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Awesome Men Throughout History: Lord Dufferin

Posted October 16, 2013

Modern masculinity is in pretty miserable shape, I have to say. The only roads to perceived manhood these days are ignorance, misogyny (this means you, men’s rights activists ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Bootsy Collins

Posted October 8, 2013

Since I often forget who has and hasn’t been covered in this Awesome Men Throughout History series, I go back through the archives every so often to see who I’ve writte ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Richard Dadd

Posted September 11, 2013

This week’s choice for Awesome Men Throughout History—disturbed artist Richard Dadd—is a controversial choice, because it’s impossible to defend patricide and IR ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Prince

Posted September 4, 2013

You can say a lot of things about Prince. He’s crazy. He’s a recluse. He’s way too aggressive about his religious beliefs (he’s a Jehovah’s Witness an ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Ernie Barnes

Posted August 27, 2013

This week’s Awesome Men Throughout History returns to the visual arts, because it’s been a while since we talked about that, and we’re also going to talk about sp ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Charlie White

Posted August 20, 2013

This week’s Awesome Man Throughout History, artist and photographer Charlie White, is a weird dude. Best known for his Understanding Joshua photo series, in which a creepy mu ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Bill Haley

Posted August 13, 2013

It’s a bit sad that Bill Haley’s career has been reduced to one song. I mean, “Rock Around the Clock” is catchy and all, but there was more to Bill’s life tha ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup

Posted August 7, 2013

A fair amount of TSB’s Awesome Men Throughout History were underappreciated or underpaid in their lifetimes, but this week’s entry—legendary blues musician Arthur “ ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Larry Doyle

Posted July 31, 2013

I’m almost hesitant to write about this week’s Awesome Man Throughout History—writer and humorist Larry Doyle—because I get the feeling that he would be just fine w ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Sam Porcello

Posted July 23, 2013

I recently had a conversation about junk food with a friend of mine, who proclaimed that whoever invented the Oreo cookie was “a genius” because they are basically the perfect ...