October Read- Tie between Men & Masculinity and Mental Health

[Mariah Roze]

Hello Everyone!
For the month of October we had a tie in the themes/topics. They were Men and Masculinity and Mental Health.Please list book suggestions below that we could vote on for our book read! :D The topic will be officially picked when the book is chosen.

You have till 8/31/16.

[David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party]

Here are a couple of classics to consider for Mental Health:

Mrs. Dalloway

The Bell Jar

[Mariah Roze]

David "proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party" wrote: "Here are a couple of classics to consider for Mental Health:

Ohhh good suggestions! I have The Bell Jar on my to-read list :)

[Mariah Roze]

I have a ton of book suggestion ideas for Mental Health! These are all on my to-read list haha

The Bell Jar

The Virgin Suicides

Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

Running with Scissors

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Willow

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

[David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party]

Mariah wrote: "I have a ton of book suggestion ideas for Mental Health! These are all on my to-read list haha

WOW! Looks like you've got the mental health choices pretty well covered, Mariah! xD

I did some research on books that discuss masculinity and perceptions of men, and these three all got predominantly good reviews:

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man

Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity

If group members want to go approach masculinity from a more unconventional angle, we could explore Nietzsche's view of the "superman" (or "ubermensch", as he put it). Considering Nietzsche's reputation (I've never actually read his work so I don't know for certain what his philosophies were), it's very likely none of us would agree with him, but it still might make for an interesting discussion to compare an antiquated notion of what a philosopher once considered to be the "ideal man" as verses how we view the role and traits of men today.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

And finally, if group members would prefer looking at fictional stories that feature protagonists who are considered "masculine", here are a couple of suggestions:

The Maltese Falcon

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Hope this helps! :)

[Mariah Roze]

David "proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party" wrote: "Mariah wrote: "I have a ton of book suggestion ideas for Mental Health! These are all on my to-read list haha

WOw! That is great :) Thank you so much!!

[Mariah Roze]

Another Mental Health Suggestion:

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

[Mariah Roze]

Men and Masculinity Suggestion:

Fight Club