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Jack Urwin's dad died right before Jack turned 10. Being male, he hardly ever really learned to talk about this with any type of sincerity. His grief stayed with him through his teenagers, slowly becoming despair. Now 24 and a journalist whose recent Vice article, A Stiff Upper Lip Is Getting rid of British Men - referred to as 'fabulous' by Irvine Welsh - became a viral feeling, Urwin explores what this means to be a man now. He traces crises of masculinity from our grandfathers' lack of ability to deal with the horrors of battle to the mob mentality of basketball terraces or Struggle Membership and the troubling rise of mental health problems among men today. Smart, funny and friendly, but with a intelligence that belies the author's age group, Man Up is the start of an essential discussion for men, checking out why we have perpetuated the misconception of masculinity - and how we can task it and change it.
