Return visit planned for August At last, re-building our work post the 2020 losses, Daniel and I landed in WA April 19 for two weeks of engagements in Perth and Albany involving seven private schools and an independent school counsellor’s seminar. Fortunately, the snap lock down occurred over the Anzac Day long weekend, and, while […]
Book now for 2021! I am so pleased to see new speaking engagements coming in for 2021, after having lost most of my work in 2020. I will never take them for granted again! A special bonus is that I now have a young man working with me, a natural speaker with a special message […]
Interview: Melinda Tankard Reist on healthy relationships, masculinity and the Conviction Group Forums By Harry Easton Conviction Group was delighted to welcome writer and social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist to the Sydney North Young Men’s Health Forum in September. The Young Men’s Health Forum is an event run by Conviction Group which aims to encourage […]
Helping boys be their best selves Many of you are aware I am now presenting my ‘Navigating a Se*ed Up World’ to more young men around the country. Because of the demand – and because he is so good at engaging young people! – I now have Daniel Principe speaking alongside me more regularly. Sydney-based […]
“You’re not going to have good, considerate, emotionally-literate boys when you present them with an idea that girls exist for their gratification and pleasure” I was very pleased to be invited to discuss my work addressing sexualisation, objectification and harms of pornography and porn culture with former deputy PM John Anderson, for his ‘Conversations’ podcast. […]
Confronting the harmful impacts of porn on boys: and encouraging them to aspire to healthy relationships When I first heard the name ‘Richie Hardcore’ I thought maybe he was an ex porn ‘star’ now going ‘hard’ against porn. Turned out it was his ring (fighting) name and related to a sub-genre of punk music. A […]
‘What do these words say about us, especially us men, and the culture we have created and the attitudes we have adopted?’ MTR and Daniel Principe at Macquarie College, Newcastle My friend and co-worker Daniel Principe posted this eloquent reflection on his experience joining me in engaging with students at Macquarie College Newcastle on Facebook […]
‘As a parent, we worry most about sex offenders exploiting and abusing our children in private spaces…But it’s not individual strangers who are corrupting our boys…It’s a billion dollar industry, intent on finding the next generation of customers at increasingly younger ages’– Jas Rawlinson Brisbane-based freelance writer, mental health advocate and author of the recently […]
MTR’s (unpublished) letter to the editor Dear Editor Two months ago, you ran a profoundly affecting extract from a new book by former MP Craig Emerson (‘Out of the Darkness’, Weekend Australian Magazine, Feb 24). Emerson wrote candidly of the trauma and violence he suffered as a child, revealing a man in touch with his […]
Meet Ethan. He’s 15 and a student at Knox Grammar School, Sydney. Ethan did something no 15-year-old boys have ever done, in my years as a speaker. He heard me speak at the Justice Conference in Melbourne late last year and decided his fellow classmates needed to hear my message. So what did he do? […]
Gone in 24 hours. But why does this keep happening? Well that was quick. On Tuesday afternoon I posted on my social media pages this hoodie for primary school aged boys. It was found in the Canberra outlet store of surf style chain shop Quiksilver, which describes itself as ‘The World’s Leader in Snow and […]
Empowering boys to change Recently I addressed Year 10 girls and boys at a school in NSW. During question time at the end of my presentation, one of the young women read out a Facebook post by a male peer, filled with disparaging descriptions of the girls in his class. The girls were clearly […]
