Author: Jeff Perera
About Jeff Perera
For over ten years, Jeff Perera has been speaking to people across the world about Manhood and our ideas of what it means to be a man today. Jeff’s awareness-raising initiatives have worked to help create inclusive spaces for people of all walks of life. He has delivered two TEDx talks including 'The Ladder of Manhood'. Jeff was the event director of the first TEDxWomen event in Toronto and founded the annual discussion-focused ‘What Makes a Man’ Conference which featured speakers such as Terry Crews, Byron Hurt, Carlos Andres Gomez and many others. Jeff also worked with The White Ribbon Campaign and Next Gen Men. He also founded 'Higher Unlearning' as an online space for everyday discussions around power, identity and manhood.
The Measure of a Man: Kawhi Leonard and Marc Gasol in the face of Victory and Defeat.
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Don’t Count the Days, Make the Days Count: Muhammad Ali’s pep talk to us in between rounds.
THE CASE FOR MALENTINE’S DAY
In the classroom of ‘being a Better Man’ there are no teachers, only students.
John Oliver on what it’s like for Women Online
Lost Boys
‘I Can’t Help Myself’: Do men need to be saved from themselves?
Kurt Cobain in utero: My role model for being a Male Ally
The Omega of Alpha Males: James Gandolfini and the Oath of Manhood.
Spoken Word and Words Unspoken: Carlos Andrés Gómez on Young Men and Violence
Real Men Eat Quiche: Recipes for Manhood
What I Like and Don’t Like About Being a Boy: Thoughts from a group of Grade 4 Boys.
Consent: The conversation that we STILL need to urgently have.
Life after the Game Changer
COME AT ME BRO!! Men and Conflict Resolution
Why Bert’s not laughing: Homophobic Jokes about Bert and Ernie
Of Monsters and Elephants: Real Men from New Delhi, India to Steubenville, USA
