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37 of the Handiest Gadgets on Amazon Under $25

These cheap gadgets will make your life so much easier.

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Opening a bottle of wine is fun enough, but why not make it ten times better with this pirate corkscrew. He comes with a peg leg, a foil cutter, a beer bottle opener, and an eye patch. How can you pass that up?

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This Bamboo Pen Holder

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This is the most fun pen holder you’ll ever have and it looks great, too! The rubber extrusions hold your items in place, and the hidden magnets mean you can stick your stuff right to the bamboo sides.

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This Hanging Wall Organizer

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This storage organizer fits right on your doorway and holds all your knick-knacks. Plus, it’s super cute!

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These Silicone Wine Glasses

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All the fun of a wine party without the danger of breaking a glass! And plus colorful silicone cups that are perfect to bring with you to the beach or on a picnic.

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These Fun Fidget Toys

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These fidget toys bend and flip into all manner of facial expressions. You get a set of three so the whole family will be entertained!

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This Stapleless Stapler

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This little gizmo attaches two pieces of paper using nothing but a little punch. No staples or anything!

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This A-MAZE-ing iPhone Case

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You could play games on your phone, or you could play games on your phone, you know what I mean? This maze case will work even when your phone has died on you.

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These Stretchy Silicone Lids

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These stretchy silicone lids fit over any kitchen bowl you have to keep your food fresh. You get a six-pack of various sizes, and they’re microwave-safe and heat-resistant up to 450 degrees.

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This Keyboard Cleaner

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Get this 4-pack of keyboard cleaning goop that will get into every nook and cranny you can’t reach with traditional cleaning tools. It’s non-toxic and it won’t stick to your device at all.

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This Hippo Tea Infuser

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This isn’t just a cute hippo taking a bath in your mug, although it is cute. It’s a tea infuser that will bring joy to every cup!

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These Woodland Creatures Clips

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How frickin’ adorable are these woodland creature chip clips? This is a 6-pack or adorable animal clips that will make you want to open up all the bags you have just so you can close them with these clips.

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This Teeth Whitening Powder

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This charcoal whitening powder is totally working on people’s teeth. All you have to do is brush it onto your teeth and wash it away a couple times a week, and you’ll start to see results in no time.

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This Portable Charger

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This portable charger is mega powerful but so small that it will literally fit in your pocket. And it comes in four fun colors!

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These Foldable Towels

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This three-pack of towels comes with a small, medium, and large, all that fold up into a compact, easy-to-transport mesh carrying case. These are perfect for when you’re traveling or hiking.

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This Digital Tire Pressure Gauge

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All you have to do is fit the nozzle over your tire gauge and let this convenient, digital tool go to work. It has built-in lights, which makes it easy for nighttime and emergency use.

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This Extra Thick Exercise Mat

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You need an exercise mat that is comfortable and easy to carry with you to and from classes. This is exactly that. It’s half an inch thick and comes in seven different colors.

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This Tongue Brush

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The TUNG brush is just that…a brush for your tongue. Many people forget that we have to keep our tongue clean in addition to our teeth. This tongue brush is specially designed to reach far back on the tongue without causing you to gag.

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This Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker

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This Bluetooth speaker may fit in the palm of your hand, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t give off some great sound. Plus, it’s got that cool woodgrain look.

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This Pet Training Bag

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This is the ultimate training pouch for anyone who’s trying to train a puppy or a dog. It has easy storage for treats, and it has a built-in poop bag holder for easy access!

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These Colorful Pens

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People absolutely love Le Pen multicolor pens. This 10-pack comes with a rainbow of colors and they’re super thin, making them perfect for drawing or coloring in detailed adult coloring books.

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This Coffee Drip and Mug

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This sleek coffee dripper makes the perfect cup of joe for your busy work morning. The design holds in heat to keep your coffee warm and perfect.

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This Handheld Fan

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You don’t know how helpful a handheld fan can be until you have one. This one is compact and battery-operated, perfect for traveling or outdoor adventures. It comes in four cool colors, too!

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This Plant Desk Lamp

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This desk lamp is flexible and looks like a houseplant! What more could you want? Oh, it also comes with a pencil holder and three levels of brightness that you can adjust.

