#toxic-masculinity — Public Fediverse posts
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Me:
Explains why when men just repeat things that people who aren't men say to "rubber-stamp" it is harmfulHim:
Is it though? Because I do that.Me:
Go and read the OP againHim:
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YOU FRAGILE LITTLE FUCKERS ARE RIDICULOUS JUST STOP IT FFS
#Men #Sexism #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #gaslighting #misogyny #patriarchy #ReplyGuys
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Obsession: Dread Overload in Smash Hit Horror Thing 🙂
Obsession is the surprise smash hit of 2026, a small indie supernatural horror film by YouTuber Curry Barker that’s already raked in £500+ million worldwide.
A genuinely frightening and unnerving film, it follows the obsessive behaviour of one young man as he tries to make his love interest fall head over heels for him. Boy, does that go wrong…
The Toxic Masculinity of Obsession
Where Obsession excels is with its sense of dread, delivered largely by the phenomenal performance of newcomer Inde Navarrette.
Modern themes of masculinity in crisis, incels, and the dating crisis abound. The lead character is Bear (Michael Johnston, also very good here) who is awkward and shy. He’s in love with his colleague Nikki (Navarrette), but is too petrified to ask her out on a date. Instead, he visits an occult crystal store and buys a novelty toy called One Wish Willow.
His wish? To have Nikki love him more than anything else in the world.
Once he makes the wish Nikki starts behaving in a bizarre, some could say obsessive, manner towards Bear. They become a couple and it all seems to go well for a few days, until her behaviour becomes more and more unusual. As if it’s not Nikki at all and she’s possessed by something else entirely (referred to by fans of the film as Wish Nikki).
As the narrative develops, it’s as if she’s possessed by a demon (themes of The Exorcist are what struck us). Her behaviour becomes increasingly insane and unsettling.
From the “SSTAAYYYY!!!!” moment onward, the sense of dread in Obsession is almost overwhelming. It’s genuinely a very uncomfortable viewing experience, which is the whole point of horror (if you’d forgotten).
What we found terrifying is, essentially, it’s a heightened depiction of a domestic abuse situation. One entirely of the guy’s making, but as the narrative unfolds he’s so insecure and toxic in his masculinity he’s unwilling to leave Nikki or try to help her. This isn’t a “oh, she’s a crazy chick!” narrative, it’s Bear who’s done this and he is clearly the villain of Obsession. Things get remarkably bleak, although there are some occasional bits of dark humour.
But then you get things like the film’s most disturbing moment, when the real Nikki is briefly able to speak to Bear from her possessed state and it reveals the horror of what Bear is responsible for.
Inde Navarrette is incredible (echoes of Mia Goth in 2022’s Pearl aplenty). It’s a performance where it’s almost more frightening when she’s not onscreen, as you’re terrified of what she might be getting up to next.
Great film, then, and a huge hit with the younger generations.
Although we’ve seen some online reviewers saying it’s the “best film in many years”, but coming across as the types who only watch superhero films. So, yes, this will seem like a breath of fresh air if all you do is watch the most mainstream Hollywood releases.
Obsession isn’t quite as original as some film fans have made out. It’s more a merger of Big (1988), Pearl (2022), the goddamn terrifying Get Out (2017), and The Exorcist (1973) into one hellish time of it.
Plus, we felt the ending trailed off over the final 20 minutes, but there’s one incredible solid 60 minute central run of astonishing dread that carries the whole thing. We’re very impressed by it, just don’t watch the film shortly before going to bed (otherwise no sleep shall be had).
STTTAAYYYYY!!! And Read About the Production of Obsession
This is one of those great success stories we get in film from time to time. Jaws is a classic example, plus the Mad Max series, but here it is again! The budget for Obsession was $750,000 and yet it’s already made $512.6 million at the global box office (and it’s still in cinemas earning).
Curry Barker wrote and directed the film. He’s a YouTube creator who normally focusses on comedy sketches, but uploaded a horror short called The Chair in 2023. That opened some doors for him and the film was adapted into this full feature.
Barker wrote the script whilst working in a tea shop. He cited Ti West’s cult classic Pearl (2022) as a big influence and even made the cast and crew watch the film before production began.
Casting proved difficult until producer Christian Mercuri highly recommended Inde Navarrette, who’d gained experience in the 2020 film Wander Darkly and some other short films. She cited some scenes from Get Out as an influence.
On a limited budget, the cast and crew worked closely together to overcome difficulties. It’s a classic example of creative thinking helping to bolster the film’s full potential, the result being it makes many $200 million blockbusters look a bit stupid in comparison.
How many superhero films have we had over the last 16 years that have been bang average? Then Obsession, not even on a $1 million budget, floors then. It is a message to Hollywood in its mainstream guise… take more risks! Stuff like this happens.
Obsession was shot from late October 2024 and ran for 26 days.
Once launched in mid-2026 in the US (August 2026 in the UK), critical acclaim and word of mouth led to audiences flocking to cinemas to see it. Now it’s the 10th highest grossing film of 2026! An incredible achievement. It’s already the fifth highest grossing horror film ever.
Why? Simply as it’s goddamn scary. Very good.
