A comedy short, shot entirely on iPhone 7, highlighting the public health impact of toxic masculinity through its dampening effect on the willingness of men to wear face coverings

 Growing up I always had this fear of not being feminine enough for my Hispanic parents. I like monster trucks and playing in the dirt but my parents wanted me to play with dolls and  to some extent I did. I eventually started to grow more feminine but at that point I grew an aversion to things that may make me seem more masculine. It took many years of acceptance but I have let myself be who...

Violence became his father When the first one died, Sufferance his mother When she sacrificed her pride.Her screams etched his silence With deep and livid shame, Night became an entity That mocked his family name.Sleeping, dreaming fractured For good but not for good, Revenge a rite of passage Toasted with the step-dad's blood.