Kilted Haka, A Beautiful Male Ritual

Photo: Stevie Weir, courtesy Daily Record There’s something magical about the Haka for me. It’s a primal male ritual that just feels right. It celebrates healthy male aggression in a communal setting. I feel like we’ve made male aggression “bad” in our culture here in the US, and that reality is a source of suffering for […]

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Happy Birthday Sam!! 4/30/2017

Sam, Sam, You’re quite a man Lusted after by Grannies Across the land  Never, ever A shrinking violet Grace and humor Always your pilot You play our Jamie- The King of Men “He’s my Jamie too” You quietly reprimand Lemonade maker, Your glass always half full, Yet, not afraid To ever call “bull” Fast cars, […]

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Older J&C, Baby Bree, Young Adult Fergus, Old Leg Hair… Lots To See in Season 3

Artwork by Vera Adxer This post contains major spoilers for non book readers, you’ve been warned! I was poking around for any new casting announcements, wondering who’ll play all the characters we’re excited to see in S3: Duncan Innes, Hal, Father Fogdon, Lawrence Stern, Mina Alcott, Mamacita, Aloysius O’Shaughnessy Murphy, Margaret and Archie Campbell, not […]

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Contemplating Caitriona, if I May Be So Bold…

[Nearly every post you read here at OutlanderBTS.com is and will be stand alone. This one is not. It is an offshoot of my ECCC 2017 post and will likely make more sense if you read the ECCC 2017 post first…] There were so many comments generated by the (now more than) 14,000 views of my ECCC 2017 […]

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Jamie, My Hero…

I think it’s tough for guys today in our culture. Look around. (And before I get jumped on about how tough it is for women, yes, saying it’s tough for guys does not deny the hardships for women, it’s just not what I’m talking about right now.) This even shows up in the making of Outlander […]

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