Introducing The Feed

Hello everyone! I'm Taylor Johnson, a junior creative writer and I have created this blog to expand on the ideas and information that I have already touched upon in my Ted Talk regarding Toxic Masculinity. 

This blog will be focusing on what Toxic Masculinity actually is and where it can be found, as well as suggesting ways in which it can be combated. I plan on highlighting celebrity figures that have grown up in an environment where the qualities that contribute to the toxicity is all that they've known, but have found ways to understand the errors that they've been committing and changing for the better. I also hope to shed light on a few internal biases that common people have grown up with--along with mentalities--that could ultimately lead to this dilemma if not corrected. 

I chose to focus my blog on this topic, because I was not completely satisfied with the level of research that I had done with my Ted Talk: I wished to go into depth about the experiences shared from other prominent celebrity figures, as well as delve into the technical side with the use of statistics. I became interested in the topic after seeing the commercial that the Gillette shaving company put out, focusing on the betterment of men of essentially all shapes and sizes. In the video, the harmful actions that men are partaking in are called out and corrected for the betterment of all parties involved. 

I hope that you end up learning something that you hadn't known before and that you look forward to what 's coming next!