Christine Emba
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Staff writer @TheAtlantic . Formerly columnist & Ed Board member @WashingtonPost . Author of "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation" ().
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The left is forcing is to "partake in their rituals, salute their flag, and worship their false idols" ????
i'm watching this with students and one just deadpanned "yeah in my public school in provo utah, we had to salute the LGBT flag and then sing nicki minaj" 💀💀💀
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Spare a thought for the intern whose labor holds this poster up.
Greene: This is a simple meme you would find on the internet but this meme is very real
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🚨 New piece alert! 🚨
Keke Palmer’s boyfriend is acting up, Jonah Hill is a lame, and at least one guy you know has turned into an absolute weirdo.
What’s going on with men???
I spent a few months investigating…
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Fetterman completely aside, it's hideous that "creates good television" has become the main qualification for elected office.
But pointing out that he's creating bad television by not being able to hear or talk well or whatever is totally a reasonable thing to do!
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this is unfortunately VERY funny
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some seem confused -- to be clear, the student was *joking* because she found that line totally ridiculous.
explaining jokes is sad and i'm sad we have to do this together but here we are
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@lionel_trolling
honestly what a calm and happy life they must lead. no thoughts head empty.
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I, personally, like menswear guy a lot
i saw a therapist last yr bc i kept feeling like everyone hates me, and my therapist kept saying, "just bc you feel something doesn't mean it's a fact," and about a year later, NBC has a headline story that says "everyone hates this guy"
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It’s pub day for
#RethinkingSex
✨, a book that’s already causing a lot of …conversation.
Get it here, or wherever books are sold:
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This video is positive masculinity
Last week I shared a flight with a crying infant who, despite his mother’s best efforts, wasn’t easily calmed in the minutes just before and after takeoff.
I was amazed by the level of anger it provoked among several fellow passengers - and one man in particular, who kept
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I’ll be on
@Morning_Joe
in 20 minutes to talk about masculinity. Tune in! And read up, if you haven’t yet:
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I’ve spent the past few weeks traveling, and I’m back with bad news: in the eyes of the world, America is in steep decline.
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every year these airplane seats get closer together and further from god
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@joynessthebrave
“Forever is composed of nows,” said Emily Dickinson. A thing I try to remember…
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“Sir, Cracker Barrel has fallen.”
We take no pleasure in reporting that
@CrackerBarrel
has fallen.
A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob.
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i...don't want to?
Doctor says in 10 years time, humans will be able to live and work till the age of 120.
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Fascinating. And not paywalled!
This is a brilliant, brilliant piece by Anatol Lieven on Putin’s inner circle:
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By this logic, why do we have laws at all?
Jim Inhofe says legislation can't prevent gun massacres.
"I think it would be very difficult. You're talking about millions of people out there, and there have got to be some screwballs that are just totally unpredictable. And there's no way to identify who there are."
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Just turned in a finalized book manuscript today, time for a long winter’s nap.
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Important to note that this statistic refers to having had sex *within the past year,* not their whole life. (Also, 42% of women said the same)
This statistic certainly indicates something going on, but the solutions (if there are any) do not include recasting sex as a “right”
Young men aren’t having sex!
Nearly a third of men under 30 have not had sex. And a higher percent do not have as much sex as they’d like – not exactly surprising, but this kind of statistic is a sign of much deeper problems.
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"Mars also added that the brown M&M's heels will be lowered to a professional heel height. "
uh...are they saying they were slutty before, or what?
(sorry to be behind on the discourse but this is an incredible story and i refuse to move past it)
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I’m furious. And tired.
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a lost age of magic and glory? she didn't live in middle earth gtfoh
Her Royal Majesty’s passing is not only a tragedy for England, Britain, the UK & Commonwealth but all decent people everywhere. Queen Elizabeth was our last link to a lost age of magic and glory, radiating our world with light. After a life of service she rests in God’s Kingdom.
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Kyrsten Sinema's sleeves will provide all the wind power we need.
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No you don’t!
People are talking about ‘key bumps,’ and so we have a duty to tell you some things about this.
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s/o to
@hunteryharris
for the line "men are in their flop era, which has been ricocheting around in my mind for... years?
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Jesus: iconic, but also problematic? Discuss.*
*please do not discuss, i beg you.
