Jun
23
“Guys? Listen up. The world is telling you to turn yourself into a unicorn and start shitting diamonds. The world is giving you an impossible task. It’s not just a stupid task; it’s not just a pointless task; it’s not just a needlessly confining task; it’s not just a task that will make you miserable. It is, quite literally, unattainable. You will never, ever be man enough. So stop giving a damn. And be whoever you are. Be a whiskey-drinking electronic music nerd who mixes a perfect Manhattan. Be a dialog editor who bakes banana bread and does stand-up comedy. Be a tattooed poet and kettlebell competitor. Be a retired soldier who does English folk dancing. Be a software engineer with waist-length hair and a thing for Michelin-star restaurants. Be a French-speaking rare book collector who calls into sports radio talk shows. Be a porn writer and atheist activist with 18 cats. Be a muscle-bound gym rat who sings opera and cries in public. Be who you are. That’s actually an attainable goal. And it’s a hell of a lot more fun.”
Greta Christina on the Good Men Project/AlterNet
