Published: Daily Dot (May 8, 2015) Right now, more than a billion people live without access to fresh water. When the number is expanded to include those who spend at least one month out of the year without fresh water, it comprises more than one-third of the world...
Men Crying: Should We Be Ashamed?
May 7, 2015 | Autobiographical, Gender and Sexism, General Advice
Published: Good Men Project (May 7, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores an unusual aspect of the question: Why aren’t men supposed to cry? A funny thing happened on the way to my thirties: I’ve started crying again. This would normally be the part of the editorial in which...
The Relationship Lesson We Can All Learn From People Who Have Asperger’s
May 4, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, General Advice, Love and Dating
Published: Mic (May 4, 2015) "Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness." This quote, a favorite on the Internet, may be referring to the dating habits of the general population. But as someone who's grown up with Asperger's Syndrome, I find the...
Stop calling the Baltimore protesters ‘thugs’
Apr 30, 2015 | Class Issues, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, General Advice, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (April 30, 2015) Language matters, and in light of how frequently the word “thug” is used as a substitute for outright racial slurs, it’s time for everyone to eliminate it from their vocabulary when discussing the Baltimore protests. It may not...
Emperor Vespasian and the Art of Making Choices
Apr 30, 2015 | General Advice, History, Science and Technology
Published: Good Men Project (April 30, 2015) Matthew Rozsa shares a brief story from Roman history to teach a life lesson. ___ Whenever I discover an anecdote from ancient history that offers a clear lesson for the present, my inner history nerd rejoices at the...
Social Reparations for Racist Incarceration: What Americans Owe Men Like Kalief Browder
Apr 28, 2015 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, General Advice, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (April 28, 2015) Matthew Rozsa argues that it’s time for Americans to pay their debt to non-whites suffering from racial discrimination. If Americans truly wish to eradicate the scourge of racial oppression from our nation, we must start by...
Why Joss Whedon Was Right About Sexism in the “Jurassic World” Trailer
Apr 18, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice
Published: Good Men Project (April 18, 2015) It’s admirable that Joss Whedon doesn’t want to criticize other artists, but he wasn’t wrong in his observation about “Jurassic World.” ___ During an interview with Variety at the premiere for The Avengers: Age of...
Stop Being Flaky!
Apr 11, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice
Published: Good Men Project (April 11, 2015) Millennials need to stop being flaky. There is no excuse for this generational habit. Listen, I’m not one of those writers who constantly trashes the younger generation. I even wrote an article defending millennials for...
In Defense of Being Opinionated
Apr 2, 2015 | General Advice, Internet Culture, Millennials
Published: Good Men Project (April 2, 2015), Daily Dot (April 6, 2015) Is it entitled for millennials to believe their opinions matter? Matthew Rozsa argues: No. ___ Writers tend to be argumentative creatures (it’s part of our opinionated personality type), and...
The case against torture
Mar 31, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, General Advice
Published: Daily Dot (March 31, 2015) If there was any doubt that Jeb Bush would repeat his brother’s mistakes on the use of torture if elected president, it has been decisively dispelled. Last December, the Senate published a report that harshly criticized the use of...