Our Man Crush Monday series may not be entirely what you expect, but we guarantee there’s a lot to learn, admire, revile, envy, emulate, and/or acknowledge in these articles!

MCM Articles

• Alexander Crown
• Alvin C. York
• An American Tanker Slaying Daesh
• Ben Tendick and BRT Bladeworks
• Bill Yester
• Ed Calderon of Ed’s Manifesto
• Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov
• Gustav Hasford: Legends of the Corps
• Jason Essazay: an Afghan American on the Second Amendment
• Joe Dawson
• Leonard A. Funk, MoH Recipient
• Lt Col Chris “Otis” Raible, Marine Attack Squadron VMA 211
• Maj. Edgar Coventry, Rhodesian SAS
• Patrick Vuong
• Pete Ellis, USMC
• Presidents who served in the military
• Randy Quarles
• R.U. Titley / Titley Custom Knives
• Trooper Brian Costanza vs. Michael Vance
• Trooper Stan Scott, Royal Marine Commando
• Wild Bill Guarnere

Man Crush Monday

Dictionary.com says, “Man Crush Monday refers to a social media trend dedicated to posting pictures of and expressing affection for attractive or admirable men on Mondays.” Note: we use the sorta collective social media take on the definition, not the ones from Urban Dictionary that might better belong in an all-male bar with lots of people dressed up like the Village People, Dr. Frank N. Furter, or Albert Goldman.

However, we would add a number of other terms to the list provided by Dictionary.com because our MCMs tend to run the gamut from truly heroic sumbitches to goofy fucktards that make us laugh.

Such terms could include lots of other words, including:

• formidable
• funny
• inspiring
• well-spoken
• particularly piteous
• inspirational
• whatever you call someone who gives zero fucks
• whatever you call someone who provides the “Find Out” to someone else’s “Fuck Around”

The list goes on. Mostly with actual men from history – but sometimes also with fictional characters that deserve study and attention.

MCM Formal Definition

#ManCrushMonday

We’re gonna keep things simple here and quote a couple of definitions. Not because we don’t have our own opinion, but because you already know what the hell it is. We just need some imagery and a better word count in here to please the Search Engine Gawds that use algorithms and cyber shenanigans to determine what an article’s SERP (Search Engine Result Page) should be.

Also, we’re more than a little lazy on occasion. #sorrynotsorry

Dictionary.com goes on to explain,

On social media, [it] is often used as the hashtag #ManCrushMonday or, in abbreviated form, #MCM. While many posts emphasize physical appearance or fashion styles, some Man Crush Mondays emphasize character, accomplishments, and personality, with #ManCrushMonday tagging popular scientists like Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Many media outlets also use Man Crush Monday as headlines or recurring features on their sites to highlight various noteworthy men. One’s man crush can also be fictional (Homer Simpson) or historical (Napoleon). Many people will also use Man Crush Monday more personally to refer to one’s husband or a guy they like at school.

A related concept, as noted, is Woman Crush Wednesday, which debuted on Twitter in 2010. Like Man Crush Monday, Woman Crush Wednesday is dedicated to women that the poster finds admirable or attractive. Woman Crush Wednesday experienced a similar development to [MCM], with the first few references to it made by women talking about their woman crushes or girl crushes.