{"id":1979653,"date":"2023-07-21T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbieheimer-is-for-the-fellas-no-girls-allowed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:36:05","slug":"barbieheimer-is-for-the-fellas-no-girls-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbieheimer-is-for-the-fellas-no-girls-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbieheimer: Exclusively for Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarbieheimer-is-for-the-fellas-no-girls-allowed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><span>Image \u200bCredit<\/span>FDRLST \/ Canva<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Guys, it\u2019s tough out there. From Jordan Peterson to Andrew Tate \u2062to Richard Reeves, people\u200d across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newest-gop-leader-were-unified-in-working-with-trump-cheney-still-part-of-conference\/\" title=\"Newest GOP Leader: We\u2019re \u2018Unified In Working With\u2019 Trump, Cheney Still Part Of Conference\">ideological spectrum agree<\/a>: men are having an incredibly rough go at it as of late, as our peers continue\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/up-front\/2021\/10\/08\/the-male-college-crisis-is-not-just-in-enrollment-but-completion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drop\u2063 out<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpolicy.usc.edu\/article\/american-drug-overdose-death-rates-the-highest-among-wealthy-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overdose<\/a>,\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10495527\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kill themselves<\/a> at a mind-boggling pace.<\/p>\n<p>Some diagnose this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guns-arent-radically-deadlier-than-they-were-50-years-ago-but-our-sick-culture-is\/\" title=\"Guns Aren\u2019t Radically Deadlier Than They Were 50 Years Ago, But Our Sick Culture Is\">cultural decline<\/a> as \u2063the result of stagnating economic conditions \u2014 a questionable claim considering these trends\u200b continued amid the flourishing Trump economy. Others point to the\u200b widespread emancipation of Western \u200dmen from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/got-thumos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>thumos<\/em><\/a>  and Faustian Spirit (the masculine impulse to\u2062 sacrifice comfort to pursue greatness) \u2064as a result of the\u2064 pervasive and rampant feminization \u200dof\u200b civilization in the \u200ddecades following the sexual revolution, which has undoubtedly been a disaster for the human race.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in the global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2023\/02\/what-is-the-longhouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">longhouse<\/a>, Alpha Males\u2122 like\u2064 Nick Adams \u2064are a vocal and powerful minority as they show young men that they need not resign themselves to the deafening groans of XY-mediocrity. Per Adams\u2019 repeated, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickAdamsinUSA\/status\/1679238336811085825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">satirically<\/a> homoerotic,\u2063 online guidance,\u2064 to truly revel \u2063in male camaraderie, one must surround himself with like-minded, driven men on the fairway, \u2062eating wings, and pursuing life\u2019s tribulations and challenges.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: photo taken by newly minted alpha male Stewie! He\u2019s \u200bjoining my next foursome. We\u2019re very excited to have him! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDjJ19IEUa\">pic.twitter.com\/pDjJ19IEUa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Adams (Alpha Male) (@NickAdamsinUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickAdamsinUSA\/status\/1682195853509795840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Men ought to pursue excellence in all things. And\u200b there\u2019s no\u200b better medium to pursue cultural excellence than \u200bthe, arguably,\u200d uniquely American medium \u200cof \u200ccinema. And this is why this weekend, you should assemble a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickAdamsinUSA\/status\/1679053137603096577?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">foursome with the boys<\/a> and treat yourselves to a Barbie-Oppenheimer double feature. Nothing exudes camaraderie quite like a shared in-person cinematic experience, and this is the perfect opportunity for the \u200cfellas to reverse-engineer Greta\u200d Gerwig\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/barbie-movie-review-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feminist \u201cBarbie\u201d<\/a> into a story where\u200d male excellence (henceforth known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tc_QVaX1h3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenergy<\/a>\u201d) and friendships are encouraged and to further have that message reinforced with a subsequent viewing of Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the \u200dman considered to be the father of\u200b the\u200c atomic bomb, despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbieheimer-is-for-the-fellas-no-girls-allowed\/\" title=\"Barbieheimer: Exclusively for Guys\">unironic galaxy-brain intellect<\/a>, would\u200d not have achieved all that he did \u200cwithout constant support from his friends and family \u2014 a fact \u2063constantly reiterated in his biography\u2063 <em>American Prometheus<\/em>, which Nolan\u2019s film adapts.