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So all those aerial objects were just carrying Rihanna’s dancers to Arizona huh
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Thank *you,*
@DavidAFrench
, for keeping this conversation going.
I expand on the question in my (new!) book "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation," from which this essay is excerpted --
Sexual morality centered on consent as necessary AND sufficient was bound to cause deep hurt, especially when paired with ubiquitous porn. Thank you
@ChristineEmba
,
@michelleinbklyn
(and others!) for raising vital questions about the sources of real pain.
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“Rethinking Sex: A Provocation” is on sale in exactly one month! Pre-order, for my sanity and your edification:
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this is not shocking at all???
Incredible finding from Pew here: 49% of the country, including two-thirds of 18-29yr olds, would like to replace both Biden and Trump with different presidential candidates if they could.
Only 15% would keep both on the ballot.
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This morning we published this
@postopinions
essay adapted from my forthcoming (next week!) book, ‘Rethinking Sex: A Provocation.’
A quick thread!
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*nO MoRE tRAdiTiOn :( :( :(*
last year Derbew taught "CLASSICS 203G: Greek Core III: Aeschylus and Euripides"
are you sure there isn't something else you're mad about?
The Stanford Classics dept. has totally abandoned, you know, the Classics, and is now a fully-fledged CRT department. No more tradition, just obsession with inventing historical racism.
There is no such thing as “Blackness in Greek Antiquity.” It’s woke anachronism.
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“It’s that quibbling over what’s legal—rather than what’s moral—that keeps me up at night.” -
@JessicaValenti
SAME HERE
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I hate it here
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You have to watch the clip 😭
ICYMI: A vandal with a bone to pick spray-painted “Mike is a cheater” on an SUV parked in Northeast D.C.
But it wasn’t Mike’s car.
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…9/11
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PSA in case you didn’t already know,
@MoiraDonegan
is doing some of the sharpest and most urgent feminist writing today:
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One thing that's nice about the mask mandate being dropped in DC is seeing everyone's expressions during this speech. Ted Cruz, smirking as usual. ACB frowning heavily at mention of abortion. But every time the camera cuts to Mitch McConnell, his face is exactly the same.
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this is good.
Target will no longer open on Thanksgiving, injecting a bit of humanity into the shopping season. Distribution and call center will have a skeleton crew.
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This is a good presser, good question, good answer
“Right now, I’m reading The Count of Monte Cristo. It’s an amazing story. My gosh, I swear, it’s gotta be like 200 words just describing if I walk out this room. I’m like, it’s an amazing book, but damn! Some people have vivid imaginations!”
- Reggie Jackson 😂
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Fred Hiatt was a remarkable person: a brilliant editor, a fierce journalist, and unbelievably kind. He brought me to the Post and believed in my work; he supported his writers in ways both large and small. Reeling from this loss.
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I so appreciated this piece by
@michelleinbklyn
-- a great intro to
#RethinkingSex
.
"What passes for sex positivity is a culture of masochism disguised as hedonism. It’s what you get when you liberate sex without liberating women."
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Hello new followers!
A note, as twitter continues to collapse:
I'm on bluesky: …
instagram:
Firing up *S.bstack,* as… christineemba
basically: anywhere you want to find me on the internet, my handle is the same.
keep in touch!
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We’re exactly one week out from release day, and I can’t wait to share
#RethinkingSex
with you. Preorder here:
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Who is supposed to be using the parks???
The Parks & Rec Dept. in
#Arlington
says residents are complaining about daycare children constantly using the parks.
They're proposing daycares/preschools in town pay anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 in fees to use them (money will be used to maintain parks)
Thoughts?
@wbz
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describing the green m&m as a "strong female" is not the win they think it is.
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In my masculinity essay, there was a small call-out asking people to tell me about their "ideal of masculinity." The responses are funny, touching, fascinating -- ranging from from Ronnie Lott to Mr. Rogers to King David to a high school english teacher.