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This Clear Travel Bag

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This clear bag is TSA-approved and way sturdier than that old Ziploc bag you use for your toiletries.

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This Laptop Desk

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It comes in six different colors, has compartments for your phone and other accessories, and it fits a laptop up to 15.6″.

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This Braided Extension Cord

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This extension cord is braided, which means it won’t fray anytime soon, and there are 12 different colors to choose from!

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This Travel Toiletry Organizer

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Keep all your toiletries or electronics in one compact space while traveling with this organizer bag. It folds up so it’s super easy to pack.

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This Eyelash Curler

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This eyelash tool is the perfect finisher after you’ve applied your mascara. It curls and evens out your lashes for a full, luscious look every time.

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This Pack of Can-Shaped Beer Glasses

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Four pint-sized beer glasses for less than $20? Yes please. The four-pack also comes with a complimentary pourer!

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These Fun Flossing Brushes

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These little flossing brushes are way more convenient and way easier to carry with you than actual floss. They are guaranteed to get the gunk out from in between your teeth every time.

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This Pancake Batter Mixer

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Mix and pour your pancake batter using one container! This comes with a metal whisk ball to thoroughly combine all your pancake ingredients.

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This Outlet Shelf

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Install this shelf right around your outlet for the perfect small space for your Alexa or Google Home, or give yourself a perfect charging spot for your phone. You know it will come in handy.

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These Bed Sheet Savers

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Clip and tighten these bed bands around the fitted corners of your sheet to ensure that it stays in place. No one likes a fussy bed sheet.

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This Magnetic Wristband

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This magnetic wristband is a godsend for anyone working with nails or screws. They’ll always be in a convenient place when you need to start drilling or hammering.

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This Snug Straw Topper

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You can turn any cup into a sippy cup for your little one with this snug straw topper. It stretches over the top of almost any cup and prevents spills.

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This Odor-Eating Bag

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This bag uses charcoal and other natural ingredients to deodorize and purify your air. It’s perfect for your closet or gym bag and only requires some sunshine every few months to keep it working.

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These Magnetic Twist Ties

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These magnetic twist-ties can be used for chip bags, cable management, and anything else you can think of. The magnets are super strong and so versatile…we guarantee you’ll find a use for every one in this 10-pack, and then some!

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Hitlists new premium service puts a travel agent in your pocket

Hitlist, a several-years-old app for finding cheap flights, has begun rolling out a subscription tier that will turn it into something more akin to your own mobile travel agent. While the core app experience, which monitors airlines for flight deals, will continue to be free, the new premium upgrade will unlock a handful of other useful features, including advanced filtering, exclusive members-only fares and even custom travel advice from the Hitlist team.

The idea, says founder and CEO Gillian Morris, goes back to the original idea that inspired her to create Hitlist in the first place.

“Going back to the very beginning, Hitlist was essentially me giving travel advice to friends,” she says. “People had the time, inclination, and money to travel, but didn’t book because they got lost in the search process. When I sent custom advice, like ‘you said you wanted to go to Istanbul, there are $500 direct round trips in May available right now, that’s a good price and the weather will be good and the tulip festival, this unique cultural experience, will be happening’ — 4 out of 5 people would book,” Morris explains.

“I wouldn’t be able to scale that level of advice at the beginning, so we focused on just the flight deals. But now we have four years’ worth of data that we can learn from — browsing and searching within Hitlist — and we can start to build more sophisticated models that will inside and enable people to travel at scale,” she says.

The new subscription feature will offer users the ability to filter airline deals by things like the carrier, number of stops and the time of day of both the departure and return.

It’s also working with airlines to market “closed group” fares that aren’t accessible through flight search engines, but are available to select travel agents and other resellers that market to a closed user group. These will be flagged in the app as “members-only” fares.

Hitlist says it’s currently working with one airline and, through a third party, with several more. But because this is still in a pilot phase and is only live with select users, it can’t say which.

Meanwhile, the app will continue to focus on helping users find low-cost fares — not only by tracking deals, but also by bundling low-cost carriers and traditional airlines. (On Kayak, they call these “hacker fares.”) However, it won’t promote dates that are likely to be cancelled by airlines, nor will it venture into legally gray areas like skipping legs of a flight (like Skiplagged) to find cheaper fares. So it’s not a one-stop shop solution for a determined low price finder.

