Open Door Magazine is a new Sunbird Press men’s publication out now on Amazon.Click on the link below to purchase your paperback copy and e-book format.
It is a publication made for today’s millenial, indie, modern man, created to open the dialogue on masculinity, for men of diverse origins, races, backgrounds, sexualities, professionalisms to come together and reframe masculinity and add richness to its definition. An open door because every man is welcome. We break down and challenge the notion that masculinity is this elite club with VIP membership. We open our creative, spiritual, intellectual platform to all.
Where are we headed as a gender? What does it mean to be a man in 2020? What do we talk about? What are our insecurities? Do we all have a seat at the table to redefine masculinity? These are some of questions that Open Door will address through the columns /themes of men’s health/ sexuality, gender, life coaching, psychotherapy, men’s mental health, spirituality, family, the arts and many more…
The particularity of Open Door will be the wide diversity of its participants, our aim is to guarantee the coverage of as many perspectives as possible. To give the average man a platform to express his views, talents and interests. Again all are welcome.
Meet the team:
Daniel CoxAssistant Editor: for queries about articles and submissionsdanielopendoormag@gmail.com
Eddie TealeCommunications management: for queries about partnerships and mediaeddieopendoormag@gmail.com
Yann W. TanoéPublisher: for publishing enquiriesSunbirdjournalpublishing@gmail
Hoping to connect with you soon guys! In the meantime, take great care!
Issue Number 1
Release date: 1st of May
Columnists: Daniel cox, Rhys holloway, Isaac ouro-Gnao, Wilfried willey, Peter Wood, Jonathan Watts, Kwame Opoku, Jasryan Rai.
Issue 1 Topics
Yann Tanoé: Open Door to open Thoughts
Daniel Cox: Intro
Rhys Holloway: By Product of Broken Borders
Jasryan Rai: The Men’s Circle, Redefining our Roles
Isaac Ouro-Gnao : Three Sisters an Activist’s Play on British Colonialism
Daniel Cox: Sacred Sexuality
Peter Wood: Bus Boy, Riding with my Inner Child
Kwame Opoku: What does Recovery From Psychological Wounds look like?
Jonathan Watts: The Humility and Self Awareness of History’s Greats.
Wilfried Willey: Where are you from?
Review/ synopsis by Assistant Editor Daniel Cox
Open Door is not like other men’s magazines out there. It isn’t testosterone injected. There are no articles on how to pull a bird, or a muscle lifting impossible weights. You will not find fashion adverts for watches worth more than your car.
The columnists are not tied to conditioned and outdated gender norms.
It’s ok to talk, it’s ok to be you.
Open Door is for the conscious man, the awakened man. It is for those who are also still trying to figure out who they are, as men in the twenty-first century.
Imagine, if you will, a warm and welcoming home. Inside is a host of intriguing men who are passionate about telling their story; the door is wide and open, you step inside.
After reading the articles, I was left feeling so much hope for humanity; for the first time in forty-two years, I felt inspired to feel pride in who I am as a man.
‘Where Exactly Are You From?’ a great question posed by Wilfred Willey. The question can be the start of an innocent conversation to get to know someone. But what I’ve learnt from his article is that the answers can often be not only misjudged but can even be used for racist ignorance.
Jasryan Rai’s piece, ‘Men’s Circle,’ took me on an exotic journey to Koh Phangan in Thailand, to a men’s circle. Freedom sums up this article perfectly. I feel privileged to have read his experience, and the question posed, really made me think…
What struck me about reading Isaac Ouro-Gnao’s, ‘Theatre Activism,’ is how important theatre can be. It is crucial in bringing awareness and conversation to important and otherwise hidden areas of life and history. Isaac’s passionate retelling of Inva Ellam’s ‘Three Sisters,’ brings attention to the fact we need to really learn about colonialism and the true cost of the British Empire, and its continuing affects.
I was deeply moved by the raw authenticity of Peter Wood’s, ‘Bus Boy.’ Reading his personal account of his childhood, was like a nostalgic bus ride past my own childhood home. We all have a Bus Boy who needs to be heard, don’t we?
I’ve always found history engrossing and after reading Jonathan Watts ‘The Humility and Self Awareness of History’s Greats,’ I am deep in thought. Jonathan tells us a story of two of history’s ‘Greats,’ Alfred and Cnut. Even though Jonathan has made light of some other of history’s epithets, I am now pondering on what my overriding quality is, what would be my epithet be?
I am glad the hashtag, ‘It’s ok to talk,’ movement came about. Supporting our mental health is so important, especially for us men. Seeking help is crucial, but what does recovery look like? In his article, ‘What Does Recovery From phycological Wounds and Trauma Look Like?’ Kwame Opoku articulately answers this important question.
Although you won’t find sex advice in this magazine, our perceptions of our sexuality as men desperately needs an overhaul. There are women’s groups who focus on their sexuality as empowering, liberating and a connection to the divine. So, in my article, ‘Sacred Sexuality,’ I posed the question, can men’s sexuality be viewed as sacred? Or is it just animal instinct?
In his article, ‘A By-Product of Broken Boarders,’ Rhys Brook-Holloway articulates how he feels about culture in todays society. He himself is a complex mix of races, I am sure many can relate. What this article did for me, has made me realise how much I see myself in other cultures. Should we not all see the similarities and differences in each other’s as beautiful expressions of the human experience?
Whatever ignites the flame within your heart, you will find something in Open Door.
Issue Number 2
Release date: 20th of August
Columnists: Daniel cox, Rhys holloway, Isaac Ouro-Gnao, Eddie Teale, James Bargeron, Ben Gad-Briggs, Jonathan Watts, Kwame Opoku, Jasryan Rai.
Issue 2 Topics
1. Ben Briggs: Black Lives Matters and my Black British Experience
2. Jasryan Rai: Conscious Uncoupling
3. Eddie Teale: Big Shoes / Footsteps
4. Isaac Ouro-Gnao: Dance and Theatre (Coping in Lockdown)
5. Daniel Cox: A Hroe’s journey, my call to parenthood
6.Rhys Brook: Like Father
7.James Bargeron: Failing forward, Embracing Failures
8.Kwame Opoku: Attachment vs Detachment
9.Jonathan Watts: Challenging Status Quo, Italian Astronomer Giordano Bruno.
Review Coming soon…
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