No hair transplants, pills or toupees. These people are embracing baldness. While plenty of guys are flying to Turkey for hair transplants, rubbing minoxidil into their scalp every night, or taking finasteride, this WSJ piece profiles men going in the other direction: They’ve given up fighting their receding hairline, shaved off all their hair, and accepted being bald. It’s understandable why people want to keep their hair in check: We associate hair with youth and vitality, and a full head of it can increase your attractiveness. But maintaining receding hairline takes a lot of time and money, and some treatments have very bad side effects like sexual dysfunction. Also, at a certain point styling thinning hair no longer works and starts to make you look older or oblivious to the fact that you are already bald. All these problems go away by shaving the head. I always enjoy reading posts r/bald From people who finally decided to adopt their chrome domes and all the comments are telling them how great they look. This is a surprisingly thorough and helpful subreddit.
“I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman. When I interviewed Manoush Zomorodi a few months ago about his book body Electric, I realized that I had never read the Whitman poem that inspired the book’s title. So I tried to improve it and I’m very glad I did. This is a wonderful poem and is now one of my favourites. Whitman wrote an erotic ode to physicality – to the wonder, beauty and power of the human body. He celebrates every part of the body and enjoys all its capabilities, from working to walking to reproducing. Whitman advises us not to neglect the care of the body and to develop its full strength and health. He argues that “if anything is sacred then the human body is sacred,” and in some ways, the body Is the soul.
Katadyn Hiker Pro Water Filter. If you’re going out doing some backpacking this summer, you’ll need to think about a water filter. The Katadyn Hiker Pro has been my favorite backcountry filter for over a decade. Insert the intake hose into the water, pump the handle about 50 times, and you’ll get a liter of clean, good-tasting water (the activated carbon core filters out any funky flavors). It weighs 11 ounces, packs small, and connects directly to Nalgene and hydration bladders. It never let me down.
“Drop Dead” by Olivia Rodrigo. I am not a music lover. I don’t only listen to one genre, nor avoid any music for being too mainstream or pop-y. I’m all for a good banger from any source. So When Scout Queued Up “Drop Dead” – The Lead Single From Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album You look so sad for a girl who loves so much – When we drove by a few weeks ago, I wasn’t expecting much, but I gave it a chance. And I’ll be in danger, it’s so cool. It presses all my pop music buttons: pop synth with a pop rock bridge. The lyrics of the song are funny. All about young love. I had the song on repeat for a week. The rest of Rodrigo’s album is surprisingly good too. It has become McKay’s album of the summer.
on our Dying Breed Newsletterwe published Sunday Firesides: The Empty Niche And Why is it so hard to admit that you’ve made a mistake?
quote of the week
However great a man of genius may be, and however much new light and heat he may acquire, he will never shine in his full glory, nor make the full impact of which he is capable, unless he includes other peoples and other ages in his experience.
-Henry St. John Bolingbroke
This article was originally published on The art of manhood.
