Rob Okun
Is our country so psychically numb that news of another “school shooting” barely registers? The...
Read MoreFeb 10, 2014 | 2014 Winter, Editor's Blog |
Is our country so psychically numb that news of another “school shooting” barely registers? The...
Read MoreFeb 9, 2014 | Editor's Blog |
I’ve long believed that those of us committed to social change—whether achieving gender justice,...
Read MoreDec 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
Is the U.S. population so psychically numb that news of another “school shooting” barely registers? The day before the first anniversary of the gut-wrenching Newtown massacre, an 18 year-old male shot another student and then killed himself as a sheriff’s deputy closed in on him, foiling his plans to use a backpack full of weapons and ammunition on students and staff at a Colorado high school. Continue Reading Raising Healthy Boys—and Helping At Risk Men—After Newtown
Read MoreOct 10, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
By E. Ethelbert Miller, Voice Male contributing editor By the time you read this, the incident I...
Read MoreOct 1, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
One of the awful facts of our age is the evidence that [the world] is stricken indeed, stricken to...
Read MoreAug 1, 2013 | 2013 Summer, Editor's Blog |
“I don’t know why people are so reluctant to say they’re feminists. Maybe some women just...
Read MoreJul 19, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
A member of Voice Male’s national advisory board, Chris Rabb is a national thought leader at...
Read MoreJul 16, 2013 | 2013 Winter, Editor's Blog |
Moving Beyond Men’s Killing Fields There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly...
Read MoreJun 14, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
VDay.org invited Voice Male editor Rob Okun to write the newest V-Men column where this...
Read MoreJun 12, 2013 | 2013 Summer, Editor's Blog |
I suggest putting a teacher in every gun store. —Jef Johnson The National Rifle Association’s...
Read MoreMar 11, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
WHAT ABOUT THE MEN WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING? That was the thought I had the other day...
Read MoreFeb 12, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
For me, Valentine’s Day is a teachable moment more than a holiday. It’s a perfect time to promote...
Read MoreJan 7, 2013 | Editor's Blog |
Voice Male contributing editor ALLAN JOHNSON, a member of the magazine’s national advisory board,...
Read MoreDec 18, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
By Rob Okun There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a...
Read MoreDec 6, 2012 | 2013 Summer, Editor's Blog |
By Rob Okun There are too many damn tragic anniversaries of men killing women. Pick any month and...
Read MoreNov 2, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
By Jackson Katz 11-2-2012 Few eyebrows were raised a couple of weeks ago when the Michigan native...
Read MoreOct 26, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
Penn State. The Boy Scouts. The Catholic Church. Each institution has seen its reputation sullied...
Read MoreJul 25, 2012 | 2012 Fall, Editor's Blog |
Now Can We Talk about Masculinity and Men? Even though it was–once again–a man who...
Read MoreJul 24, 2012 | 2012 Spring, Editor's Blog |
Men and Boys Creating a Culture of Nonviolence “From this day forward, I promise to be part...
Read MoreJun 25, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
For nearly an hour on a steamy night at the end of June an audience at a black box theatre in...
Read MoreJun 25, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
It’s always encouraging to see men with influence speaking out about violence against women....
Read MoreJun 14, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
Rain was gently falling overhead; clouds obscured the stars. I was safe and dry in my son Jonah’s...
Read MoreMar 8, 2012 | 2012 Spring, Editor's Blog |
Now that the public outcry has died down over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s ill-advised...
Read MoreMar 8, 2012 | 2012 Spring, Editor's Blog |
Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who died in January just three months after a child...
Read MoreMar 8, 2012 | Editor's Blog |
White Ribbon Campaign It’s happened again. Another domestic violence death has rocked the Valley....
Read MoreNov 21, 2011 | Editor's Blog |
If learning the truth about what had been going on for years at Penn State University won’t move...
Read MoreOct 28, 2011 | Editor's Blog |
For those men who still don’t understand how other men can describe themselves as “male positive...
Read MoreAug 18, 2011 | Editor's Blog |
In the drive to end violence against women, even well meaning allies can take a wrong turn. Such...
Read MoreJun 16, 2011 | Editor's Blog |
To follow the news the last few weeks suggests there’s been a virulent outbreak of MBBS—Men...
Read MoreApr 29, 2011 | Editor's Blog |
In response to a horrific gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Texas this winter, a collaboration...
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