Beyond just finding cheap flights — which remains a competitive space — Hitlist aims to offer users a more personalized experience, more like what you would have gotten with a travel agent in the past.

For starters, it developed a proprietary machine learning algorithm that sorts through more than 50 million fares’ worth of data per day to find deals that appeal to each individual user. It also learns from how you use it — browsing flights, or how you react to alerts, for example.

“The app gets to know you better over time, just like a human travel agent would,” says Morris. “With the premium upgrade, we’re gaining more insight to the traveler’s preferences that helps us to develop even more sophisticated A.I. to provide advice and make sure you’re getting the best deal.”

Or, simply put, Hitlist over time will suggest things based on what it thinks you might like, just like any ol’ personalized service now does.

When you find a flight you like, Hitlist will direct you over to a partner’s site — like the airline or online travel agency such as CheapOair.

Where the app differs from others also trying to replace the travel agent — like Lola, Pana or Hyper — is that Hitlist doesn’t offer a chat interface. Morris feels that ultimately, travelers don’t want to talk to a chatbot — they just want to browse and discover, then have an experience that’s tailored for them as the app gets smarter about what they like.

But consumer sentiment around chatbots won’t necessarily be negative forever. While the original chatbots were arguably bad, advances in A.I. may see them improve over time. And at some point, they may be nearly as useful as phoning a travel agent for help. At that point, Hitlist’s decision to forgo a chat interface or chat feature could be called into question.

Instead of chat, Hitlist offers editorially curated suggestions, which can be as broad as “escape to Mexico” or as weird and quirky as “best cities to find wild kittens.” (Yes really.)

Hitlist will also help travelers by offering a variety of travel advice to help them make a decision — similar to how Morris used to advise her friends. For example, it might suggest the best days to fly (similar to Google Flights or Hopper), or tell you about the baggage fees, or even what sort of events might be happening at a destination.

From my experience as a user, the app is straightforward and simple to use, and can easily serve as a place for travel inspiration and discovery. It’s also a fun utility for marking off where you’ve been and where you want to go, bucket-list style, and then keeping an eye on prices. But there are a ton of tools for cheap flight shopping, so you shouldn’t book through Hitlist without checking around to ensure it’s the best deal.

Since its launch, Hitlist has grown to more than a million mostly millennial travelers, who have collectively saved over $25 million on their flights by booking at the right time, the company claims.

The new subscription plan is live now on iOS as an in-app purchase for $4.99 per month, but offers a better rate for quarterly or annual subscriptions, at $4.00/mo and $3/mo, respectively. It will roll out on Android later in the year.

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Zuckerberg will meet with European parliament in private next week

Who says privacy is dead? Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to take European parliamentarians’ questions about how his platform impacts the privacy of hundreds of millions of European citizens — but only behind closed doors. Where no one except a handful of carefully chosen MEPs will bear witness to what’s said.

The private meeting will take place on May 22 at 17.45CET in Brussels. After which the president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, will hold a press conference to furnish the media with his version of events.

It’s just a shame that journalists are being blocked from being able to report on what actually goes on in the room.

And that members of the public won’t be able to form their own opinions about how Facebook’s founder responds to pressing questions about what Zuckerberg’s platform is doing to their privacy and their fundamental rights.

Because the doors are being closed to journalists and citizens.

The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament will meet on 22 May at 17.45 with Mark Zuckerberg to discuss the use of personal data of millions of #Facebook EU users. After the meeting @EP_President Tajani will inform media of the discussions. Details will follow.

— Jaume Duch (@jduch) May 17, 2018

Even the intended contents of the meeting has been glossed over in public — with the purpose of the chat being vaguely couched as “to clarify issues related to the use of personal data” in a statement by Tajani (below).

The impact of Facebook’s platform on “electoral processes in Europe” is the only discussion point that’s specifically flagged.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and founder, has accepted our invitation. He will come to the European Parliament. My full statement ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/FdmuDPl8Wb

— Antonio Tajani (@EP_President) May 16, 2018

Given Zuckerberg has thrice denied requests from UK lawmakers to take questions about his platform in a public hearing we can only assume the company made the CEO’s appearance in front of EU parliamentarians conditional on the meeting being closed.

