College students are showing up with tote bags, wired ear buds and matcha lattes for a chance to win "performative male" contests that have popped up on campuses around the country.

Everybody knows what the basic image of a so-called “Performative Male” looks like: A man with matcha in one hand and “The Will to Change” by Bell Hooks in the other, strolling casually down the ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m., the University of Georgia’s Young Democrat ...

Eleven matchas, handfuls of tampons, three upside-down books, one cat, one skateboard, one guitar and at least three Labubus. These are just some of the items Duke students hauled to the Bryan Center ...

The rapidly growing trend of pop-up competitions for overcompensating men reached Northwestern over the weekend, in a competition to label the “most performative man.” The collection of men in ...

On Sunday afternoon, Stanford Recreation and Wellness shared Roble Field with students armed with matcha, tote bags and Clairo vinyls for a “performative male contest.” A performative male is a term ...

Tote bags, watered-down matchas and faux feminism descended upon the Urban Park Roof Garden in Cambridge on Saturday, as a dozen contestants battled it out for the title of “most performative male.” ...

“Bring back fun; bring back whimsy,” Emilka Puchalski ’28 said. On Sept. 13, Puchalski and Yara Almoussa ’28 — in collaboration with TigerMag and WPRB — gathered matcha drinkers and Clairo listeners ...