Countering Toxic Masculinity A review of Vivek Shraya’s I’m Afraid of Men (Penguin, 2018) By Derek Newman-Stille It is a discourse on toxic masculinity as much as it is a memoire. Vivek Shraya’s I’m Afraid of Men uses life history to explore ideas of toxic masculinity as they intersect with Shraya’s own body. Shraya explores […]
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