Liz Plank

For the love of men: A new Vision for mindful masculinity

“With sparkling wit and razor-sharp cultural criticism, Plank investigates toxic masculinity and the threat it poses not just to women, children, and society, but to the emotional wellbeing of men themselves.” -Esquire

“The book is a near-forensically reported examination of modern masculinity and an urgent call to action in the Trump era.”-Vogue

"We know now that abusive men are not bumblers and that even ‘good allies’ can fail the women in their lives. But what to do with them? Journalist and Vox Media and Comcast's Divided States of Women series host Liz Plank has an idea—several, actually—which she plans to address in her first book." -ELLE Magazine

“In this compassionate and skillful social analysis, journalist Plank’s first book, she highlights the perils of an unfinished gender revolution that has failed to offer healthy alternatives to archaic expectations for men. ” -Publisher Weekly

“Overwhelmingly, Plank’s For the Love of Men, published on September 10, is a tender, intelligent meditation on why now, more than ever, men deserve more than the language and tropes they’ve been fed to define themselves and their experiences, and how we can all adjust to make this happen.” -Teen Vogue

“A hopeful prescription for what she terms “mindful masculinity.” -GQ

“Plank's empathy and hope are palpable in For the Love of Men's meticulously researched pages — pages that are also just plain enjoyable to read. (Yes, feminists can be funny.) The overarching feeling Plank's work left me with was excitement about what our future could, and hopefully will, look like once we banish harmful gender norms and progress past patriarchy.”

-Pop Sugar