2020 Has Been Miserable. Is Extreme Masculinity to Blame?

2020 was never going to be easy. But it didn’t have to be a dumpster fire.

There’s an alternate timeline in which, amid a global coronavirus pandemic, vast majorities of Americans followed medical experts’ advice. In that timeline, the White House set a clear and simple example: Wear a mask; keep your distance. And then, a hard-fought presidential election ended with a gracious concession speech.