When the System Collapses, the Man Who Can Build Things Wins
The headlines are back. Male loneliness epidemic. Men's friendship recession. A crisis of disconnection. The framing is identical to every other "men are broken" diagnosis of the last decade: men have a defect, the defect is emotional repression, the cure is therapy and vulnerability. The story
By Stacey Tallitsch | May 28, 2026 The latest dispatch from the body-image industrial complex landed in early May. Boise State faculty announced a program to “battle” looksmaxxing, gym-bro culture, and “harmful masculinity standards.” Healthline branded the trend toxic. The Conversation diagnosed it as severe body dysmorphia. A Brandwatch sweep clocked
By Stacey Tallitsch | May 27, 2026 Minnesota became the first state in the union to outlaw prediction markets last week. Governor Walz signed the bill on May 19. Within hours, the CFTC sued to block it. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing the next day on "betting integrity.
By Stacey Tallitsch | May 26, 2026 Open a newspaper this month and somebody is asking how to protect boys from the manosphere. Education Week ran a "School Leader's Guide for Countering the Manosphere" in April. A March 2026 paper in Gender and Education interviewed 117 young