Comments on: I Come by it Honestly http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/ Canada and its place in the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Act like a man (who knows what that means)! http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/comment-page-1/#comment-16179 Act like a man (who knows what that means)! Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:28:34 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/#comment-16179 [...] If you thought American men had reason to experience a masculinity crisis, just look at our northerly neighbors. In addition to soaking up plenty of American pop-culture poison, Canada is the birthplace of the following sexual symbols: Pamela Anderson, hockey and mullets. 1 (Note to my Canadian boyfriend: Sorry!) So, perhaps it should come as no surprise that, according to a writer for The Walrus — Canada’s New Yorker — they have their own budding “boy crisis.” On his new blog, “Act Like a Man,” Edward Keenan is pondering what it means these days to be a man. For instance: Is it pummeling a guy’s face into the ice at a hockey game? Or is it winning a fistfight with a bear? [...] [...] If you thought American men had reason to experience a masculinity crisis, just look at our northerly neighbors. In addition to soaking up plenty of American pop-culture poison, Canada is the birthplace of the following sexual symbols: Pamela Anderson, hockey and mullets. 1 (Note to my Canadian boyfriend: Sorry!) So, perhaps it should come as no surprise that, according to a writer for The Walrus — Canada’s New Yorker — they have their own budding “boy crisis.” On his new blog, “Act Like a Man,” Edward Keenan is pondering what it means these days to be a man. For instance: Is it pummeling a guy’s face into the ice at a hockey game? Or is it winning a fistfight with a bear? [...]

]]> By: Jenn http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/comment-page-1/#comment-10300 Jenn Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:19:22 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/#comment-10300 This story is about my grandpa. I'm guessing your aunt was his first wife, Mary. Correct? This story is about my grandpa. I’m guessing your aunt was his first wife, Mary. Correct?

]]> By: Curtis http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/comment-page-1/#comment-7388 Curtis Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:36:58 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/19/i-come-by-it-honestly/#comment-7388 At least there's some real men left: "B.C. man comes out swinging in bear attack" "A Cariboo, B.C., man who was attacked by a bear says he used a stick to put up the fight of his life after he realized he was likely in a fight to the death..." CBC News Online. October 8, 2008 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-bear-attack-survivor.html?ref=rss At least there’s some real men left:

“B.C. man comes out swinging in bear attack”

“A Cariboo, B.C., man who was attacked by a bear says he used a stick to put up the fight of his life after he realized he was likely in a fight to the death…”

CBC News Online. October 8, 2008

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-bear-attack-survivor.html?ref=rss

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