The Website
First, we’ll begin with the website. The Beskirted Man is a blog intended to promote femininity in masculinity. More concretely, it is trying to encourage the idea that a man can be a manly man while also having a feminine side that he doesn’t have to be ashamed of or feels like he needs to hide.
It focuses heavily on the use of the external image to project this feminine side and thus there is a lot of discussion about men using clothing in every-day situations to do so. Crossdressing, drag queens, etc will probably be mentioned from time to time, but not regularly.
The focus here will be concentrated on cis, heterosexual men since that is what I am.
The Man
Now we’ll talk a little bit about the man behind The Beskirted Man.
As mentioned above, I am a cis, heterosexual man who has an interest in femininity and a strong dislike for toxic masculinity. I am a man with a big beard and “manly” hobbies such as playing drums in a metal band, woodworking and gaming, but I just so happen to like doing them in a skirt… and sometimes heels. I am also married to a wonderful, supporting woman who encourages me in all of my endeavors.
Why did I start wearing skirts and heels? That question deserves its own post, but to answer it in a single word: curiosity. After watching my wife and other women wearing skirts and heels for years, I wanted to know what they felt like to wear myself.
Conclusion
To wrap up, I will say that just as every man has a feminine side, every boy is discouraged from showing it. In fact, it is often quite literally beaten out of him on the school playground. Femininity is still considered to be a sign of weakness (think: “You throw like a girl!”) and that needs to change.
See my article on what “promoting femininity in masculinity” actually means.
It takes real strength for a man to proudly show and live his feminine side. Any man that says otherwise is insecure in their own masculinity and feels threatened by the mere notion of men not being 100%, stereotypically masculine.
My Other Blogs
The Beskirted Man is not the only blog I write for. I am an active writer of the following blogs as well:
Alex’s Notebook
- I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. In this article, I try to get Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar installed on the system.
- Developer's Notebook has been rebranded to Feed The Dev. There are many reasons for the rebranding and I am excited to share them with you.
- I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. First, I performed some maintenance, then I upgraded some hardware.
- When I first discovered Next.js, I was excited about it, but it has become somewhat of a mess since then. These are my thoughts on it.
- I have been using WordPress to run many of my websites since 2007, but feature bloat has me looking for alternatives.
- Macintosh.js is an open-source project that runs Mac OS 8. It emulates a 1991 Macintosh Quadra and runs the full operating system with a few applications.
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Feed The Dev
- We're happy to announce that Feed The Dev is now open to contributions from anyone who would like to submit content! The content should be of interest to software developers and must be submitted in English. If you would like to submit an article or error correction, please visit the GitHub repository we set up […]
- We are excited to announce that Developer's Notebook is in the process of being rebranded to Feed The Dev! With the new platform, comes a new name and, at some point in the future, a new logo and new features. The purpose of the rebranding is multifaceted. First and foremost, it should reflect the goal […]
- “Linker” is a series of posts published semi-regularly that feature interesting links from around the internet. This installment features links about estimating software projects, rebuilding Darwin from source, repatriating from the cloud and more! Why we suck at estimating software projects. This is an interesting article about why software estimation is mostly a pointless task […]
- Four years after Developer's Notebook was launched, we are excited to announce that we have finally replaced WordPress with a custom Node.js-based platform. It has been quite the journey to get here and we are proud of what we have accomplished. In this announcement, we are going to talk about why we replaced WordPress and […]
- “Linker” is a series of posts published semi-regularly that feature interesting links from around the internet. This installment features links about Microsoft scaling Git, the Brave Browser as well as a fun project a YouTuber undertook to port thousands of apps back to Windows 95. How Microsoft scales Git for massive monorepos. This is a […]
- A few days ago, I stumbled across a new function in CSS that is going to make my life a tremendous amount easier: light-dark(). This function will enable developers to define both light and dark colors for a property in a single line without media queries. Most websites I have worked on in the past […]
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History Rhymes
- Secret societies, like the notorious Illuminati, have long fascinated people worldwide, their influence extending from history into today's popular culture. The post Illuminati in the 18th Century appeared first on History Rhymes.
- Today I am excited to announce that after a number of years of lying dormant, History Rhymes is finally getting a new lease on life. The post History Rhymes Gets a New Design and More appeared first on History Rhymes.
- Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated after the end of the First World War, but that is generally when he exits the stage of popular history. So what happened to him? What did he do in that time? This article aims to explore some of these questions. The post Kaiser Wilhelm II After His Abdication – Part […]
- It is hard to believe that an entire decade has elapsed since I published my first History Rhymes blog post entitled "Starting Out." A lot has changed in the past ten years and I have big plans for it for the future. The post A Decade of History Rhymes appeared first on History Rhymes.
- The rule of the Bavarian kings ended with the German Revolution of 1918-1919 in the immediate aftermath of World War I. The royal family became enemies of the Nazis and had to flee Germany, but never gave up the dream of restoring the monarchy. The post Kings of Bavaria: Conclusion – After the Fall of […]
- History Rhymes has been picked to be featured in an editorial by Tutorful called "History Lovers: Awesome Websites and Resources To Cure Your Boredom". The post History Rhymes Featured on Tutorful appeared first on History Rhymes.