What’s New - 1999

Menstuff® updates portions of the web site weekly and major portions on the first day of each month. This includes men's books, events, issues, links, periodicals and resources that have been updated during 2000 but prior to the most recent update which can be found at What's New This Month. For a historical perspective see 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000; and 1998.

Update 11/30/99. (Also see What's New 1998 for a historical perspective.)

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited: In 1999: Animal-Speak: The spiritual & magical powers of creatures great & small, Ted Andrews; Chicken Soup for the Soul , Jack Canfield; The Indigo Children: The new kids have arrived, Lee Carroll & Jan Tober; The Depression Book: Depression as an opportunity for spiritual growth, Cheri Huber; Jimmy the Bartender's Guide to Life:  Advice on Women, Money, Sex, Work and other stuff that screws up men's lives, James Kennedy; Twelve Smooth Stores:  A father writes to his daughter about money, sex, spirituality and other things that really matter, Chuck Meyer; Do One Thing Different: and other uncommonly sensible solutions to life's persistent problems, Bill O'Hanlon; A Man named Dave:  A story of triumph and forgiveness, Dave Pelzer; Freeing the Soul from Fear, Robert Sardello; The Art of Imperfection: Simple ways to make peace with yourself, Veronique Vienna; Love Unlimited: Insights on life & love, Barry White; and Don't Hurry, Be Happy: 650 smart ways to slow down and enjoy life, Ernie Zelinski. In 1998: Resolutions for the Millennium, Jennifer Fox; The Road Within: True stories of transformation and the soul, Sean, James and Tim O'Reilly; Sex Smart: 501 reasons to hold off on sex, Susan Browning Pogany; Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent, David Spangler; Rites of Passage: Celebrating life's changes, Kathleen Wall & Gary Ferguson. In 1997: 1997 Track and Field Athletics Annual, Scott Davis; Romantic Mischief:  The playful side of love, Gregory Godek; 101 Lies Men Tell Women: and why women believe them. How many have you heard? Dory Hollander; Babyhood, Paul Reiser; and Thriving:  The complete mind/body guide for optimal health and fitness for men, Edward Zorensky & Robert Ivker. In 1996: Endangered Pleasures:  In defense of naps, bacon, martinis, profanity and other indulgences, Barbara Holland; Bad Girls, Good Girls: Women, sex & power in the nineties, Nan Bauer Maglin & Donna Perry, ed. Additional books published prior to 1996 appear in "books" by issue: Overcoming Worry and Fear, Paul Hauck (Feelings-Fear); Shame: The exposed self, Michael Lewis (Feelings-Shame); The Hidden Link Between Adrenalin & Stress:  The exciting new breakthrough that helps you overcome stress damage, Archibald Hart (Health-General); "I Am Joe's Body."  Based on the most popular series in Digest history!  J. D. Ratcliff (Health-General); What is Meditation? Osho (Meditation); Strong Mothers, Strong Sons:  Raising adolescent boys in the '90s, Ann Caron (Mothers & Sons); Men at the Crossroads: Beyond traditional roles & modern options, Jack Balswick (Spirituality); A Man and His Loves:  Mastering the six vital masculine relationships, Ray and Anne Ortlund (Spirituality); Your Child in Sports:  A complete guide includes the values and hazards of sports, common athletic injuries and their care, pluses and minuses of organized athletics, girls in sports...and much, much more, Lawrence Galton (Sports); Beating The Age Game:  Redefining retirement, Jack & Phoebe Ballard (Transition).
• Bookmobile - Curator takes bookmobile off the road and takes a year-off and after visiting 24 states, and covering over 31,000 miles over the last 5 1/2 years. Check in for a weekly report on what's happening.
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Kidstuff: Publications for parents and kids/adolescence.
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - New:  Chicken Soup for the Chicken's Soul. What men's magazines are talking about and what women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men:
• Publications - most recent issues received. For women, B and She, for young women Bust and Chick, for men Bikini and for Latino Men, Oye.
• Today - updated each morning at 12:01 a.m. A great way to start your day!

Updated 10/31/99:

