Michael M. Jackman
@michaeljackman.bsky.social
Fiftysomething Detroit dad, husband, copy editor, writer, journalist, still writing a very long but interesting book about Detroit in the 1940s.
Can't fix. 'Batin'.
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can't fix. 'Batin'.
Row called reading Iron John in 2006 an experience that "reveals how much American culture has changed over the last decade and a half.
Iron John pre-ironic manhood.
This past spring, in a remarkable but not unpredictable coincidence, two books on gender relations were published within weeks of one another,...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Row called reading Iron John in 2006 an experience that "reveals how much American culture has changed over the last decade and a half.
I thought Jess Row's take was insightful: Bemoaning that there aren’t more books examining “contemporary relationships and gender roles without panic, dread or shame.” His unfortunate conclusion was that much of Iron John was simply too painfully earnest to strike a popular chord.
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I thought Jess Row's take was insightful: Bemoaning that there aren’t more books examining “contemporary relationships and gender roles without panic, dread or shame.” His unfortunate conclusion was that much of Iron John was simply too painfully earnest to strike a popular chord.
1) Run away and tell nobody
2) Keep your distance and later notify the authorities
3) Make it the center of your camp for the night and sleep next to it
2) Keep your distance and later notify the authorities
3) Make it the center of your camp for the night and sleep next to it
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
1) Run away and tell nobody
2) Keep your distance and later notify the authorities
3) Make it the center of your camp for the night and sleep next to it
2) Keep your distance and later notify the authorities
3) Make it the center of your camp for the night and sleep next to it
Without a war declared, I'm afraid he is merely a criminal.
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Without a war declared, I'm afraid he is merely a criminal.