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Dating show, or online incel factory?

Amanda Marcotte
Demonstrator with a baby Trump balloon in front of City Hall in Los Angeles during “No Kings” protest, July 4, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)

Humor: Antidote for MAGA male rage

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct" (Salon / Getty / Columbia TriStar)

Michael Douglas foresaw the man crisis

Andi Zeisler
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Joe Rogan beef shows MAGA male fragility

Amanda Marcotte
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Conor McGregor speaks from the White House briefing room podium with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, March 17, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Conor McGregor: MAGA's dark leprechaun

Andrew O'Hehir
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What is a man? MAGA sure doesn't know

Amanda Marcotte
Host Pete Hegseth during "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on May 27, 2022 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth: MAGA's fantasy of manhood

Amanda Marcotte
Author's wife and daughter, and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/ D. Watkins)

Kamala Harris' heartbreaking loss

D. Watkins
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris' opportunity to shake up the race

Chauncey DeVega
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 23, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why men find purpose in MAGA masculinity

Chauncey DeVega
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on August 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Trump as "protector": It's an old story

Jacqueline Beatty
Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Jack Nicholson on the set of The Shining (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

"The Shining" is woke

Matthew Rozsa
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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump and the "pride paradox"

Chauncey DeVega
A view of Mankato West High School and its football field where Minnesota governor Tim Walz used to teach social studies and history and coached football. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tim Walz and the politics of football

G.F. Fuller
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speaks at a campaign rally at VFW Post 92 on August 15, 2024 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

JD Vance's beard and its manly meaning

Nicholas Liu
Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz gestures on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Tim Walz and the last days of patriarchy

Christopher Cotton
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Fans gather around the stadium prior to the concert of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift as part of her 'Eras Tour', at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, on May 24, 2024. (ANDRE DIAS NOBRE/AFP via Getty Images)

Swiftie dads are having their best era

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Two little boys covered in mud standing in a mud hole and laughing. (Getty Images/Andreas Kuehn)

Patriarchy harms boys and men, too

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Photo of author at 3 weeks old held by their mother (Photo illustration by Salon/Randall Horton/Getty Images)

I understand my mother's tough love now

Randall Horton
Jacob Anderson, Jonathan Bailey, Nicholas Galitzine Josh O'Connor and Andrew Scott (Photo illustration by Salon/GEtty Images)

Hollywood falls for the Every Boyfriend

Melanie McFarland
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MAGA Alpha Male (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Alpha males" who make men lonelier

Amanda Marcotte
South Carolina, Charleston, College of Charleston, Greek life, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, fraternity houses. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"On to the decadence of a late empire"

Chauncey DeVega
An attendee shows a young boy how to hold and load a gun during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"What triggers many gun owners"

Chauncey DeVega
Son caring for his father, putting hand on his shoulder, comforting and consoling him. (Getty Images/AsiaVision)

Foster the opposite of toxic masculinity

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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