We hand out status for risks that cost boys & men everything, but rarely ask what they cost. The risks that actually pay off (asking for help, opening up first) get treated like weakness. Fall 2026 issue: Risk. We want your voice, submit your story. #PositiveMasculinity #WriterSky More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly 'Petro-masculinity' is destroying the planet. Can eco-masculinity save it? buff.ly/uJOWict "A hyper-aggressive, oil-soaked version of toxic masculinity is crucial to understanding why we're failing to rally behind a shared ecological vision." #EcoMasculinity #PetroMasculinity

From Voice Male Weekly: Care Is What We Choose Not to Pass Down "The real work has been letting go of ideas I never chose. Versions of strength forged in chaos & never updated for peace. Care isn't about being perfect. It's about staying awake." buff.ly/q47ot4Y #PositiveMasculinity

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Throwing it back to last summer's annual team retreat in Vancouver. Once a year, our small-but-mighty team pulls back from the day-to-day to think bigger – where we're headed, what our programs need & how we take care of each other along the way. 🌱

From Voice Male Weekly Reformed Manosphere Members Are Deradicalising Other Men buff.ly/0Wf3Qgo "Every night, John trawls Reddit exposing lies, offering counsel to men who've fallen down the manosphere pipeline. A descent John knows well." #PositiveMasculinity #Manosphere

Voice Male Weekly: Tool of the Week Talking to Kids About Media & Body Image 👉🏻 buff.ly/XTiart6 Children are exposed to unrealistic body images through media. This tip sheet provides advice on managing exposure & talking to kids about what they see. #ParentingSky #Raising Boys #PositiveMascuinity

From Voice Male Weekly: A quick but important message. Starting with the next issue, Voice Male Weekly is moving to a bi-weekly cadence for the next few months – meaning we'll be in your inbox every other week for now. Here's why: we're making space. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Jake delivered the Beyond Male Allies keynote at CCWESTT in Ottawa – celebrating progress toward safer, more inclusive workplaces. Interested in bringing BMA to your workplace? #WorkplaceCulture #GenderEquity buff.ly/jZKYPHO

From Voice Male Weekly: From 'market value' to levelling up, the #manosphere is shaped by a financial mindset "Less talked about is how it reveals the relentless pursuit of financial gain driving 'manfluencers' & the language they use to normalise their views." buff.ly/Xk3ZNpZ

From Voice Male Weekly: Tool of the Week: Forge's Managing Anxiety Toolset buff.ly/yUnwZhp Change comes from small steps & daily practices. These tools help you take control of anxious thoughts. Work at your own pace to develop skills that reduce stress & improve well-being. #MentalHealth

From Voice Male Weekly: As a business founder & as a man, I regret the decades I spent confined by #masculinity "Why did it take a woman to deliver that? Why is it whenever I need to resolve sensitive issues, I end up talking to a woman?" buff.ly/dCdWpdq #PositiveMasculinity

From Voice Male Weekly: For a long time, the path for men was clear: work hard, provide well & earn something beyond a paycheque – purpose, a defined role, a place in the family that felt unambiguous. That arrangement carried pressure, but also a kind of promise. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻

NGM In The Wild Canada is creating its 1st National Men & Boys' Health Strategy & Trevor Mayoh was at the federal announcement. "Loneliness, silence, not knowing how to ask for help, these aren't personal failures, they're downstream effects of what we've taught men & boys to be." 📚👉🏻 buff.ly/SNBc61b

From Voice Male Weekly: 90%+ of financial sextortion victims are #boys 13-17. The most likely deepfake nude victim is young teen boys. Sports betting ($150B) targets boys & young men. We built 3 workshops to meet boys where these issues are happening. Now booking Fall 2026 buff.ly/FMArCnb #Edusky

From Voice Male Weekly: V's Pick Listen: Jeffrey Epstein & the Ordinary Misogyny of “Extraordinary” Men by Diabolical Lies. → buff.ly/3xx6H4L Want to see more like this? Subscribe to Voice Male Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/faGhCyY #Misogyny #Podsky

From Voice Male Weekly: "Empathy For Those Drawn to the Manosphere" - buff.ly/jA53Y14 A friend disclosed sexual harassment in a place he normally feels safe. Boys in residential care for sexual abuse idolize Andrew Tate. What life circumstances lead boys toward #manosphere spaces? Let me explain.

