Masculinity
Is the evolution of the FIFA game soundtracks a reflection of our changing views of masculinity?
Lad rock is out, emotionally vulnerable pop is in, but what does the changing face of the musical accompaniment to one of the world’s most popular game franchises tell us about contemporary masculinity? Ali Shutler investigates.
Written by: Ali Shutler
Bashy: “My dad kept me alive”
In our latest Daddy Issues column, award winning actor and MC Ashley “Bashy” Thomas talks traditional masculinity, learning survival skills from his Dad and ‘making it’.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
Jack Rooke and Jon Pointing on Big Boys, masculinity and friendship
In the latest edition of our Daddy Issues column, the stars of Channel 4’s Big Boys discuss not judging books by their covers, powerful working class women and the dangers of Piña Coladas.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
Men go through heartbreak too
Read an exclusive extract from Iggy London's 'MANDEM', an electric new anthology on Black masculinity that digs into everything from role models to the mother-son relationship to handling a broken heart.
Written by: Emma Garland
Liver King and the problematic rise of primal manhood
Behind the masc — The organ-eating, masculinity influencer has built a powerful brand championing the ancestral lifestyle – but experts say his beliefs promote pseudoscience and harmful gender stereotypes.
Written by: Elizabeth Wenger
Sean Thor Conroe: ‘It was a hard book to share’
The 30-year-old novelist discusses his electrifying debut 'Fuccboi,' which offers a deft and cuttingly-funny examination of masculinity under late capitalism.
Written by: Patrick Sproull
The rebels and misfits of Karlheinz Weinberger
Teenage riot — The Swiss photographer spent years capturing ‘die Halbstarken’ – a group of outlier teens who embraced the 1950s rebel aesthetic of James Dean and Marlon Brando.
Written by: Miss Rosen
London skateboarders on masculinity and mental health
Minding the Gap — Camaraderie, catharsis, and angry white boys: UK skateboarding collective I Should Not Be Here review Bing Liu’s Oscar-nominated doc, Minding The Gap.
Written by: Beth Webb
A photographic catalogue of subcultures that refuse to die
Mods, skins & lowriders — For the past six years, Owen Harvey has been finding out why people are drawn to styles from a bygone era... and developing some unexpected perspective on his own life in the process.
Written by: Cian Traynor
A photographer's epic road trip from Scotland to Mongolia
Boys, bikes and bucket hats — It took 10,000 miles, 19 countries, 40 rolls of film, three deserts, two seas and a vintage car – but James Parker has pulled together a nuanced photo project around ideas of masculinity.
Written by: Cian Traynor