Zuckerberg did agree to public sessions with US lawmakers last month, following a major global privacy scandal related to user data and political ad targeting.

But evidently the company’s sense of accountability doesn’t travel very far. (Despite a set of ‘privacy principles’ that Facebook published with great fanfare at the start of the year — one of which reads: ‘We are accountable’. Albeit Facebook didn’t specify to who or what exactly Facebook feels accountable.)

We’ve reached out to Facebook to ask why Zuckerberg will not take European parliamentarians questions in a public hearing. And indeed whether Mark can find the time to hop on a train to London afterwards to testify before the DCMS committee’s enquiry into online disinformation — and will update this story with any response.

Update: A Facebook spokesman has now reiterated the company’s prior statement — in which it declined the DCMS committee’s request, saying “Mark Zuckerberg has no plans to meet with the Committee or travel to the UK at the present time”. “In terms of your first question, I’ll look into it and let you know if we have anything further to share,” he added on the closed door question.

As Vera Jourova, the European commissioner for justice and consumers, put it in a tweet, it’s a pity the Facebook founder does not believe all Europeans deserve to know how their data is handled by his company. Just a select few, holding positions of elected office.

A pity or, well, a shame.

Glad that Mark Zuckerberg accepted invitation from @Europarl_EN and will come to Brussels to answer European questions on privacy. Pity this will not be a public hearing. There are more EU users on FB than there are in the US & Europeans deserve to know how their data is handled.

— Věra Jourová (@VeraJourova) May 16, 2018

Safe to say, not all MEPs are happy with the arrangement…

I will not attend the meeting with Mr Zuckerberg if it’s held behind closed doors. It must be a public hearing – why not a Facebook Live? I strongly regret that the @EPPGroup has colluded with extreme right to keep everything behind closed doors. https://t.co/uYqEDlRtyo

— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) May 16, 2018

And according to an EU parliament source, around half the groups wanted an open hearing with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs — with only a small majority of the Conference of Presidents agreeing to a closed meeting.

But let’s at least be thankful that Zuckerberg has shown us, once again, how very much privacy matters — to him personally…

Yes, the Senators questioning Mark Zuckerberg were generally terrible at it. But Illinois Sen. @DickDurbin got him to admit he wouldn’t want to publicly share his hotel name and location on his DC trip – something FB loves its members to do. https://t.co/dg2voDFM26 via @YouTube

— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) April 11, 2018

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Unlearning toxic masculinity can be difficult. Here are a few role models who can help.

We talk a lot about toxic masculinity.

It seems like people are starting to confound the meaning of the term.

"Oh, so you're saying that masculinity is TOXIC," they say. "That's SEXIST against MEN," they say.

To them I say: Stop being willfully obtuse.

If I said, "Whoa, that's a rabid prairie dog," would you intentionally misunderstand me and yell at me for being a dingbat who thinks that ALL prairie dogs are rabid?

I didn't say that, bro.

When I refer to "toxic masculinity," I'm not labeling all masculinity as toxic. Just like when I say, "Oh shit, there's a rabid prairie dog coming at you," I'm not saying that all prairie dogs are rabid.

But I am saying that some prairie dogs are clearly foaming at the mouth, meaning that something could be spreading through the colony — and sometimes you can't tell the sick ones just by looking at them.

Same thing with men.

So listen up:

No, not all forms of masculinity are toxic. But yes, some are.

Here's what can look like:

Repression of feelings like sadness, fear, insecurity, and the related behaviors like crying, hiding, or talking about feelings. Example: "Boys don't cry! Be a man!"
Over-expression of anger through behaviors that are violent, erratic, and intended to dominate. Example: "What'd you say? You can't talk to me like that! *punches*)"
Need to be strong, dominant, and alpha, and fear of expressing "weakening" feelings or behaviors like affection, vulnerability, tenderness, kindness, gentleness, grief. Example: "My wife just had a baby. Whatever, let's close the deal.”
Sexual entitlement and violence. Example: "You know you want this."
Transference of responsibility for feelings, actions, and consequences to women. Example: "You just made me so mad."
Mocking or rejecting men who do not adhere to these "dominant," "alpha male" standards of behavior. Example: "Don't be a fag, Mike. Hey, everybody, look at Mike — he's all butthurt like a little girl."
Extreme fragility, because a man is told his sense of self is dependent on the idea that he is dominant rather than the idea that he is inherently valuable just for being who he is.
Passing on these behaviors and attitudes to their kids. Devastatingly.