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited: In 2000: Stopping the Train:  The landmark victory over same-sex sexual harassment in the workplace, Edwin Martin. In 1999: She's Had a Baby and I'm Having a Meltdown:  What every new father needs to know about marriage, sex and diapers, James Douglas Barron; Prisoners of Hate:  The cognitive basis of anger, hostility and violence, Aaron Beck; "I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!", Roni Cohen-Sandler & Michelle Silver; The Cultural Studies Reader, Simon During; The 7 Worst Things Parents Do, John & Linda Friel; The Culture of Fear:  Why Americans are afraid of the wrong things, Barry Glassner; The Parenting Companion Meditations & Exercises for Giving the Love That Heals, Harville Hendrix & Helen Hunt; The Rise & Fall of the American Teenager, Thomas Hine; White Weddings:  Romancing heterosexuality in popular culture, Chrys Ingraham; Angry Young Men:  How parents, teachers, and counselors can help "bad boys" become good men, Aaron Kipnis; Live-Away Dads: Staying a part of your children's lives when they aren't a part of your home, William Klatte; Everyday Enlightenment:  The twelve gates to personal growth, Dan Millman; Wrongs of Passage:  Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing and Binge Drinking, Hank Nuwer; Champions Are Raised, Not Born:  How my parents made me a success, Summer Sanders; The Healing Wisdom of Africa:  Finding life purpose through nature, ritual and community, Malidoma Patrice Some; Simple Words:  Thinking about what really matters in life, Adin Steinsaltz; The Bad Girls Guide to the Open Road, Cameron Tuttle; and When Love Lasts Forever:  Male couples celebrate commitment, ed. Merle James Yost. In 1998: Gingersnaps:  Daily affirmations for African American children and famililes, Anita Alexander & Susan Payne; Becoming a Father: The real work of a man's soul, John Hart; The Rumi Collection, ed Kabir Helminski; New Father Book: What every father needs to know to be a good dad, Wade Horn & Jeffrey Rosenberg; What Do Women Want?  Reflections on a century of change, Erica Jong; Living By Wonder:  The imaginative life of childhood, Richard Lewis; Homicide: 100 years of murder in America, Gini Graham Scott; Diary of a Baby:  What your child sees, feels and experiences, Daniel Stern; and How Men Have Babies:  The pregnant father's survival guide, Alan Thicke. In 1997: Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell; Everyday Blessings:  The inner work of mindful parenting, Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn; The Shadow King:  The invisible force that holds women back, ending the tyranny of the inner patriarch, Sidra Stone; and The Prehistory of Sex:  Four million years of human sexual culture, Timothy Taylor. In 1996: Spiritual Parenting:  A guide to understanding and nurturing the heart of your child, Hugh & Gayle Prather; Be Still and Know:  Reflections from living Buddha, living Christ, Thich Nhat Hanh; and The Quest for the Male Soul:  In search of something more, Martin Pable. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Homophobia:  A weapon of sexism, Suzanne Pharr (Homophobia); The Life You Were Born to Live:  A guide to finding your life purpose, Dan Millman (Living); A Husband's Little Black Book:  Common sense, wit and wisdom for a better marriage, Robert Ackerman (Marriage); What Makes a Man? 12 promises that will change your life, Bill McCartney (Men's Lives); and Sleeping with Soldiers:  In search of the macho man, Rosemary Daniell (Relationships);
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Kidstuff: Publications for parents and kids/adolescence.
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines are talking about and what women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men: New: Tweens. Are they growing up too fast?
• Publications - most recent issues received.
• Today - updated each morning at 12:01 a.m. A great way to start your day!

Updated 9/30/99:

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited: In 2000: The Mystic's Wheel of the Year:  An eco-egalitarian creation spirituality calendar. In 1999: Behold the Man:  The hype and selling of male beauty in media and culture, Edisol Wayne Dotson; W;t:  A play, Margaret Edson; The Women Who Broke All the Rules:  How the choices of a generation changed our lives, Susan Evans & Joan Avis; Stiffed:  The betrayal of the American man, Susan Faludi; The Nurture Assumption:  Why children turn out the way they do, Judith Rich Harris; The River:  A journey to the source of HIV and AIDS, Edward Hooper; Conquering the Beast Within:  How I fought depression and won...and how you can, too. One teenager tells her inspiring story, Cait Irwin; Prescriptions for Living:  Inspirational lessons for a joyful, loving life, Bernie S. Siegel; Where the Roots Reach the Water:  A personal & natural history of melancholia, Jeffery Smith. In 1998: Sex Changes: The politics of transgenderism, Pat Califia; Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, Jane Gallop; The Gender Knot:  Unraveling our patriarchal legacy, Allan Johnson; Lessons from Dad:  A tribute to fatherhood, Joan Aho Ryan; Street Gang Awareness:  A resource guide for parents and professionals, Steven Sachs; A Whole Other Ball Game:  Women's literature on women's sports, Ed Joli Sandoz; The State of Women in the World Atlas:  Women's status around the globe: work, health, education and personal freedom, Joni Seager; The Father's Emergency Guide to Divorce-Custody Battle, Robert Seidenberg. In 1997: The Future Ain't What it Used to Be:  The 40 cultural trends transforming your job, your life, your world, Vickie Abrahamson, Mary Meehan, Larry Samuel; Transformations of Gender and Race:  Family and developmental perspectives, Rhea Almeida; An Unconventional Family, Sandra Lipsitz Bem; Reconcilable Differences:  Confronting beauty, pornography and the future of feminism, Lynn Chancer; Gender on Campus:  Issues for college women, Sharon Bohn Gmelch; A Shoulder to Lean On, Bill Hanson; At Home with Pornography: Women, sex and everyday life, Jane Juffer; Successful Single Parenting:  Bringing out the best in your kids, Gary Richmond; Death of a Hero, Birth of the Soul:  Answering the call of midlife, John C. Robinson. Powerchicks:  How women will dominate America, Matt Towery; and Daddy's Girl:  Young girls and popular culture, Valerie Walkerdine. In 1996: Gender Development, Susan Golombok & Robyn Fivush; S/he Brain: Science, sexual politics and the myths of feminism, Robert Nadeau; The Working Parents Help Book:  Practical advice for dealing with the day-to-day challenges of kids and careers, Susan Crites Price and Tom Price; "Because I Say So": 366 insightful and thought-provoking reflections on parenting and family life, John Rosemond. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Health-General: Keeping Active:  A caregiver's guide to activities with the elderly, Susan Walker.
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Kidstuff: Publications for parents and kids/adolescence. Added this month: Girlfriend, Latingirl, MXG, Smile, Sugar and Teen Voices.
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What men's magazines are talking about and what women's magazines are talking about. Also, what the media are saying about men: New:  Men's Liberation?  Women's Liberation. Gay Liberation?  How free do we really want to be? DNew:  Parents Don't Matter
• Publications - most recent issues received plus new publications which have been added for the first time.
• Today - updated each morning at 12:01 a.m. A great way to start your day!
  

