was no need to turn the light on. She beamed, all day, every day. She had an incredible energy. When we were kids, we…
By Jon Ochiai
In Director Neil Marshall’s spirited action fantasy “Hellboy”, adoptive Father Professor Broom, played with whimsical gravitas by Ian McShane tells his Son, “I wanted you to be the best you…” David Harbour’s Hellboy, the hulking prosthetically horned, red-skinned beast, acknowledges his Father’s love in tears. No spoilers…
By Kai Morgan
I’m on the way to a Karate seminar with four male dojo colleagues, when we stop off at a huge superstore to pick up snacks and use the restrooms. A few minutes later, we’re all back in the car except Dean.
A minute later we spot him…
Like it or not, automation has touched our lives in so many ways. If you’ve ever pressed “0” to talk to the operator, used an ATM, or switched the headlights in your car to “auto” you have benefited from automation. During those times, we know we’re interacting…
By Jon Ochiai
Director David Leitch’s “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw” stars Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) as Agent Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham as ‘reformed’ bad guy Deckard Shaw from the “Fast & Furious” franchise. Hence, the expansive convoluted title. …
We are meant to share our pain.
We might even venture that if we don’t look at our pain honestly and we don’t share the twinges and scars of our heart that we are being selfish.
When you frame pain this way, it feels like there…
