11 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'The show of love between father and son during Saturday's fight was an antidote to toxic masculinity'

The Mirror's Assistant Editor and columnist Darren Lewis says Saturday's fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn wasn't just about sport, but the importance of fatherhood

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4 d. ago Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp review – wild, absurd and wickedly funny

This outrageous skewering of the modern dating landscape confronts toxic masculinity and the contradictions of female desireNearly every page in Sophie Kemp’s debut is smart, jarring and wickedly funny. Set in Brooklyn in 2019, this wild, absurdist take on the millennial novel tracks the adventures of Reality Kahn, a 23-year-old waterslide commercial actor and zine-maker who determines to become “the greatest girlfriend of all time”, after her drug-dealing sex partner, Emil, casually suggests that she gets herself a man. Prior to that point, Reality had just been living her life, no strings attached. “Would having a special guy around really make me happier? Was this the life purpose I was looking for?” A boyfriend, she decides, might “add colour to my life as well as provide intrigue”. And, New York City being “a place where nefarious individuals got ideas”, he could also protect her from “getting raped so much”.Reality’s quest kicks off with a hunt for “intel”. Where do ...

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2 w. ago Netflix's Adolescence criticised on incel forums where men warn women will 'pay'

The Netflix show has opened up ground breaking conversations about toxic masculinity.

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2 w. ago Adolescence season two: Brad Pitt’s production company begins talks

A follow-up to the record-breaking Netflix series might be in the works with hopes that it will ‘not be repetitive’Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B is in talks to develop another season of Adolescence, after the British show became a runaway hit on Netflix.Speaking to Deadline in their first interview since the show took off on the streaming platform last month, co-presidents Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner said they are speaking to director Philip Barantini about the “next iteration” of the show, a critical success that has ignited conversations about children’s susceptibility to toxic masculinity online. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Anas Sarwar backs calls to ban phones from classrooms to help tackle 'toxic' issues

The Scottish Labour Leader, in the US for New York’s Tartan Week celebrations, insists that schools have a role to play in tackling toxic masculinity.

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3 w. ago A benign, perfectly sculpted picture of vitality or the palatable face of toxic masculinity?

The viral response to US influencer Ashton Hall’s morning routine shows that the manosphere is now mainstream How does the perfect morning begin? With gentle stretching, a coffee in bed? It could be a walk in the sun, a hot breakfast or simply managing to spend the first 20 minutes off your phone before spending the next 20 on Instagram. Lately, it may feel like the answer is being more productive.The optimised morning routine has become a near-mythical ideal for young people, sold by fitness influencers posting obsessively about their 5.30am starts, claiming to finish their weight training, macronutrient-rich meals and emails before our first alarm – promising that everything in your life would be better if you, too, had the discipline to just get up early. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago PATRICK MARMION reviews Apex Predator: Yes the title sounds promising, but John Donnelly's muddled new play is as bloodless as its victims

John Donnelly's muddled new play, ostensibly the tale of a young mother suffering from severe post-natal depression , turns into a one-woman, blood-sucking revenge mission against toxic masculinity

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3 w. ago ‘It’s really crude’: concern over mix of misogyny and Franco nostalgia among Spanish teens

Netflix drama Adolescence sharpens debate over toxic masculinity – and in Spain it is mixed with ignorance over dictatorshipThree or four years ago, the Spanish psychologist Jesús Moreno began to notice a difference in the drawings that the young participants in his workshops on masculinity produced when asked to sketch out their idea of what a man looks like.The figures they drew were no longer merely the muscular and bizarrely well-endowed drug dealers, etched with prison tattoos and surrounded by guns, knives, cars, sex workers and bundles of cash, to which Moreno and his colleagues had long grown accustomed. Continue reading...

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