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Ken would not be able to subvert expectations \u2014 stepping into his \u200cown role and becoming more than Barbie\u2019s himbo sidepiece \u2014\u2062 without male camaraderie and the support of his\u2063 fellow playthings. After all, it takes a lot of manpower \u200dto shirk the longhouse of Barbieland in the pursuit of\u200b establishing the dreaded patriarchal Kendom. (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/barbie-review-margot-robbie-greta-gerwig-ryan-gosling-mattel-256b6688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spoiler ahead<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After Barbie and Ken spend time \u2064in the real world, Ken has enough of being \u2064the butt of the joke and seeks to \u2062establish a patriarchal \u2063order in which he and his fellow male dolls are \u2063able to self-actualize. Without \u2064the help of his \u200bpeers, Ken would never be able to stage such a coup and do away with the increasingly antiquated\u2063 notion that\u2063 masculinity is\u200c best \u2063relegated to \u2063a state \u2064of perpetual neuter.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps, \u200butterly overhauling his society\u2019s general structure isn\u2019t the best way to approach this, but ultimately at the heart of the Kensurrection lies an important truth: men must be men in order to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the\u200c accomplishments that allowed the West to become the paragon of excellence that it once was\u200b were achieved through men\u2063 pushing each other to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-real-life-iron-man-the-incredible-story-of-elon-musks-rise-to-worlds-richest-man\/\" title=\"\u2018A Real Life Iron-Man\u2019: The Incredible Story Of Elon Musk\u2019s Rise To World\u2019s Richest Man\">achieve great things<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The infamous Bronze Age Pervert articulated this in his book <em>Bronze Age Mindset<\/em> by arguing \u2063that men\u200d were able to once achieve \u201call great political things, \u200dall acts\u200b of political freedom and power\u201d through \u201cstrong friendships between two men, or brotherhoods of\u200d men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iron \u200bsharpens iron, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>This was a \u200bpoint further alluded\u2063 to in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/19\/opinion\/male-loneliness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently published<\/a> New York Times\u2062 editorial titled: \u201cIs the Cure to Male Loneliness Out on the\u200b Pickleball Court?\u201d In this piece, Michelle\u2062 Cottle states that \u201cThe more [she] learn[s] about the epidemic of male loneliness, \u200dthe\u200d more\u200b [she\u2019s] convinced that America\u2064 needs to send its \u200cmen out to play.\u201d Male\u200b camaraderie, being thoroughly eschewed in the 21st century, has undeniably facilitated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/mens-mental-health-matters\/202301\/why-men-are-lonelier-than-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raging epidemic of \u200cloneliness<\/a> that continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/fear-intimacy\/202111\/the-devastating-toll-mens-loneliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wreak havoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily \u200dDickinson<\/em>, the feminist cultural critic Camille Paglia \u2063wrote that \u201cMen have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None\u2063 of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist\u200b rhetoric, which \u200cportrays men as oppressive\u2062 and callous exploiters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Male suffering is \u200dprominent and pertinent. A society in which men\u2062 continue to drop out, overdose, and off themselves \u200cis neither conducive to human nor civilizational flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>Oppenheimer \u200cand Ken \u2062get this; so should you. Assemble a foursome of the boys and tap into your Kenergy with a double \u200cfeature of \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d \u2014 the future depends on it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett\u200c is a staff editor at The Federalist. His writing has been\u200c featured in the Daily Wire, Townhall, The American Spectator, and other outlets. He is a 2022 \u200cClaremont Institute Publius Fellow. Follow him on Twitter @smlenett.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Visit on Twitter<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>crisis as men facing immense challenges, with experts like Jordan Peterson, Andrew Tate, and Richard Reeves acknowledging the alarming rates of dropout, overdose, and suicide among men. Regardless of ideological differences, it is widely recognized that men are currently enduring a difficult period, highlighting the urgent need to address this pressing issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":1979654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}