Update 9/15/99:

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in: 1999: Doing the Work of Love:  Men & commitment in same-sex couples, J. Michael Clark; Teach Yourself Women's Studies, Joy Magezis. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Practical Parenting Tips:  Over 1,500 helpful hints for the first five years, Vicki Lansky (Parenting) 1992
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Issues: New:  BFall TV Has Cups Running Over.
• Links - updated
• Mediawatch: New: C It's How You Say It.
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New:DThe American Psycholigist reports "Fathers aren't essential to the well-being of children." , New: CMen's Urnal. New: DThe author of Backlash may be Taking Back her Earlier Claims
• Publications - most recent issues received plus new publications which have been added for the first time. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.We've added The Times for Fathers & Families: A newsletter for the changing needs of parents in the 21st century. Check it out.

Today - Mark September 20-26 on your calendar. In support of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Each day we will provide information on an important aspect of Prostate Cancer. Also, September 13 is Grandparent's Day, a good time to remind your grandfathers to schedule a prostate exam.

Updated 8/28/99.

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in: 1999: Always Accept Me for Who I Am:  Instructions from teenagers on raising the perfect parent by 147 teens who know, J. S. Salt; The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road, Cameron Tuttle; Blue Truth:  A spiritual guide to life & death and love & sex, David Deida; The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order, ed Marcelle Karp & Debbie Stoller; Gender, Emotion and the Family, Lesli Brody; Hope in a Jar:  The making of America's beauty culture, Kathy Peiss; More Baby Names; Still a Dad:  The divorced father's journey, Serge Prengel; The Red Realm:  Adventures in Sexual Spirituality, David Deida; Teach Yourself Women's Studies, Joy Magezis.
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Issues: New: GM Developes Hugh Campaign which Overshadows Prostate Cancer. New:  Sexuality
• Links - updated
• Mediawatch:  DGeneral Motors Plays to Women and Ignores Men in Men's Magazines DWord has it that Brad Pitt will be the first centerfold for the new teen edition of CosmoGirl... DDawson's Creek senior girl openly and persistently trys to seduce a junior high boy to have sex - guess who wouldn't be charged as the rapist?...DReal Men. Real allure. A new men's fragrance from Chanel. Right...CCanon joins with The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to stop child abductions...
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New: GM Developes Hugh Campaign which Overshadows Prostate Cancer
• Publications - most recent issues received plus new publications which have been added for the first time. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Requests
• Today - Mark September 20-26 on your calendar. In support of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Each day we will provide information on an important aspect of Prostate Cancer. Also, September 13 is Grandparent's Day, a good time to remind your grandfathers to schedule a prostate exam.

Updated 8/15/99.

• Issues: New:  Stay Clear of Stay Clear, New: Use A Gun, No More Fun
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New:  The XXX Files, New:  When Nature Calls
• Publications - most recent issues received plus new publications which have been added for the first time. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Today - Mark September 20-26 on your calendar. In support of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, we will provide information on an important aspect of Prostate Cancer. This information will change daily. Also, September 13 is Grandparents Day, a good time to remind your grandfathers to schedule a prostate exam.

Updated 7/31/99.

