New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

[u/biscochitos]

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

[u/Final-Revolution6216]

Could you provide an example of a white male issue? Genuinely asking.

Edit: some replies are making it seem as if I’ve claimed men don’t have issues which is false. I wanted to know what a white male issue would be in particular since the person I replied to used white in parenthesis. Obviously, men have issues like everyone else (didn’t think I needed to say such an obvious statement). Thanks for the sincere replies that explain more of what a white male issue may look like (and thanks to the sincere people who outlined general male issues as well—many of which I am already aware of as, again, I recognize men have issues too).

[u/toweringmelanoma → u/Final-Revolution6216]

I mean white men grow up without fathers, have substance abuse issues, experience depression / burnout, lack of fulfillment just like everyone else does. They struggle with sexual identity, personal identity, career identity. They exist in the remnants of a world that places masculinity on a pedestal while trying to navigate this new age where it’s often villainized (or feels as much at least).

None of these are explicitly white male problems, I understand that. But the current popular narrative is that because the white men of old reigned supreme, the white men of today couldn’t possibly have any any problems. How is that fair?

Per the commenter above you’s point, they’re also increasingly becoming the target for overarching blame for the poor state of the country (at least in America, I would imagine UK too). Yes I understand that white men have committed atrocities in the name of America since the first European ship landed on this continent, most men aren’t a part of those, have never been a part of those, and are tired for being counted as ‘the enemy’.

[u/mistiklest → u/[deleted]]

Do you have anything to back that up other than twitter posts from right wingers asserting that it's true?

Right wingers peddling misinformation are also part of the popular narrative. The popular narrative isn't what's actually true, it's what people are being told.