Comments on: Online Men’s Magazine

By: Eman

Eman — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:19:14 +0000

More on starting a pro-male online magazine @ http://thebetarevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-mala-fides-manifesto.html?showComment=1250252128250#c465403346160713965

By: Lupo

Lupo — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:24:26 +0000

I’d write for such a thing. Could be profitable too. I spend part of my time optimizing online ads, and we are an underserved demographic.

By: MKS

MKS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:57:58 +0000

You should check out the Art of Manliness Blog… Similar idea to what you are talking about with a large (and quite active) community attached to the blog

By: Lukobe

Lukobe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:01:10 +0000

Esquire? Seriously?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:32:04 +0000

Not to rain on parades, but between Esquire and MND, I’m pretty much covered in the men’s magazine section. Besides, isn’t one of man’s positive characteristics the fact that he doesn’t have to look in a magazine before doing something?

By: lighton

lighton — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:20:55 +0000

“A few naming suggestions – “Masculinism,” “Masculinist,” or “The Masculinist”

I agree that the magazine thing is a good idea.

But these suggested names just seem/sound kind of gay.

These days, any sort of non trivial male bonding/grouping automatically gets labeled as a loser and/or gay organization. It’s one of the mainstream anti-male feminist orthodoxy’s methods of subjecting regular males.

By: MASCULINIST

MASCULINIST — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:29:04 +0000

Great idea Welmer – if you create this website I’ll gladly contribute to it in terms of writing as well as editing.

A few naming suggestions – “Masculinism,” “Masculinist,” or “The Masculinist”

There are more than enough writers/thinkers on the web who care about male rights to create a successful publication. You are exactly right when you say that a central gathering spot for these people is needed in order to further the cause of male rights.

By: Welmer

Welmer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:43:41 +0000

I’d like to do it, Gun, but there’s kind of a short window of opportunity here, and I don’t know if it would be worth it without contributors. I need more work — and soon. Once I get it, I’m afraid that between the kids and making money I won’t have time for much.

By: Gunlingergregi

Gunlingergregi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:03:17 +0000

Well welmer I would say rock this thing. Do the site. Make the shit ready. Maybe they will come.
Keep doing what you do now. Invite men to participate. Call it the Save the men site. Kind of after save the whales or the frogs or the children but not saving the one thing that would make a huge difference.

By: Welmer

Welmer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:31:07 +0000

Miles, I think there’s some potential here. As you suggested, the idea is “getting the word out.” People are always hungry for new content. The real problem, as I see it, is that the message is too fragmented.

If you take a look at successful online publishing ventures, it’s all about establishing authority through a preponderance of desirable content.

When I look around, I see a lot of guys who are very thoughtful and have a lot to offer, but men are in many ways more difficult to bond together. Rather than seeing this as a bad thing, I actually think it indicates higher potential. In chemistry, for example, the bonds that require the most energy to create release the most upon reaction. Or, on the other hand, they are the most difficult to break.

Currently, society is creating the pressure on men that will forge these bonds. Whichever men can come together under these circumstances have a good chance of making an impression. It is the hammer and anvil that makes a strong sword, after all, just as it is the blows of life that create resolve in men.