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in: 1999: Meditation for Dummies:  A reference for the rest of us!  Sephan Bodian. Sex-Ploytation:  How women use their bodies to extort money from men, Matthew Fitzgerald; Walk Awhile in My Shoes, Too!  Straight talk from parents and teachers to children and students, Eric Harvey: New Versions of Victims:  Feminists struggle with the concept, ed Sharon Lamb; Savage Spawn:  Reflections of violent children, Jonathan Kellerman; and Slut! Growing up female with a bad reputation, Leora Tanenbaum. In: 1998: Midlife Man: A no-so-threatening guide to health and sex for man at his peak, Art Hister, In Each Moment:  A new way to live, Paul Lowe. In: 1997: Conscious Parenting, Lee Lozowick; The Golden Ghetto:  The psychology of affluence, Jessie O'Neill (plus CD and tape.). Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: They Used to Call Me Snow White...but I Drifted:  Women's strategic use of humor, Regina Barreca (Humor); The Warrior Queens:  The legends and the lives of the women who have led their nations in war, Antonia Fraser (Sex Roles) (Violence-General). The Face of Love:  Feminism and the beauty queen, Ellen Zetzel Lambert (Feminism) . Paradoxes of Gender, Judith Lorber. (Sex Roles). The Morning After:  Sex, Fear and Feminism, Katie Roiphe (Feminism). The Myths of Motherhood:  How culture reinvents the good mother, Shari Thurer (Mothers-General).
• Calendar - updated International, National, Regional and Local
• Issues: New: Fraternities Speak Out Against Sexual Abuse. New: The Alcohol Issue New: The Divorced Father's Quilt
• Kidstuff - New: Teenage Substance Abuse, New Ouch!  Body Piercing
• Links - updated
• Mediawatch - Crayola - Our 1996 letter called "Crayola Denigrates Native Americans" finally got a positive response. See our 7/27/99 update.
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New: Toxic Emotions, New: Call Me Negro, Black or African-American? New:  How to Design a Life that Works. New: Sex - It works on so many levels New:  The Bamboo Bridge New: We're Up to Our Ears in Arms!
• Publications - most recent issues received plus new publications which have been added for the first time: Code, The Style Magazine for Men of Color. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Requests
• Today - Mark September 20-26 on your calendar. In support of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, we will provide information on an important aspect of Prostate Cancer. This information will change daily. Also, September 13 is Grandparents Day, a good time to remind your grandfathers to schedule a prostate exam.

Updated 7/15/99.

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in 1998: Raising Their Voices:  The politics of girls' anger, Lyn Mikel Brown; The Reader, The Author, His Woman & Her Lover:  Soft-core pornography and heterosexual men, Simon Hardy; Cool Women:  The thinking girl's guide to the hippest women in history, ed Pam Nelson. For 1997: Shirts & Skin, Tim Miller; Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia:  Strategies that work, James Sears & Walter Williams. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Brother-Spirit: Men joining together in the quest for intimacy and ultimacy, Tom Owen-Towle (Intimacy) (Mens Groups); Friendship Chronicles:  Letters between a gay and a straight man, Chris Hassett and Tom Owen-Towle (Intimacy) (Sexuality-Bi/Gay).
• Calendar - updated
• Issues:  New:  Chick's Rule, New: New Emergency Contraception Works New Ouch!  Body Piercing New Road Rangers New Can We Stop School Shootings New World Poverty New The History of Sex New:  Testing for Virginity
• Links - New: Dads and Daughters is the national nonprofit membership organization of fathers with daughters. DADs provides tools to strengthen our relationships with our daughters and to transform the pervasive messages that value our daughters more for how they look than who they are www.dadsanddaughters.org or joek@dadsanddaughters.org or 218.728.1983
• Mediawatch - New: Wal-Mart Refuses Couples Contraception, and New: Seventeen Pushes Sex but Not Protection
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New: The Mask of Masculinity
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

Updated 6/30/99.

