Archive - Sacred Tension

Why I Won't Kill Myself

Reflections on staying alive

Jul 11 •

Stephen Bradford Long

The Test You Will Fail

And why you must still prepare.

Jul 4 •

Stephen Bradford Long

June 2025

May 2025

The Killer of Men

On the epidemic of male suicide

May 29 •

Stephen Bradford Long

Strangers From The Abyss

May 22 •

Stephen Bradford Long

On Being a New Warrior

An exercise in Sacred Tension

May 20 •

Stephen Bradford Long

In Defense of Romantic Friendship

On resisting a lonely age.

May 12 •

Stephen Bradford Long

Cringe Masculinity

On looking beneath the surface

May 9 •

Stephen Bradford Long

My Nightmare Initiation Into The Mankind Project

A Hero's Journey

May 6 •

Stephen Bradford Long

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