

Tomassi first rose to prominence through his highly trafficked “Rational Male” blog, and his first book, The Rational Male, a 2013 collection of essays from his online writing, has come to be considered the unofficial bible of the manosphere. Over and above the unruly riffraff of the manosphere sits Rollo Tomassi (not his real name), a blogger, author, and, most recently, YouTuber.


Some of it might be good, but many of these products may, for all anyone knows, be grifts and scams preying upon gullible, vulnerable, heartbroken men. A continually multiplying plethora of websites and “coaches,” gurus, and other self-help saviors offer a multitude of books, courses, coaching, and conferences for men. The “manosphere,” a loose agglomeration of internet personalities who opine on a range of issues related to women, dating, sex, and relationships, resembles the early Wild Wild West years of the internet.
