Masculinity is Cute and Toxic

Sam Basu Farreca
3 min readOct 31, 2018

I’ve gotten different types of comments on this article and its ‘angry tone,’ so I want to clarify. This was written at a time when I was particularly in rage and bitter about something that had just occurred in my life. Anger is a powerful, creative fuel for me that often gives me unique insights, and the words seem to almost write themselves when this happens. So, I believe what I write in my anger is valuable in some ways.

However, I also know that when expressing myself in anger, what I say/write can seem one-sided and alienating, and not encompass the full truth — just…

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Sam Basu Farreca

Agile HR Coach, Interim HR Lead, DEI Consultant, Medium Top Diversity Writer, and Artist. Co-Founder,culturestrategy.io