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in 1999: Gephardt, Richard, An Even Better Place:  America in the 21st Century. Hales, Dianne, Just Like a Woman:  How gender science is redefining what makes us female. Hireschfeld, Tom, Business Dad:  How good businessmen can make great fathers (and vice versa). Lynch, John and Christopher Kilmartin, The Pain Behind the Mask:  Overcoming masculine depression. Rose, Louis, & Roy Malone, Make the Jerk Pay:  Tracking down a deadbeat dad and getting child support. Toussaint, Pamela, Great Books for African-American Children. Trillin, Calvin, Family Man. Deering's California Desktop Code Series 1999 Edition Family Code. For 1998: Delacoste, Frederique, Sex Work: Writings by women in the sex industry. Goldstein, Joseph, Albert Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, Anna Freud, The Best Interests of the Child:  The least detrimental alternative. Guerin, Lisa, Patricia Gima & Nolo Press Editors, Nolo's Pocket Guide to California Law. Kriegel, Leonard, Flying Solo:  Reimagining manhood, courage, and loss. O'Shea, Tracy and Jane LaLonde, Sexual Harassment:  A practical guide to the law, your rights and your options for taking action. Walker, Sydney, The Hyperactivity Hoax:  How to stop drugging your child and find real medical help. Ultimate Visual Dictionary. For 1997: Brott, Armin, The New Father:  A dad's guide to the first year. Enns, Greg, It's Not Okay Anymore:  Your personal guide to ending abuse, taking charge, and loving yourself. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Brott, Armin, The Expectant Father:  Facts, tips, and advice for dads-to-be, 1995 (Fathers-General). Crawford, Christina, No Safe Place:  The legacy of family violence, 1994 (Violence-Domestic). Elliott, Michell, Female Sexual Abuse of Children, 1994 (Abuse-Sexual) (Feminism) (Violence-General). Friel, John & Linda, An Adult Child's Guide to What's "Normal", (Recovery), 1990. Mierzwa, Joseph, The 21st Century Family Legal Guide:  The law you must know to protect yourself, your family, your property, and your money, (Families) (Men's Lives) 1994. Wallace, Jean, What Every 18-Year-Old Needs to Know about California Law, (Adolescence) (1994).
• Calendar - updated
• Issues - Fathers & Daughters - NCAA's Special Rules; Health-General - Lance Armstrong Takes Yellow Jersey
• Kidstuff - updated to include more summer camps and rites-of-passage (# 11)
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men.
• POVs - You Can Handle This
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

6/16/99 update:

• Calendar - updated.
• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last update which were copywrited or published in 1999: Family Code: Deering's California desktop code series with research references; Straight Parents, Gay Children:  Inspiring families to live honestly and with greater understanding, Robert A. Bernstein; Bad Boys, Bad Men:  Confronting antisocial personality disorder, Donald W. Black; My Father has Left Me and I'm About to Go Off!  A guide to raising a young son, Ron Brown; Ordinary Lives:  Platoon 1005 and the Vietnam war, W. D. Ehrhart; Lost Boys:  Why our sons turn violent and how we can save them, James Garbarino; Business Dad:  How good businessmen can make great fathers (and vice versa), Tom Hirschfeld; The Guide to Getting It On!  Paul Joannides; "No It's Not Hot in Here": A husband's guide to understanding menopause, Dick Roth; A Return to Modesty:  Discovering the lost virtue, Wendy Shalit; The Waundering Womb:  A cultural history of outrageous beliefs about women, Lana Thompson; and The Decline of Males, Lionel Tiger; Great Books for African-American Children, Pamela Toussaint; Family Man, Calvin Trillin. For 1998: Ultimate Visual Dictionary; We'll Call You if We Need You:  Experiences of women working construction, Susan Eisenberg; At Home with Pornography:  Women, sex and everyday life, Jane Juffer; Breasts:  The women's perspective on an American obssesion, Carolyn Latteier; Cunt:  A declaration of independence, Inga Muscio; 8 Ball Chicks:  A year in the violent world of girl gangs, Gini Sikes. For 1997: Transgender Warriors:  Making history from Joan of Arc to Dernnis Rodman, Leslie Feinberg; Where Women Stand:  An international report on the status of women in 140 countries 1997-1998, Naomi Neft. For 1996: Reason to Hope:  A psychosocial perspective on violence & youth, Leonard Eron, Jacquelyn Gentry & Peggy Schlegel; No Angels:  Women who commit violence, Alice Myers. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in "books" by issue: Fathers and Sons, ed. by John Hoyland, 1992 (Fathers-Sons); Look 10 Years Younger, Live 10 Years Longer, A Man's Guide, David Ryback, 1995 (Health-General); The Man's Health Book, Michael Oppenheim, 1994 (Men's Health); Stick Up for Yourself:  Every kid's guide to personal power and positive self-esteem, Gershen Kaufman, 1990 (Parenting)  (Adolescence).
• Issues:  Sexuality - Georgia Reverses Position on Sodomy
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New Cosmopolitan and Harper's do major features on men. Ms talks about women's aggression, far from their image as passive, nonviolent nurturers, to explore women's killer instinct.
• Publications - the lastest issues added. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from the latest magazine covers.
• Think!  New A look at Winston cigarettes "No Bull" campaign.

5/31/99 update:

• Calendar - updated. Plus Tue-Wed, June 1-30 is International Men's Month. Starting June 1, click on "Today" on our homepage to see what the issues are for the day. The issue changes each day at midnight, so check in and learn more about "Men's Issues" and men's lives.

