Introducing The Good Life’s staff writers, a look at the themes featured this month, and the most popular posts in May.
Themes featured on The Good Life in May
In the first week of May, The Good Life ran posts in ongoing series 100 Words from Men on Love (see the call for submissions here), a short series on the Ethics of Writing About Living People, and two series-within-a-series on Men and Machines by Jason Kapcala.
Other posts in The Good Life appear all week long—in Suicide, Disposability of Men, Lifestyle, Gay Pride, and other sections—and each week generally features a debut series based on a previous call for submissions. The second week of May featured a series on Marijuana. The third week, on Quitting, includes one story, by new contributor D.T. Brown, that made it to #10 for the month. The fourth week featured a series on Best Men—those who stand with us when we marry. I wrote about our best man for this series.
The last week of May featured posts in the First Responders series. You can read stories from Kendall Ruth, a certified wilderness responder, and Kile Ozier, an activist who helped countless men during the AIDS crisis, and then see them in a live Hangout with me and two other guests—a rock star and a missionary.
Welcoming Staff Writers
The Good Life’s currently running weekly columns include:
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Body Wisdom: Kate Bartolotta writes this very popular series on men’s health concerns, now running Mondays at 10:30 AM Eastern (2:30 PM UTC) |
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In Food: Bruce Tretter shares quick, easy, and photo illustrated recipes, now on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Eastern |
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Poet Behind Bars: Observations on prison life and prison reform by Spoon Jackson: poet, teacher, and California inmate serving a life sentence, now on Wednesdays at 5:30 AM Eastern (9:30 AM UTC) |
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Root Down: Carl Pettit on the forces that shape world events, also on Wednesdays at 10:30 AM Eastern |
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Womanology: Learn from the mistakes, and the science explaining them, of Andy Bodle, Fridays at 10:30 AM Eastern |
The Good Men Project is creating staff writer positions for contributors who write for us on a weekly basis. In addition to these columnists who are already writing for us every week, I’d like to welcome frequent Good Life contributors Scott Behson, John Edale, and Chuck Ross as new staff writers for The Good Men Project. If you already write for us and are interested in becoming a regular contributor, email your editor at the GMP for more details.
Top 10 by Pageviews
As you’ll see in the top ten list by pageviews, Body Wisdom columnist Kate Bartolotta, Womanology’s Andy Bodle, and new staff writer Chuck Ross have all penned hits that have proven their enduring popularity this month.
Each post is followed by its publication date and the approximate number of pageviews it received in May.
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How I Quit Chasing the American Dream (Published May 20, 5K ppv) By new contributor D.T. Brown, to the Quitting series on The Good Life
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Danny Brown’s Availability (Published May 13, ~6800 ppv) By Robert Reece, on the rapper’s onstage sexual assault
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What My Sister Did: Surviving Incest (Published May 12, 7K ppv) By new contributor Daniel C. Nathan
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Before You Cheat, 14 Things You Need to Know (Published January 15, >8K ppv) Reprinted from Rod Arters’ blog five months ago, this post saw a sudden resurgence in April, making it #7 for pageviews last month
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Average Size … for a Black Man: Penis Size Myths, Racism, and the Patriarchy (Published Dec 24, 2012, >8K ppv in May) By Billy Johnson II, Published six months ago, this post rose to #10 in April and saw a spike last weekend that may keep it in the Top 10 for June
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7 Types of Self-Care to Help Prevent and Heal Depression (Published May 5, 8.5K ppv) By Kate Bartolotta, staff writer. Kate’s posts in Body Wisdom are consistently at the top of the rankings each week. Two made it to the Top 10 for the month.
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I’m Sorry, But I Love You (Published May 24, 9.5K ppv) By Andy Bodle, Womanology columnist and staff writer
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Why We Sleep Together (Published March 22, 10.5K ppv) #2 in March, and last month’s #1 post, by Chuck Ross, staff writer
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What Is Objectification? (Published April 23, 11K ppv) Last month’s #2 post by Dr. Brandy Engler, on her radio interview with a Playmate, remains in the #2 spot
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What Happens When Our Emotions Stay in Our Bodies (Published May 27, 14K ppv) By Kate Bartolotta, staff writer
Interested in writing for us? Write for one of our calls for submissions for The Good Life, or pitch your own idea to me at justin@goodmenproject.com.
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