Writing
Erick DuPree’s blog explores the intersections of anthropology, literature, and material culture to illuminate how identity, ritual, and meaning take shape across time and tradition. Blending scholarship with storytelling, these essays invite readers to engage critically and imaginatively with the cultural forces that shape both personal and collective experience.
Masc for Masc? Desire, Discipline, and the Market of Queer Manhood
Commodifying masculinity- how dating apps reinforce norms, and shape desire in queer culture—unpacking the phrase “masc for masc” through an anthropological and critical lens.
Review of The Way of Men by Jack Donovan
A critical review of The Way of Men by Jack Donovan, exposing its glorification of violence, exclusion, and homophobia. Explore how his vision of masculinity ignores history, intimacy, and community in favor of a rigid, fear-based model rooted in domination, not true brotherhood.