Apr 23, 2009
Man Talk – 4/23/09
The Book, Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge 2008), with editor Shira Tarrant, PhD and contributing authors Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Byron Hurt, and Jeremy Adam Smith.
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Dr. Shira Tarrant is an assistant professor of Women’s Studies at California State University, Long Beach and an expert in gender politics, feminism, pop culture, and masculinity. A disabled, transgender freelance author, Jacob Anderson-Minshall writes syndicated weekly column TransNation, co-hosts the Gender Blender radio show. Byron Hurt is a filmmaker, activist and educator addressing sexual and gender violence prevention, and masculinity. Jeremy Adam Smith is senior editor of Greater Good magazine and author of the book, The Daddy Shift, out on Beacon Press in June.
GuestLinks:
Shira Tarrant, PhD: http://www.shiratarrant.com
Jacob Anderson-Minshall: http://trans-nation.org
Byron Hurt: http://www.bhurt.com
Jeremy Adam Smith: http://www.jeremyadamsmith.com
In April 2009, 11-year-old Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, hanged himself after enduring bullying at school, including daily taunts of being gay, despite his mother’s weekly pleas to the school to address the problem. Four months into the year and this is at least the fourth publicized suicide of a middle-school aged child linked to bullying thus far.
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Byron Hurt is an incredible human being. Now that that’s out of the way, what happened at that school that could lead an 11 year old child to commit suicide? What were some of the taunts? This is probably one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard and believe me, growing up in the projects in Newark, I’ve seen and heard some sad things…But this takes the cake.
Great show everyone! The more conversations like this, both public and private, the better!