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My little sister called my shorts “Adam Sandler-core,” help 😭
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Last month, I asked readers of my "men are lost" piece to tell me about their ideal masculine figure. They responded in droves. Here's a sampling:
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This is the best use of the *owl leg surprise* I have ever seen 💀💀💀
for classically cut suits and sports coats, your trousers should have some relationship to your jacket so there is a coherent silhouette. here is what i mean
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Master & Commander dads (and I) are going to go crazy for this one. 🏇
(Coincidence that it dropped the same day as my masculinity essay? no. Ridley Scott and I planned this. )
First trailer for Ridley Scott’s ‘NAPOLEON’ starring Joaquin Phoenix.
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imagine going to Rome for the first time and accidentally being speared in an alley by a citizen boar hunter
Dropping tomorrow:
A special report on the ~23,000 wild boars invading Rome, Italy, which the government has finally allowed citizens to capture, kill, and eat.
For some, the thrill of the hunt beckons anew...
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cartel brand manager really working overtime
This apology from the cartel for kidnapping those 4 Americans and killing two of them is doing a lot.
Full story —>
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sorry to announce that classified documents have been discovered at my home
(my high school diary)
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wtf? I feel like this is actually *not* something that we all need to watch and share?
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was wondering why we didn't get any updates on this one
NEW: Mars has announced that the yellow M&M was the one who placed those pipe bombs outside the DNC on January 6th
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Can we get
@elonmusk
a subscription to the
@washingtonpost
? Here’s a gift link to my masculinity essay if you need it:
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So cool to find out that my work was quoted in this morning's commencement address at my alma mater. 🐯🐅🐯
Full text of the speech will be up soon. In the meantime, read the article Eisgruber referenced here!
" ... as you go forth from this University, let your voices rise. Let them rise for equality. Let them rise for the value of diversity. Let them rise for freedom, for justice, and for love among the people of this earth." President Eisgruber addresses
#Princeton23
.
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The
@washingtonpost
's huge report on AR-15s was pushed off the top of the page by... a school shooting featuring 2 ARs.
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Very literal red flag.
The biggest red flag for young men in dating is... being a communist??
h/t
@mattsheffield
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There are much, much more interesting models of masculinity out there than Andrew Tate and Tucker, I promise.
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I wrote about Ukraine and the urge to post:
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Honestly if Biden gets rid of excessive airline baggage fees, he will win.
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mesothelioma for millennials
If you used Facebook at some point between May 2007 and December 2022, you're eligible to receive money from a class settlement
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I’m going to have to write about Tucker Carlson’s male anxiety, aren’t I… 😒
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@no_good_wyfe
I loved this:
From six years ago, when one of my sons came up with things to do when the ladies of the house were out and it was only boys at home
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J: How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?
The orchard walls are high and hard to climb,
And the place death, considering who thou art
R: With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do that dares...ARGHH!
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Sex as a “right” necessarily implies that there must then be someone whose duty it is to give you sex, so that your needs can be addressed, which… no. That’s not how this works. Or should work.
We should be moving toward a right to sex. People should be able to have sex when they feel they want to, and we need to develop services that meet people’s needs without attaching the baggage of shame or criminalization.
So let’s talk about sex.
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This should not have been said, no.
Baby formula should go to Americans before illegals.
This should not have to be said.
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“I don’t respect the stock market at all,” he said. “Once you’re public...you have to maximize profits for the shareholder, and then you become one of these irresponsible companies” said Mr. Chouinard, 83.
the lines in this interview!!!
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alarm bells should be ringing!!!
holy moly, child poverty rate rose from all-time low of 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% (!!!) in 2022, reflecting end of temporary child allowance and other programs.
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I feel bad for being excited about this… but I love storms?
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There were nearly 400 responses; multiparagraph essays, many of them.
SO. keep an eye out next week -- I'm going to publish a piece sharing some of the standouts! And in the meantime, re-read the piece.
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I had such a good time recording this—
@ChrisWillx
had me revising my takes in real time; the mark of an excellent interviewer. Give it a listen!
“Many young men like feel their difficulties are dismissed out of hand as whining from a patriarchy that they don’t feel a part of." —
@ChristineEmba
Are modern males being made to pay for the sins of the advantages that their grandfathers enjoyed?
🔗
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“gnomecore appeals to the eternal part of us that knows that if we ate an egg out of an egg cup in the morning, with a little spoon that we just use for eggs, we’d be happier, sexier, better people.”
ok I’m sold
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this picture has me LOSING IT
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