Sep 27, 2016 | Autobiographical, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: Sweet Tooth Nothings (September 25, 2016), The Good Men Project (September 27, 2016) Yes, you read that correctly. This is a sincere tribute to junk food, as written for the blog of a certifiable health nut (looking at you, Ariel). I offer this without apology and only a modicum of regret. The regret, of course, is for the years of life I have irretrievably lost due to the damage...
Sep 22, 2015 | General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: The Good Men Project (September 22, 2015) Although my hairline started receding during my mid-20s, it didn’t become especially noticeable until about a year ago. Before then, people still felt comfortable joking that my increasingly prominent widow’s peak would someday turn me into a proverbial chrome dome. It wasn’t until the humor stopped and the sympathy commenced that I realized I...
Jul 21, 2015 | General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical), mic
Published: Good Men Project (July 21, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explains why it’s so important to go on completely non-productive vacations. “The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.” – Mark Twain When Twain penned those words, he was talking about finding a career that you enjoy so much it feels like play. In fact, Twain even wrote a line in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with the...
Jul 16, 2015 | General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: Good Men Project (July 16, 2015) Matthew Rozsa’s interview with the CEO of TINYpulse, a company that is revolutionizing how employers and employees interact with each other. If there’s one thing that sends a chill up the spine of any boss, it’s the thought of one of their best employees walking into their office and quitting unexpectedly. Now there’s a new approach to that problem....
Jul 11, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical), Internet Culture
Published: Good Men Project (July 11, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses why it’s important to spend time offline as well as on it. — For someone whose livelihood depends on the Internet, and who maintains some of his closest personal relationships almost exclusively online, why do I feel the regular need to take a break from cyberspace at least once a day? It started when I found myself feeling stir...
Jul 9, 2015 | General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness
Published: Good Men Project (July 9, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses the millennial generation’s habit of freezing people out… and whether the practice of holding grudges offers any benefits. “No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.” I’ve always been fascinated by this quote, which was allegedly the personal mantra of the Roman dictator Sulla. From...
Jun 26, 2015 | Autobiographical, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: Good Men Project (June 26, 2015) The four liberal judges on the Supreme Court were expected to support marriage equality, but the fifth is going to take a lot of flak for it. A doff of the hat to Justice Anthony Kennedy. From a strictly political standpoint, it is a truly remarkable thing that homosexuals throughout America will be allowed to marry. In these hyper-partisan times, we...
Jun 25, 2015 | Autobiographical, Health & Wellness (Physical), mic
Published: Good Men Project (June 25, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses his love of soft drinks… and how he was tricked into believing they were safe. — Until recently I’d never seen Coca-Cola’s iconic “Hilltop” ad… but then again, I didn’t need to. I’ve always considered the sensation of having an ice cold drink slide down your throat to be one of life’s greatest simple pleasures, and among...
Jun 15, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness, mic, Original Source Salon.com
Jun 9, 2015 | Animals and Animal Rights, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: Good Men Project (June 9, 2015) Why don’t we care what kind of fish we eat? — As the title of this article indicates, I have a very simple question: If we wouldn’t be okay with eating a “mammal sandwich” or a “bird sandwich,” then why do we acquiesce in being fed something simply known as a “fish sandwich”? My first hypothesis was that, on a cultural level, Americans simply don’t care...