  Tue, Jun 1 - Affirmations
  Wed, Jun 2 - Awareness
  Thu, Jun 3 - Culture, humor, media, music, poetry, writings
  Fri, June 4 - Sex Roles, Social Theory
  Sat, Jun 5 - Environmental Responsibility
  Sun, Jun 6 - Men's Lives: sports, war, unemployment
  Mon, Jun 7 - Isolation, Intimacy
  Tue, Jun 8 - Feelings - learned vs inherent
  Wed, Jun 9 - Abuse - sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual
  Thu, Jun 10 - Addiction & Recovery
  Fri, Jun 11 - Violence - plus largest resource of alternatives to violence for male and female perpetrators
  Sat, Jun 12 - Crime & Prisons
  Sun, Jun 13 - The Five Major Men's Movements
  Mon, Jun 14 - Men lead in each of the 15 leading causes of death
  Tue, Jun 15 - Men's Spiritual Health
  Wed, Jun 16 - Men's Physical Health
  Thu, Jun 17 - Men's Psychological Health
  Fri, Jun 18 - Men's Sexual Health
  Sat, Jun 19 - Vigil for lost fathers; night of mourning and healing
  Sun, Jun 20 - Father's Day - Day to give love and thanks to all fathers, day for all fathers to celebrate fatherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children. Give a book today. See Fathers, Fathers & Daughters, Fathers & Sons, Single Fathers for some great ideas!  
  Mon, Jun 21 - Take your kids to work one day this week
  Tue, Jun 22 - Fathering
  Wed, Jun 23 - Fathers, Fathers & Daughters, Fathers & Sons
  Thu, Jun 24 - Mentoring & Initiation
  Fri, Jun 25 - Relationships
  Sat, Jun 26 - Divorce and Custody
  Sun, Jun 27 - Multicultural
  Mon, Jun 28 - Gay issues, homophobia
  Tue, Jun 29 - Aging, transition & death
  Wed, Jun 30 - Responsibility

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last update which were copywrited or published in 1999: The Barefoot Book of Father & Son Tales, Josephinhe Evetts-Secker; Behold the Man:  The hype and selling of male beauty in media and culture, Wayne Dotson; Betrayed as Boys:  Psychodynamic treatment of sexually abused men, Richard Gartner; Coming Out Spiritually:  The next step, Christian de la Huerta; The Dark Side of Men:  Tracing the origins of male violence, Michael Ghiglieri; A Guy's Guide to Great Eating:  Big-flavored fat-reduced recipes for men who love to eat, Don Mauer; Indigo:  The search for true understanding and balance, Ceanne DeRohan; Legacy:  The giving of life's greatest treasures:  Loving, learning, laboring, laughing, lamenting, linking, living, leading and leaving, Barrie Sanford Greiff; Out of the Box:  Being free is just a choice, Warren Berland; Raising Cain:  Protecting the emotional life of boys, Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson; Real Boys:  Rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood, William Pollack; Seuss-isms for Success:  Insider tips on economic health from the good doctor, Tom Peters; Single Fathers:  A dad's guide to parenting without a partner, Armin Brott; Single Parents, Karen Kinnear; Smart Parenting for African Americans:  Helping your kids thrive in a difficult world, Jeffrey Gardere; Standup Guy:  Masculinity that works, Michael Segell; Understanding Men's Passages:  Discovering the new map of men's lives, Gail Sheehy; For 1998: Beating the Odds:  Raising academically successful African American males, Freeman Hrabowski, Kenneth Maton & Geoffrey Grief; Callings:  Finding and following an authentic life, Gregg Levoy; Daddy's Home at Last:  What it takes for dads to put families first, Mike Singletary; The Eight Masks of Men:  A practical guide in spiritual growth for men of the Christian faith, Frederick Grosse; Visions for Black Men, Na'im Akbar; The War Against Parents, Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West. For 1997: The Book of Fathers' Wisdom:  Paternal advice from Moses to Bob Dylan, Edward Hoffman; Butterfly Kisses:  Tender thoughts shared between fathers and daughters, Bob Carlisle; Father Songs:  Testimonies by African-American sons and daughters, Gloria Wade-Gayles; Ghosts from the Nursery:  Tracing the roots of violence, Robin Karr-Morse & Meredith Wiley; In Daddy's Arms I am Tall:  African Americans celebrating fathers, Javaka Steptoe; The Men We Long to Be:  Beyond lonely warriors and desparate lovers, Stephen Boyd; The Portable Father:  Advice, encouagement, and friendly reminders from dad, Stacey Granger. For 1996: Brother's Keeper:  Words of inspiration for African-American men, Rod Terry; Cosmic Coastal Chronicles: A wanderer's adventures on the Pacific coast, M. L. Fischer; Daddy, We Need You NOW! A primer on African-American male socialization, Herman A. Sanders. Additional books published prior to 1996 and not reviewed. They appear in books by issue: The Best of Father Quotations, Exley (Fathers-General-1995); Fatheralong:  A meditatoin on fathers and sons, race and society, John Edgar Wideman (Fathers&Sons, Multicultural - 1994); How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation, Helen Singer Kaplan (Health-Genereal, 1989) Journey into Nature:  A spiritual adventure, Micahel J. Roads (Spirituality, 1990); 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro with Complete Proof, J. A. Rogers (Multicultural - 1995); Rites of Passage: The pagan wheel of life, Pauline Campanelli (Rites-initiation, 1994); To a Very Special Dad, Exley (Fathers-General - 1993); Where Eagles Fly: A shamanic way to inner wisdom, Kenneth Meadows (Spirituality -1995).
• Kidstuff - updated to include more summer camps and rites-of-passage (# 11)
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men. New If Women Ran the World
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

