The thing about this so-often treacherous area of advocacy, is that people are scared. “I love your content, but could never share it”, is something I hear ALL the time. I have learnt that, people who are scared, are people who are quiet. And people who are quiet are those not to be underestimated. There is a large, silent, and growing cohort of disaffected, politically homeless men and women, who care deeply about the issues I post about, to whom no politician is speaking. A voting bloc of left-behind voters, overlooked and undervalued, forgotten about; because the issues that matter to them, and the policy they want to see, are just a little too uncomfortable to talk about. None-the-less, more and more of us are arriving every day, not satisfied with simply standing by as our boys fall behind and drop out of school. Or watching as or our men die young, or end their lives in record numbers; or waiting as male victims of abuse continue to be erased, locked out, and left on the streets. These issues, and others, are not going away, but getting worse; and the public willingness to speak out is getting louder. So it is inevitable, that soon, a politician brave and smart enough, will see this opportunity for what it is. An army of compassionate nomads and lepers, cast out and laughed off, whose collective vote could very well change history. So what will happen when the first politicians take to the stage to speak to us? And could men and boys issues shape what happens next? What do you think? ~ Illustrations by Chattapat

2025-11-12