Quotes tagged ‘toxic masculinity’

“When I was 16, all I cared about was smashing the patriarchy and burning it down.”

— Tamara Chestna, Dylan Meyer, Lisa, Amy Poehler, imdb.com

“We like to romanticize our rebels and Hollywood bad boys, but there’s no sense of poetry to Depp anymore. It’s all been trashed. It’s as if Edward Scissorhands lost his sweetness.”

— Tim Grierson, melmagazine.com

“It's talking about the dollars men could have earned had they gotten treatment for their depression, or had they been taught that it was ok to ask for help for mental illness. It's talking about the court cases, lost jobs, and lost dollars that can result from sexual violence — and more.”

— Brittney McNamara, teenvogue.com

“Ryan tells me that he has a different personality in Mountain from the one he has in West Bend. A different attitude. He likes both versions, and it’s easy to make the switch.”

— Jennifer Percy, esquire.com

“Staffers from across the company are given freedom to make low-budget shorts on a deadline in the hopes of identifying new voices and pushing the boundaries. Purl seems like it achieves that goal, not just by pushing Pixar's bawdy boundaries, but by tackling a real-life adult subject like toxic masc…”

— Joshua Rivera, gq.com

“The students of Covington Catholic High School are accused of mobbing and mocking a Native American veteran. This incident supports the broader narrative that Trump supporters, religious Americans and young white men are emissaries of racism and toxic masculinity. Then it turns out that the video ha…”

— Ben Shapiro, townhall.com

“Native people sigh. We shake our heads and ball our fists. We sing the AIM Song. We hum it. We close our eyes and exit out of the video before it’s done playing. We know it all.”

— Nick Martin, splinternews.com

“I am a fan of GoT – my favorite is Tyrion and he has redefined, for me, what makes a man!”

— Barbara Corcoran, reddit.com

“Admiral Roebuck: With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job. M: Perhaps. But the advantage is, I don't have to think with them all the time.”

— Bruce Feirstein, M, Judi Dench, imdb.com

“In my opinion, I think the biggest threat to men in America is our inability to be emotionally intimate with each other; to reach out when we need help or when we are suffering and know that we won’t be made fun of, or judged for being 'weak,' or Alpha enough.”

— Justin Baldoni, Leah Fessler, qz.com

“Why is it when men play they always play at killing each other?”

— Anthony Minghella, Marge Sherwood, Gwyneth Paltrow, imdb.com

“Inadequate people have to try and feel worthy, and one way to feel worthy is to find someone else unworthy or inferior.”

— John Douglas, amazon.com

“I'm done with his 'edgy but honest' act. I'm not buying it.”

— Maureen Ryan, hollywoodreporter.com

“I used to beat kids at school just to get her to talk to me, yell at me.”

— XXXTENTACION, miaminewtimes.com

“You will undoubtedly notice that I am confining myself here to characterizations of men. By definition, this is sexist, but by definition, men are the problem.”

— John Douglas, amazon.com

“This may be what Ms. Maroh meant when she said the sex scenes were missing lesbians; I’d go further and say they’re missing women of any kind. Adèle’s hunger is contained, prettified, aestheticized.”

— Manohla Dargis, nytimes.com

“Understand that, as a man, the consequences you’ll face are ultimately less damaging than what women and other marginalized voices experience in the same position.”

— Alison Stevenson, melmagazine.com

“Check the staff page, bro. You’ll see my pronoun throbbing away in my bio, nestled in the digital universe that is the company website.”

— Allison Page, medium.com

“Salem: FREEZE! Don’t squirt that perfume, unless you want to be a boy who gets beaten up! Sabrina: Man, that was close! Salem: It’s not enough to look like a dude, you have to start thinking like a dude. Have you picked a name yet? Sabrina: Kirby? Salem: We’re back to getting beaten up here...”

— Nick Bakay, Salem Saberhagen (voice), Nick Bakay, imdb.com

“LGBTQ girls get rejected by women all the time, ESPECIALLY in high school, but we never shoot women who won't date/sleep with us. So hmm . . . I guess the problem isn't women rejecting you, it's toxic masculinity.”

— Lane Moore, twitter.com