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Introducing ‘Tell Me Moore,’ MEL’s New Advice Column for Men

Are men okay? It’s not a trick question. If you type in the Google search “Is it okay for guys to…” you get a slew…

Stock Photo Sites Are Filled With Dirtbags Who Are All Wearing the Same Shirt

Late last week, the MEL staff made a remarkable (and somewhat baffling) discovery about men’s fashion and the rarefied world of male stock photography modeling….

The Snowflake Diaries: On ‘Mansmalling’

It’s impossible to feel intimidated by someone who’s holding an iced coffee. Or so I told myself the other day when I lumbered into the…

Why Moms Can’t Stop Buying Clothes for Their Millennial Sons

If you’re curious about why a guy dresses the way he does, you might start by asking his mom. In a survey of 1,000 millennial…

Sunday Funnies: Man Buns for Impatient Boys

Why Peanuts, Pickled Eggs and Pub Mix Became the Standard Free Bar Snacks

What Working From Home Does to Your Brain, According to a Solitary Confinement Expert

The Very Best From Our Most Recent Trip Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole

The Last Time We Told a Story We Knew No One Cared About

What Working From Home Does to Your Brain, According to a Solitary Confinement Expert

Avocado Seed Husks Might Save Your Life

I’ve Done the Math, and More People Can Homer Than Dunk

That’s My Fetish: Face-Fucking

In Defense of ‘Hatfishing’

Why We Will Never Get Over Wonderwall

A Conversation With Conner Habib, the Syrian-American Gay Porn Performer and Radical Philosopher

Here’s Why You Start to Hate Your Job in Your Mid-30s

Cuddle Parties and the Death of Platonic Male Touch

A Fitness Guide for People With No Free Time (And Who Want a Complete and Total Lifestyle Change)

The Strange History and Surprising Resilience of the 1970s’ Most Notorious Nazi Sexploitation Film

An Ode to Having Just One Good Friend: Why Being Popular Sucks

On Their 10th Anniversary, Hashtags Are Mostly for #Idiots

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Covertly Recruiting Girls

How Do I Stop the Endless Cycle of Meetings at My Office?

Cuddle Parties and the Death of Platonic Male Touch

What It’s Like to Experience Pregnancy as a Trans Man

Stop Saying We’re ‘Addicted’ to Everything

This Doctor Thinks He’s Found a Way to Treat CTE. So Why Won’t Anyone Fund His Research?

What It’s Like to Experience Pregnancy as a Trans Man

If You’re Chugging Water to Hydrate, You’re Doing It Wrong

Science Says a Man Is in His Prime at 18… or 25… or 50

As Long as People Are Racist, There Will Be Neo-Nazi Porn

My Son Is Gender Creative

Men on Reddit Really Want You to Believe They Get Paid to Have Sex With Women

Where People Get Tattoos Is Highly Divided by Gender

This Is How Gross a Plane’s Air Is by the End of a Flight

The Art of Decoding a Backhanded Compliment

Why Peanuts, Pickled Eggs and Pub Mix Became the Standard Free Bar Snacks

Somehow We’re Still Surprised When Studies Show Married Couples Actually Have Sex

My Son Is Gender Creative

Trump Is Killing the Fantasy Bromance Between President and Secret Service

Eclipse Twitter Is the Best Kind of Twitter

What’s in This?: Gas Station Sex Pills

Identifying Nazis Is the Left’s Revenge for Years of Right-Wing Doxxing

The Enduring Appeal of Girl-on-Girl Porn

How to Deal With That Friend Who’s Still a Bad Influence

Here’s What Men Are Doing With Their Pubes These Days

The Sexual Economy of Air Conditioning

Brotherly Love: Why Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Never Really Broke Up

Sunday Funnies: Vegetables in the Boys Room

The Very Different Ways Pro Sports Punish Domestic Abusers

What Hungary Can Teach Us About How to Handle Confederate Statues

Science Says Eating Boogers Is Good For You and Now Nothing Makes Any Sense

Would Death Be Easier to Deal With if You Could Replicate—and Control—Your Loved Ones?

This Is How Many Times We Look at Our Hair in the Mirror Every Day

The ‘Mismatched Buddy Movie’ Is the Male Equivalent of the Rom-com

Charlottesville Is Tearing Apart This ‘Seinfeld’ Meme Facebook Group

Cat Video Comment Sections Are War Zones That Put Politics to Shame

I Spent Sunday at a Weed Farmer’s Market

How Music Affects the Amount You Drink

What’s the F@%$ing Point of the Exit Interview?

The Psychology of Doubling Down

Men Are Super Self-Conscious About Their Stretch Marks, Too

Nazis on Tumblr Are Attempting to Make White Supremacy Hip

The Best Dudes on the Internet Are the Dudes in the ‘More Dudes’ Facebook Group

The Putin Shirtless Challenge Is the New Ice Bucket Challenge

The Men of Beautycon

‘Last Chance U’ Will Make You Think, Laugh and Cry (In That Order)

Texas Means Crazy

What Domestic Violence Against Men Looks Like

The Crunchy Science Behind the Munchies

A New Lawsuit Tackles Restaurants That Trick People Into Double Tipping

Pepe May Have Worked as a Meme, but It’s Useless as Real-Life Propaganda

Here’s Where We’re at With the ‘Male Pill’

This Might Sound Stupid, but… How Did Doughnuts Become a Breakfast Food?

Why Everyone Is So Horny for the Eclipse

How the Terrorist Act of a White Supremacist Erased an Escaped Slave’s Google Footprint

I Found Out My Birth Dad Was a Famous Neo-Nazi

What We’re Really Fighting About When We Fight Over Having Another Kid

Football’s Body Positivity Is Maybe Its Last Redeeming Quality

Sifting Through the Ruins of a Forum for Guys With Big Guts

What We’re Really Fighting About When We Fight Over Having Another Kid

The Quotes We Think About All the Time

The Drinker’s Guide to Calorie Counts

Sunday Funnies: Dating in the Age of Snapchat

What It’s Like to Be a Private Investigator in the Internet Age

A Study of Quintessential Movie Dirt Bags in GIF Form

Men Are Super Anxious, Too, But Not Even Doctors Want to Admit It

The Pornhub Data Are in: Millennials Don’t Like Boobs

Movies That Take Place Over One Crazy Night

Being Lonely Will Kill You Faster Than Being Obese

Man’s Never-Ending Search for an Insult to Replace ‘Pussy’

Coming Out as Depressed

The Gentleman’s Guide to Paying a Bar Tab

‘Beginner’s Luck’ Hardly Ever Involves Actual Beginners

All the Reasons Not Getting Enough Sleep Turns You Into a Goddamn Maniac

Is Neil deGrasse Tyson a Sadboi?

How Do I Get My White Millennial Coworkers to Stop Saying ‘Fo Sho’ and ‘True Dat’?

Meet the Conspiracy Theorists Who Believe the NFL Is Fixed

Why World War II Still Defines American Masculinity for Joe Scarborough and Other Baby Boomers