4/30/99 update:

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in 1999: Letters of Intent:  Women cross the generations to talk about family, work, sex, love and the future of feminism, Anna Bondoc & Meg Daly, What Men Want: Three professional single men reveal to women what it takes to make a man yours, Bradley Gerstman, Christopher Pizzo, and Rich Seldes; Why Men Leave! and How Savay Women Make 'em Stay!, L.A. Justice; Playing Catch with My Mother:  Coming to manhood when all the rules have changed, Greg Lichtenberg; Quest:  A guide for creating ytour own vision quest, Denise Linn; Best Erotic Fantasies:  How to enjoy and understand the sex in your head, Harold Litten; The Chosen Lives of Chldfree Men, Patricia Lunneborg; A Prayer for the Dying, A Novel, Stewart O'Nana; Be Yourself:  Questions and answers for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth, PFLAG; Our Daughters & Sons:  Questions and answers for parents of gay, lesbian and bisexual people, PFLAG; and Successful Aging:  Learn the surprising results of the most extensive comprehensive study on aging in America. Find out how the way you live-not the genes you were born with-determines health and vitality, John Rowe & Robert Kahn. For 1998: Life Mapping:  A unique approach to finding your vision and reaching your potential, Bill Cohen; SEX:  A man's guide, Stefan Bechrel & Laurence Roy Stains; Heterophobia:  Sexual harassment and the future of feminism, Daphne Patai. For 1997: When Things Fall Apart:  Heart advice for difficult times, Pema Chodron; For 1996: Listening:  How to increase awareness of your inner guide, Lee Coit: and Ritalin Free Kids:  Safe and effective homeopathic medicine for ADD and other behavioral and learning problems, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman & Robert Ullman.
• Calendar - updated
• Kidstuff - updated to include more summer camps and rites-of-passage (# 11)
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men.
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

4/21/99 update.

• Stick and Stones and School Yard Killings - a different perspective

4/5/99 update.

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in 1999: Mediation Divorce:  A client's workbook, Marilyn McKnight & Stephen Erickson; The PC Dads:  Guide to becoming a computer-smart parent, Mark Ivey & Ralph Bond. For 1998: Breasts: Our most public private parts, Meema Spadola; When She was Bad:  How and why women get away with murder, Patricia Pearson
• Issues - New US Postal Service Unvails Prostate Cancer Awareness Stamp; New Chore Wars; New Train Accidents' Forgotten Victims:  Conductors , Engineers; New Another Smiling Man Bites the Dust; New Work-Related Aviation Fatalities and New Prevalence of Aspirin Use to Prevent Heart Disease
• Calendar - updated
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

3/31/99 update:

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last update which were published or copywrited in 1999: How to Do Your Own Divorce in California, Ed Sherman; Just Like a Woman: How gender science is redefining what makes us female, Diann Hales. For 1998: Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior within women and girls, Ellen Snortland; Do Less, Achieve More:  Discover the hidden power of giving in, Chin-Ning Chu; How to Settle Child & Spousal Support with CalSupport Sofeware, Ed Sherman; Marathon Dad:  Setting a pace that works for working fathers, John Evans; and When Men Grieve:  Why men grieve differently and how you can help, Elizabeth Levang. For 1997: Big Five-oh! Facing, fearing, and fighting fifty, Bill Geist; California Marriage Law:  From prenuptial agreements to divorce planning, Ed Sherman; Holding the Center: Sanctuary in a time of confusion, Richard Strozzi Heckler; Taking Responsibility:  Self-reliance and the accountable life, Nathaniel Branden; and Timeshifting:  Creating more time to enjoy your life, Stephan Rechtschaffen. For 1996: Domestic Violence and Abuse: How to stop it!, Cheryl Anne Woodard; Zen and the Art of Fatherhood:  Lessons from a master dad, Steven Lewis; and Jump Start Your Brain:  A proven method for increasing creativity up to 500%, Doug Hall.
• Issues - New: Bet You Can't Guess Which State Allows 12 year olds, With Parental Concent, to Marry. Hint:  It Starts with an "M". What State Allows 13 Year Olds?  What state has no age limits with parental concent?
• Calendar - updated
• Kidstuff - updated to include more summer camps and rites-of-passage (# 11)
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.