From Voice Male Weekly: I'm baaaccck... for a newsletter takeover! I'm Veronika, NGM's former Community Manager for 5 yrs. Now working on my master's thesis on preventing #ViolentExtremism. Is violent extremism a gendered issue? You bet it is. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻 Photo by Stewart Munro

NGM In The Wild NGM Workplaces Principal Trevor Mayoh moderated a panel on men's role in ending #GenderBasedViolence. 3 takeaways: 🧡 Drive change before permission is granted 🧡 Peer accountability is underused 🧡 Men aren't guests in this work, they're stakeholders. Subscribe 👉🏻 buff.ly/faGhCyY

From Voice Male Weekly: "I'm Becoming More Like Them" buff.ly/mP4zydv Logan moved to Florida. He left behind friends on his street, breakfast before school, & trust. The new private school is built for achievement. One of the most significant changes? The depth of his relationships with peers.

The Care Issue is coming. For 40+ yrs, Voice Male has told stories of the #profeminist men's movement. Invest in a movement where men feel less pain & cause less harm. Membership makes this magazine happen. Starting @ $5/month: every issue, 70+ archives & Member Hub access. buff.ly/padsC4A

From Voice Male Weekly: Male friendship has a dropout problem. #Boys close at ten are often strangers at twenty – not because something went wrong, but because no one taught them how to hold onto connection when life pulls in different directions. #RaisingBoys More 💬👇🏻 Photo by AMONWAT DUMKRUT

NGM In The Wild NGM ED Jake Stika was in Sacramento at the invitation of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of California, connecting with leaders across sectors on how we can get ahead of the #MentalHealth crisis facing boys & young men today. Subscribe for more 👉🏻https://buff.ly/ZC7LjU5

From Voice Male Weekly: The False Dichotomy of 'You're Either #Sexist or #Feminist' 👉🏻 buff.ly/1XykvRO "When folks see sexism, they're faced with a choice: maintain the status quo, or change their beliefs & behaviours & challenge systems. It's black & white in many ways, but in others, quite grey."

Boys & young men are already online. The question is whether we show up with them. Our workshop Building Safe Online Communities for Youth, shares how we create spaces where boys open up, connect & grow. Register buff.ly/afV4Uia Apr 16 10-11:30am PT/1-2:30pm ET #DigitalSafety #RaisingBoys #EduSky

From Voice Male Weekly: What Do We Actually Know About Esports and Mental Health 👉🏻 buff.ly/sf77Zsw Depending on who you ask, #esports is either a powerful space for connection & skill development or a risky environment linked to stress & burnout. The data shows two things can be true at once.

From Voice Male Weekly: This week in our Influence of Influencers workshop, a student pushed back: the voices he follows online talk about fitness, routine, mental health. It's not ALL bad. He cited studies showing exercise improves mental health outcomes. He wasn't wrong. #EduSky More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Jonathon Reed on CBC Ottawa Morning about what it looks like when boys feel seen & listened to - meeting boys where they are & building digital spaces where they belong. #RaisingBoys 🎧👉🏻 buff.ly/Rd2qGMa Want more like this? Subscribe 👉🏻https://buff.ly/BOwE1mG

From Voice Male Weekly: #Masculinity – a crisis of belonging? "Many men are carrying grief they've never been given permission to name—grief for lost security, dignity, futures & recognition. This grief is political & exploited." 📖👉🏻 buff.ly/F0mTqIu Subscribe to Voice Male Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/BOwE1mG

From Voice Male Weekly: Canadian men experiencing ‘ongoing crisis in society’ when it comes to health, professor says → buff.ly/67gRTW6 "Canadian men often die earlier, have low life expectancy, are more likely to get heart disease, cancers & obesity than anyone else in the country." #MensHealth

Who carries the weight of care — & what does it have to do with violence prevention? March 25, 10am PT/1pm ET: Jake Stika joins a panel on how centering care as prevention can reshape relationships, institutions & communities. #GBVPrevention Register FREE 👉🏻 buff.ly/TTa86V2