But again, not all masculinity is toxic. So what does this nontoxic masculinity look like?

It's harder to figure out how to be something if you don't know what that something looks like. That's why, today, I want to talk about role models for the next generation of young male feminists.

They're strong. They're brave. They're kind. They cry.

They are …

1. Terry Crews/Terry Jeffords

He's masculine ...

... but nontoxic!

This man is a mountain of dancing muscle. He looks like someone's "Ultimate Tough Guy" drawing come to life. His character on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," Terry Jeffords, is ripped, shredded, and doesn't take shit. He's a boss.

He's not violent. Terry the character is fearful of violence and isn't afraid to express it. He shows love, affection, vulnerability. He's into his family and farmers markets.

And Terry the man has trusted us with the story of his own sexual assault.

Talk about strong. Talk about brave. Talk about vulnerable. Talk about empathetic. Talk about emotional availability.

2. The "Queer Eye" crew

They're masculine ...

... but nontoxic!

These guys are physically fit, very strong, healthy, sexually expressive, and socially confident. They travel in a bro posse and Bobby Berk rebuilds entire suburban homes in, like, 20 minutes, nbd.

They're also empathetic, physically affectionate, emotionally available and vulnerable, supportive, verbally kind, and tender in a way that risks something.

When they express their love or support for the men they're making over, they're risking being rejected, but they do it anyway. It's incredibly beautiful to see.

3. Lin-Manuel Miranda

He's masculine ...

... but nontoxic!

Rich, powerful, and successful, Lin-Manuel, creator of "Hamilton: An American Musical," is a rapper from NYC, a father of two, and a certified genius.

Dude, you can't find a clip or a tweet of this guy not feeling all the feelings. He cries more than I do. He's emotionally accessible, loving, inclusive, positive, gentle, creative.

He sings and dances. He tweets about his wife and kids with so much tenderness. His family is a source of joy and humor, but never his punchline.

4. Chris Evans/Captain America

He's masculine ...

(Uhh ... no explanation necessary.)

... but nontoxic!

Captain America is a principled, sensitive, deeply empathetic former dweeb whose years of experience on the bottom of other people's shoes has given him the ability to use respect and kindness as a means of human connection rather than social currency to purchase his own domination.

Chris Evans recently spoke to an interviewer about playing a total dick in a show on Broadway, and he did exactly what a nontoxic male ally should do: acknowledge that it's hard to learn and emphasize the importance of shutting the hell up when it's not your turn to talk.

And so many more!

Mr. Rogers. Barack Obama. The coach from "Friday Night Lights."

Guys, you don't have to look to pro athletes who beat up their wives and girlfriends, you don't have to admire homophobes, and you don't have to follow your grandpa's rules anymore.

It's 2018! Come with me into the future, where the expression "like a man" doesn't mean hard, violent, stony, carnivorous.

Join Terry, Lin-Manuel, and so many others, and be a man who is strong, brave, kind, good, sweet, gentle, sad, weepy, fearful.

Be human, is what I'm saying.

Your full humanity is available to you. Right now. Your identity as a man is inextricably linked to the full breadth of your human experience. You just have to be willing to let it out.

Your worth isn't dependent on being stronger than everyone else in the room. You're the person who decides its volume, its integrity. It's been there since you were born and it'll be there when you gather your grandson in your arms and say, "It's OK to cry. I cry, too."

Choose nontoxic masculinity.

It exists. Some pretty kickass guys are rocking it really hard — right in front of you.

This story originally appeared on The Good Men Project and is reprinted here with permission.

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We talk a lot about toxic masculinity.

No, not all forms of masculinity are toxic. But yes, some are.

1. Terry Crews/Terry Jeffords

2. The "Queer Eye" crew

3. Lin-Manuel Miranda

4. Chris Evans/Captain America

And so many more!

Choose nontoxic masculinity.

Friday, June 1, 2018

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