#Cinema #CurryBarker #Film #Horror #IndeNavarrette #Lifestyle #Love #MichaelJohnston #Movies #obsession #Scary #supernatural #toxicMasculinity -
I'm so tired of seeing men make comments that are literally just a rewording of the original post written by someone who isn't a man.
Just stop doing this.
Not only isn't it necessary, but it pushes the harmful idea that nothing is valid unless it's rubber-stamped by a man's explanation of it.
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* inb4 - I know there's going to be some man who will think it's humorous to do that on this post—it's not funny. Don't be that guy.#men #sex #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #gaslighting #misogyny #patriarchy
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You see, Working Class Men are all thugs, and can only express themselves through violence. And after we've done fightin' outside the pub, we go back our 'er indoors and give her a good old slap, the British way! /s
Nothing scares the Middle Classes more in this country than a Working Class person not willing to play the fool for them.
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a73642984/ray-winstone-threatens-fight-danny-dyer-tv/
#RayWinstone #DannyDyer #Masculinity #Classism #ToxicMasculinity
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Pete Hogsbreath really cracks me up. Mr. Manly Man, Alpha male, he-man. anti- trans, anti-gay, warfighter, secretary of War.
Had a *makeup room* installed in the Pentagon.
And this manicured, hair gel wearing, regular facial getting man is gonna tell this firefighter, welder and construction worker about, "traditional manhood" GTFO
#genderaffirming #trans #toxicmasculinity #gay -
Not sure what to make of this, and can't see any positives either - #MetPol nicked more people at #Carnival than last year, and although there were at least fewer #stabbings and #violence the amount of creeps and #ToxicMasculinity on the sidelines of this event have give the Old Bill a decent amount of #copaganda they will use to justify #LFR and other #surveillance throughout #London
There's also nothing you can easily compare the event to, its not the same as a #festival that only privileged rich folk can afford as the whole site is (quite rightly) open to the general public throughout the event but I don't think there's anything like it anywhere else in Britain..
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2026-09-01/police-make-560-arrests-at-carnival
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Wolfgang Storm’s past won’t stay buried. In Chapter Two of The Homeless Diaries: Tales of a Broken Man, toxic desire and obsession take root — a haunting exploration of intimacy, survival, and scars that never fade. #Fiction #ToxicMasculinity #BooksAndAuthors medium.com/@heelextensi...
The Homeless Diaries: Tales of... -
You would think someone smart enough to go up to #University would steer clear of dodgy #scams (even if they are a business management student) but not shank his former friend in broad daylight in the street directly outside the University!
Was a 3 grand loss really worth doing 10,5 years in #prison for? (assuming 66,67% early release as it was #manslaughter rather than murder with a minimum tarriff)
Maybe he even calculated that (works out as about 77p per day he sits inside)
Not the first #stabbing amongst Uni students in recent times either, there was once a time when they were less likely to resort to #violence but it seems #ToxicMasculinity has also put paid to that..
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There was once a time not so long ago when a #rave event was considered so safe and friendly anywhere in #Europe that even #Police didn't pay much attention to it and turned a blind eye to the amount of #drugs being used as most of the time no one got hurt everyone got home safely until the next time - it seems that thanks to #ToxicMasculinity and #violence those times are now gone..
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-08-30/manhunt-after-one-killed-and-five-injured-at-rave-in-switzerland
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#BlackBirdCoop #feminism #women #patriarchy #incels #techbros #toxicmasculinity
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#FarmingWhileBeige points out the err of #men with #psychiatricdisorders
(~"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppresion")
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He couldn’t conquer a pickle j... -
#BlackBirdCoop #feminism #women #patriarchy #incels #techbros #toxicmasculinity
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#FarmingWhileBeige points out the err of #men with #psychiatricdisorders(~"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppresion")
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RE: https://c.im/@BBC/117156273449356404
His little house of cards comes crashing down. He ain't the Super-Rich, he just wants to look like one. Weird little man...
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Again - it's always the ones you MOST expect. Don't "waist" his time:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBUMlCnEnW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
#womensrighttochoose #hypochristians #malefragility #toxicmasculinity #whitemalemaga#elites #refuseresist #conartist #liar #grifter #donaldtrump #pedo #rapist #trumpsteinclass #maga #trump #trumpcrimefamily #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #globalpolitics #history #ushistory #worldshitory -
More golden truth in slideshow form:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcbIoLRCABz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
#womensrighttochoose #hypochristians #feminism #malefragility #toxicmasculinity #whitemalemaga #stephenmiller #usa #elites #refuseresist #conartist #liar #grifter #donaldtrump #pedo #rapist #trumpsteinclass #maga #trump #trumpcrimefamily #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #globalpolitics #history #ushistory #worldshitory -
"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
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Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Review: Duet of Beautiful Goddesses
Duet of Beautiful Goddesses (Megami-tachi no Nijuusou, 女神たちの二重奏), 2010-2012, Hanakouji, Yumi, Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Akane Kida. Broke and alone with her shut-in brother, she is at the end of the rope. But, on a fateful day, she meets Reika Tojo, a rich married lady who looks just like her twin! Is it one of these stories where people exchange their lives? Yes! Is it going to be full of outrageous romantic misunderstandings because people don't communicate enough? Yes! […]https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/02/review-duet-of-beautiful-goddesses/
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes