Welcome

Dear Masculinity is a project for any and every one interested in examining their  relationships and experiences with masculinity by writing a letter to masculinity as if it were a person. The overall goal of Dear Masculinity is to demonstrate that masculinity is multifaceted and the way individuals express their masculinity rather it be toxic or “nonconventional” through their stories can potentially help us all, especially men, to unpack the excess emotional baggage they have to carry around because of the hyper masculine society we live in. This type of self-reflection will help male identifying folks to address the potential dangerous aspects of their masculinity that they wouldn’t necessarily think about on a daily basis, as well as help us all think about the role of masculinity in our life experiences. We hope to demonstrate that people assigned male at birth and male identifying folks express their masculinity differently and that masculinity is not monolithic. Here we use our stories to shape the future or masculinity. Letter submissions should be 300-500 words and we are still accepting submissions. Thank you to all the 60+ individuals who have already shared their stories through letter submissions, and much love to all those to come. Please submit your letter to insertapparel@gmail.com