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5 Mistakes Men Make in Relationships
Jackson Bliss explains why these five relationship mistakes can be lethal —- 1. THE AMBIGUOUSLY OR CONVENIENTLY UNDEFINED RELATIONSHIP THAT ONLY BENEFITS YOU: You’re afraid to put a label on what you...
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Call for Submissions From the New Relationships, Love and Sex Editor
Jackson Bliss, the New Good Men Project’s Relationships, Love and Sex Editor, wants to read your stories —- In most meaningful relationships, love is the power plant of the soul. And when love...
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One Foot Out the Door
Jackson Bliss answers his first letter for the Verbose Love Junkie Column —- This is one of the first letters sent to the Verbose Love Junkie column. The VLJ column is a space for people to ask hard...
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10 More Ways to Love Your Life (Second Installment)
Love and happiness are a choice. Jackson Bliss explores 10 more ways to have more of both —- My second listicle focuses more on couples, but many of these ideas work equally well with close friends....
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How To Stay In Love
Both a lyrical essay and a love poem, Jackson Bliss writes this tender and fiercely beautiful piece about the love of his life —- 1. Find Your Teenage Courage To Love Again: Love LB with everything...
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The Importance of Male Self-Love
Jackson Bliss explains why the world will be a better place when men start loving themselves —- The problem with the concept of self-love is that it sounds either like a euphemism for masturbation, a...
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Nerd Nation
Nerd and Otaku culture have helped men challenge and redefine masculinity. Jackson Bliss explores some of the powerful consequences of this subculture —- When I was a boy in the early 80’s, I felt...
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We Others: A Conversation with My 13-Year-Old Self
Jackson Bliss has ten essential pieces of advice for his younger self. ____ Listen up, we’re about to have a Back to the Future moment and I don’t want you to freak out (or ask if I drive a DeLorean)....
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The Dream of an Inclusive Masculinity
— Jackson Bliss grew up in a world of fixed and simplistic gender roles. Only recently has he understood how complex masculinity truly is. —- — As a teenager, I was a tiny casualty of gender bullying...
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Drive Less, Save Your Soul
Jackson Bliss explains why driving, social disconnection, and cultural narcissism are all interconnected —- Because I’m an undocumented sadomasochist, I used to run in LA three times a week. To avoid...
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10 Ways to Love Your Life (First Installment)
Happiness is always a choice. Jackson Bliss breaks down the first 10 ways to personal happiness —- 1. Eat Well: eat lots of local organic veggies, nuts, fruits and whole grains. It’ll make your body...
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Love is a Strange Song Inside Your Head
Conventional beauty means nothing. Jackson Bliss explores the importance of “idiosyncratic beauty” and its relationship to love. — Obviously, physical attraction is an important element for people of...
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Marriage Is Not the Death of All Things Masculine
Jackson Bliss thought that marriage would be the death of his masculinity. Then he realized that it helped him become a stronger, more courageous and more complete human being. —- After LB and I...
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A Scarcity of Affection Among Men
Jackson Bliss sees how men have grown up seeing affection as sexual behavior, not social behavior. And that is one of the tragedies of our times. —- Once, just as I was about to step inside Union...
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Why Love Doesn’t Have to Make Sense
Jackson Bliss explains why love is beautiful precisely because it’s irrational — I met LB on MySpace (yeah, I said MySpace), back when I was getting my first Masters degree. I was spending close to...
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100 Words on Love: Eight Years Now
– 100 Words on Love, by Jackson Bliss – It’s been eight years now I’ve been in love with you (and five that we’ve been married) and the longer I’m with you, the harder it is to imagine my life...
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