Episode 24: Boys Are Not Like Dogs with Ruth Whippman

The Mother of it All

Sarah and Miranda are joined by Ruth Whippman, author of Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity to talk about how boys need more but get less, the boys who are dying to talk about their feelings, and the radical power of a board book about a boy and his bags. Plus, do we say “no” to toxic-masculinity media or just say “yes” to better things? And a special round of “Marry, F**k, Kill!”

Links:

* Sarah’s piece in the Cut on cross-gender friendships

* Boymom the book

* Sarah’s piece in Romper on Boymom

* Ruth’s Substack:

I Blame Society

Culture recs for boys:

* Cool Runnings

* Wednesday

* Clive Board Books by Jessica Spanyol

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