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
- Between all the other things I've had to do in real life, I've been making a few changes to this blog and I thought it would be good to write about them.
- A few days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting new frontend framework for Swift-based web projects called ElementaryUI. It allows developers to code their frontend entirely in Swift.
- A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a blog post by Manuel Moreale about whether adblocking should be considered piracy. It's a topic I've thought about before and what Manuel wrote really resonated with me.
- British aristocracy in the American Wild West was the joining of a dichotomy that is hard to believe could ever have worked.
- I've been thinking about replacing my 2019 Intel MacBook with a desktop and using my M2 iPad Air as a mobile workstation instead. This is my experience with it.
- When Apple’s newest lineup of operating systems was released in September I didn't hesitate to install it on all of my Apple devices like I do every year. I wish I hadn't this time.
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Haunting Alex
- “I have waited so long for your return.” In the English countryside, miles from the nearest town, there stands an old stone house. Nobody has set foot in the house for years. Nobody has dared. For it is said that even though the lady of the house is long dead, a face can sometimes be […]
- If there is one modern author of ghost stories I would never hesitate to recommend, it is Darcy Coates. Over the past few years, I have read many of her books and have yet to be disappointed even once — and Gallows Hill is no exception.
- A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their […]
- The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations, living and working on the beautiful grounds where they grow their famous grapes. Until the night Mr. and Mrs. Hull settle down for the evening…and are dead by morning. When their daughter, Margot, inherits the family business, she wants nothing to do with it. […]
- I have decided to completely reconceptualize the Stories section of Haunting Alex. This is what I've changed it to.
- Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and Erin’s […]
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- History Rhymes has been picked to be featured in an editorial by Tutorful called "History Lovers: Awesome Websites and Resources To Cure Your Boredom".