Is It Really A Win When The Other Team Doesn't Show?
Two other manosphere pieces converged with something I'm currently writing for the book, and at the risk of blowing some of the freshness out of it I thought I'd chime in. Specifically, Badger's...
View ArticleThe Real "Happily Ever After"
It’s rare that I run across anything Red Pill friendly over at HuffPo, but the other day I came across a very telling post from a blogger, Martha Lyles. She is essentially writing a letter to...
View ArticleFree To Be . . . A Man.
I can pinpoint, almost to the day, when I started chugging Blue Pills in my youth. It was the day I saw Free To Be You And Me in elementary school, back in the 1970s. It was the pro-feminist...
View ArticlePumpkin Cheesecake
Y'all may have noticed I haven't been posting like clockwork lately. This is due to several things: work deadlines, Papa Ironwood's amputation, building a deck/ramp for his house, and me grinding away...
View ArticleOf Objectification, Solipsism, and Glass Slippers
I’m breaking my self-imposed blogging exile because a) I need a break and b) I got a bug up my butt. I was following some interesting links around the Manosphere and got trapped in a site called...
View ArticleA Brief Red Pill Election Analysis
I don't like to get political any more than I like to get religious on this blog, due to the fact that I'm in the minority in the Manosphere on both counts, but of course the more I try to stay away...
View ArticleThe Manosphere: A New Hope for Masculinity cover
Just got the rough draft of the cover design for the book and I thought I'd throw a low-res version up here for comment.Front cover designIt's hard to see at this rez, but the black letters in the Mars...
View ArticleA Quick Book Update
I'm just barely starting to recover from finishing and submitting the rough of the Manosphere book, but I glanced at the blog and realized how delinquent I've been. For those interested in an update on...
View ArticleGirl Game: Why It's Not Hopeless
I have a friend, a lady friend, who just turned 40. Ish. She’s single, a single working mom with a grown son, and she is drop-dead gorgeous. She is about as far from the Wall as a woman can get at...
View ArticleAlpha Move: Dress Like The Captain
I had a joyous Yule, and I hope you did, too.Among my favorite gifts this year was this magnificent coat. It’s a replica of Captain Jack Harkness’ coat from the Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood....
View ArticleThe Three Alphas
Over the holidays the Red Pill came up more than once, in a lot of different contexts. One intriguing discussion revolved around my definition of a “Wolf Alpha”.For those of you just joining us, my...
View ArticleRed Pill Resolutions
All right. It's New Year's Eve. You've been reading this blog for a while, now, or blogs like it, and you're considering taking the Red Pill.That's a scary proposition, I understand. The Blue Pill...
View ArticleRed Pill Observations
A few of my readers wrote me after my last post with various questions about my own Red Pill Experiment, and I thought it might be good to share my thoughts with everyone, because I'm lazy like that....
View ArticleHumiliating Omegas For The Greater Good: Hugo Gives You Permission To Be A Dick
I didn't intend to write this post today. I wanted to skate in, clear up some deadlines, dodge some calls, and get out. But then I read my email, and saw this nasty little piece of...
View ArticleOffice Game Alpha Move: Formal Fridays
[Updated: I will be doing an "Ask Me Anything" interview over on TheRedPill subreddit this Wednesday at noon, EST. So if you have a burning question for me, that is the best place to ask it. I don't...
View ArticleGirl Game: The Glory Hole Experience
Once again we return to that most-popular of topics (ironically enough), the issue of Girl Game. I'll leave the basics to others, but this is a subject which might appeal to the more adventurous among...
View ArticleAlpha Move: Write A Book On Alpha Moves
Know a Beta who is on the edge of opening his eyes? Know a dude in a relationship who would really, really benefit from this blog, but "doesn't do blogs"? Need a concentrated dose of Ian you can keep...
View Article"I, for one, will welcome our new Sexbot masters . . . "
Vox Rox, once again, as he hits on a subject I’ve been eager to explore but, alas, I’ve hesitated to, due to the occasional anti-nerd bias that appears from time to time in the Manosphere. I get enough...
View ArticleMike Makes A Breakthrough
A friend of mine had a red pill breakthrough I’d like to share.He’s a nice guy, and a Nice Guy, a Beta (actually, more of a Delta or Gamma, but we’ll use the alpha/beta dichotomy in this instance) in...
View ArticleGirl Game: Nuke The Site From Orbit
Red Pill Wifey, among others, have mentioned the seasonal epidemic known variously as "The Winter Blues", "The Winter Blahs", "Janufeb", or just "Winter - Post Christmas, Pre-Valentines' Day"....
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