manhood

  1. Bossyyyyy

    Becoming Less Timid / Increasing Confidence

    Any ideas? Day to day, I find myself being really timid. My self esteem feels shot too. Some of me thinks my social skills kinda disappeared since covid began, I don’t know. I have a good job, im in the gym growing my physique, I take care of myself physically and am generally always working...
  2. Rhapture

    Do you put your blackness before your manhood?

    Do you put your blackness before your duties to provide, to protect, to teach, to heal and to lead? Do you think the two are exclusive? Do you think the two conflict at times? When is it appropriate to separate the two?
  3. BLΔCK⁂W⊙LF

    Men not valuing themselves (Life Principle pt. 1)

    A lot of guys on here seem to undervalue themselves. They act reactionary, allowing hurt feelings get the better of them and they end up succumbing to weak behaviors to foil future rejection. From "#uglygang" to just straight up brown nosing females. Lot of guys seem to have taken on the...
  4. DreadBrown

    How many fathers we got on thecoli.com?

    Serious question :jbhmm: I wanted to make this thread to see who here has kids cuz we dont get too many threads on fatherhood. With all the dumb shyt we talk about on here I know we can make time for some meaningful convo. This is a positive thread so if you don’t have a progressive...
  5. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood

    Link to the podcast below! http://files.newbooksnetwork.com/afroam/102afroamcurry.mp3
  6. Another Man

    So its Memorial Day weekend.....

    Cookouts are happening. ...but are yall grilling your own shyt?:mjpls: ...or are you eating someone else food? Like yall nikkas gonna let another man serve you and yours his meat?:dame: Ill be damned if im sitting down like a child at supper time as another man provides my meal, standing...
  7. SheWantTheD

    How Good Of A Father-Figure Was Uncle Phil To Will on Fresh Prince Really?

    This idea came to me because of that thread asking which tv family would you like to be part of. Anyways, Uncle Phil played by James Avery is revered as one of the best Black fathers in television history. But did he do right by Will? Will ran through women on the tv show. Had no sexual...
  8. SheWantTheD

    Striving For Greatness For Today's Western Women Is A Lost Cause

    This is in relation to the thread "50% of wives say husband isn't their best sex partner" http://www.thecoli.com/threads/50-of-wives-say-husband-isnt-their-best-sex-partner-60-of-wives-would-rather-read-than-have-sex.465667/page-7#post-20990609 A lot of western women don't know what they want...
  9. SheWantTheD

    Deep Voiced Brehs, Get In Here

    For thecoli brehs with really deep voices: 1) At what age did your voice get so deep? About age 12 for me, seventh grade. 2) Did it positively or negatively affect your life? If so how? Most 12 year olds let alone high schoolers don't have voices as deep as I did. And even though I was...
  10. SheWantTheD

    Your Not A Man If...

    You got another dude playing Daddy to your kids. Your kids calling him daddy and shyt, he's tucking them in bed at night reading them bed time stories, wiping the snot off their faces, putting a bandage on their cut they get from playing outside, dropping them off and picking them up from...
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