3/22/99 update:

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last up-date which were published or copywrited in 1999: Beyond Viagra:  A commonsense guide to building a healthy sexual relationship for both men and women, Gerald Melchiode; Marriage Vows 2000:  The new marriage contract for the next millennium, Ken G. Wolf; Maximize Your Vitality & Potency for Men over 40, Jonathan Wright & Lane Lenard; The Unofficial Guide to Conquering Impotence:  For when you want more than the official line!, Debra Fulghum Bruce & Harris McIlwain; Viagra:  The wonder drug for peak performance, E. Douglad Whitehead & Terry Malloy; and Viagra & You:  New treatments for potency and sexual health, Mark Stolar. For 1998: Bald No More: Preventing and successfully treating hair loss for both men and women, Dr. Morton Walker; The Bald Truth: The first complete guide to preventing and treating hair loss, Spencer David Kobren; The Diabetic Male's Essential Guide to Living Well, Joseph Juliano; Viagra: A guide to the phenomenal potency-promoting drug, Susan Vaughan; and Viagra: How often it works, How long it takes to work, What women can expect and more, Jonathan Jarow, Robert Kloner & Ann Holmes.
• Issues - New: And the Beat Goes On, New: U.S. Justice Department says that in 1998, over 1/3 of all domestic violence was commited by wives or girlfriends. Are you an abused man and don't know it?, New: Informed Consent - The Legal Consequences of Marriage, New: Divorce Dos & Don'ts , New: Pot Scrubbers & Triclosan (a possible hoax).  New: "Making Rape out of Wine. Oklahoma Uncorks a Bad Law"
• Calendar - updated
• Kidstuff - updated to include summer camps (# 11)
• Publications - updated. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
  

2/28/99 update:

• Bookreviews - New books that we have received since the last up-date which were published or copywrited in 1999: Mothers Spirit, Great writers on the death of mothers and the grief of men, Ed Bob Blauner; Ceasefire! Why women and men must join forces to achieve true eqality, Cathy Young. For 1998: Is That All There Is?  Balancing expectation & disappointment in your life, David Brandt.
• Calendar - updated
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men.
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - update. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Today

1/31/99 Update.

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last up-date which were published or copywrited in 1999: Choice Theory: A new psychology of personal freedom, William Glasser; The Language of Choice Theory, William Glasser & Carleen Glasser; Throwaway Dads: The myths and barriers that keep men from being the fathers they want to be, Ross Parke & Armin Brott and Total Sex:  Complete guide to everything men need to know and want to know about sex, John & Beth Tomkiw. For 1998: Divorced Dads: Shattering the myths, the surprising truth about fathers, children and dvorce, Sanford Braver & Diane O'Connell; The Gay Canon: Great books every gay man should read, Robert Drake; The State of America's Children: A report from the Children's Defense Fund Yearbook 1998, Marian Wright Edelman; Secrets of The Cube: The ancient visualization game that reveals your true self, Annie Gottlieb & Slobodan Pesic; The Art of Spooning: A complete guide to the joy of snugglng and other simple pleasures, Jim Grace and Lisa Goldblatt Grace; For Men Only: Looking your best through science, surgery and common sense, Gerald Imber; Fathers & Sons: An anthology, Alberto Manguel; Working Fathers: New strategies for balancing work and family, James Levine & Todd Pittinsky; and Mom's House, Dad's House: Making two homes for your child. A complete guide for parents who are separated, divorced or remarried, Isolina Ricci; and A History of the Breast, Marilyn Yalom. For 1997: Seuss-isms: Wise and witty prescriptions for living from the good doctor, Theodor Seuss Geisel.
• Calendar - updated
• Links - updated
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men.
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - update. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Today

1/25/99 update:

• Bookreviews - Books that we have received since the last up-date which were published or copywrited in 1999: Seven Life Lessons of Chaos:  Timeless wisdom from the science of change, John Briggs & David Peat; Why Men Marry:  Insights from men about what makes them ready for marriage, A. T. Langford; and Why Men Marry:  150 guys reveal what prompted them to pop the question, Russell Wild. For 1998: The Grief Recovery Handbook: The action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses, John James & Russell Friedman; A Child is Being Killed:  On primary narcissism and the death drive, Serge Leclaire; Bad Boys:  Why we love them, how to live with them, and when to leave them, Carole Lieberman & Lisa Collier Cool; and Medea's Folly:  Women, relationships and the search for intimacy, Tanya Wilkinson. For 1997: A Year to Live:  How to live this year as if it were your last, Stephen Levine. For 1996: The Art of Hugging:  The world-famous kissing coach offers inspiration and advice on why, where and how to hug, William Cane and Mothers & Sons:  In their own words, Isabel Allende.
• Calendar - updated
• Links - updated
• Mediawatch - Hennessy can relate.
• Newsbytes - What the media are saying about men.
• Press - Over 240 ideas for shows, articles and speakers.
• Publications - update. Also see Newsbytes for the cover stories from new magazine covers.
• Today

1/6 & 1/10/99 updates:

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