September 2024
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Predator (1987) – a discussion on barbarism
The first Predator movie is one of the essential paganism/masculinity movies for kids in my opinion. It’s packed with suspense, action, and has zero woke mumbo-jumbo that makes modern movies unwatchable. The main theme of the movie is how Dutch returns to a wild barbaric state and becomes the hunter after being hunted – and…
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Yakari – a colorful intro to Pagan/Animistic worldview
I’ve found this cartoon thanks to Marie Cachet recommendation back in 2016-ish. It’s produced in France and there are 52 12-minute episodes based on an older comic book – but the series has been unfortunately discontinued. Here is the official channel for the episodes in English – https://www.youtube.com/@yakarienglishofficial3469/videos The official description: Yakari, a Sioux boy,…
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Ace Ventura – the masculine role model they don’t make anymore
Ace Ventura (both parts, but part 1 especially) has to be one of the most accessible & fun masculine movies you can watch with your kids. In fact, Ace is a masculinity icon they don’t make anymore. And you probably won’t read that elsewhere because he’s not your cookie-cutter manly man hero. But I’d pair…
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Athena and Ares. Victory is the wisdom.
Note how the goddess of wisdom is Athena – who is also the goddess of strategic warfare. Ares is also a god of war – but he is the patron of carnage, brutal and violent action. Homeric Europe had (at least) two gods of war. The god of wisdom is also a god of war.…