Miranda Kate

Tag: men

  • A good man is hard to find?

    You may recognize this title as one of Flannery O’Connor’s most famous short stories. I read it for the first time in my AP literature class in high school and being sixteen and more interested in boys, didn’t think too much about it. This fall I read it again and was a lot more taken…

  • Phil Dunphy & what we actually want from men

    If you’ve ever seen Modern Family you probably know and love Phil Dunphy. He is the sweet, hilarious, goofy, loving father and husband in the Dunphy family with some pretty amusing lines. As an example, here are a few of his ‘Phil-osopohies’ And: Or my favorite favorite: Phil is so endearing, one of the qualities…

  • Dear Fathers: What I wish my dad had known before he left

    Until recently I used to always roll my eyes when I heard the term ‘daddy issues.’ To me it was just an excuse girls used to wear dresses that are too short and sleep with men they knew didn’t care about them. After all, my dad moved out after my parents got divorced and I…

  • Monday 5: Masculinity & other things I’m excited about this week

    This weekend was definitely an adventurous one. I went camping for the first time since high school with four men in the mountains of Brevard, North Carolina. To be fair, the camp site was pretty nice; we had grills, showers, wifi…the guys called it ‘glamping,’ but I slept outside so I didn’t see anything glamorous…