Hey y’all. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about buying new “smart” washer and dryer and worried about replacing our 30 year old set with this set? Yep. The new washer cut out after a week. Jesus Christ. Thankfully Lowe’s in our area the manager was super nice and helped me to return it and replace the…

If there is a God may they grant Gianna some semblance of a normal life, and may the media grant her privacy.

1) This shouldn’t be about what Brad Pitt wants, but whether his kids feel safe around him. The lawyers insinuated that they do not feel safe, and don’t want a relationship right now. That’s all that matters.

https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/2297675/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-relationship-kids/

I am not a Pitt or Jolie fan- I just feel sorry for the kids. 

I don’t know them personally and only have media reports to go on, so I’m not going to assume I know who is at fault here. Having said that, I’ve seen quite a few long term marriages fall apart recently and every time the parents were able to put aside their feelings for each other (and the sometimes awful things…

According to “limited knowledge” even Pitt has acknowledged that Jolie has tried to help his relationship with his kids (one of the reasons he was granted custody).

The judge won’t let the teenage children testify to their choice, even though they are legally allowed a say, and is refusing to acknowledge evidence towards Pitt’s behavior.

I do understand your points, and it is necessary to both give AND take criticism. Everything you bring up is 100% valid.

From skimming, it seems like a great way to start a conversation that men haven’t been ready to have. I think Tracy expected to see those answers, but wasn’t ready to read that there really aren’t any. It is going to take monumental shifts, in many cultures, to make any headway in this area. What will work for one…

I agree to an extant, but my views are changing as I get older and more cynical. If we could get women to be more political then I would be more critical of men. Right now I am trying to get my White and Korean friends and family to view racism as a humanitarian problem rather than a “political issue”, because people…

The article actually made me buy the book, it’s been on my list for a month but I hadn’t pulled the trigger yet. The fact that he doesn’t have or claim to have all the answers is an honest take that I’m interested in hearing. I’ll never understand why some people want to shame others for learning and bettering…

Right, I feel the same way.  And saying “Men’s tender feelings” seems dismissive of men’s feelings, which is exactly why books like this are needed. 

Exactly!

I thought the same thing: he’s trying, and that is good even if he’s not getting 100% of the way there. High profile ‘regular’ guys trying is important.

I can’t comment on the book, as I haven’t read it, but I did attend that TED Women event and heard Baldoni speak. Later that day, I had the opportunity to chat with him individually. He seemed to be trying to do the right thing. If memory serves, his dad was in the audience, and he said it was hard for him to talk…

Maybe it’s because I’m 38 and have been married, to the most “feminist” guy that I know, for 12 years... but this whole article feels like it’s dumping on a man who is earnestly trying to be a better man. If he’s found to have been a dick or a predator, or covering for a predator, then go ahead on down this path.

I think the only way this book could do harm is if, relative to the status quo, it was peddling a worse version of masculinity, but it’s clearly not, shrug. I don’t regard the book as useful, but I also don’t think it’s got any meaningful potential to be harmful.

This article is about as useless as the book allegedly is.

Says the guy who started a 30-comment temper tantrum when I pointed out he was being a creep about women