A key difference between a man like Sam Shepard and today’s dismal exemplars of hypermasculinity is that his currency was guilt, whereas now the watchword is resentment. The former internalizes blame, forging stoics, while the latter assigns it elsewhere, yielding brats. Sam Shepard was open about his fears and spent his life trying to understand them. He did not sharpen them into weapons to use on others.
~ Michael O’Donnell via The Atlantic

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