The M3 Bearcast from Male Media Mind
Welcome to the M3 Baercast. My name is Malcolm Travers. Male Media Mind is a grassroots organization dedicated to uplifting and unifying the black bear community through dialogue, insight, creativity, and knowledge. I've been hosting live streams and sharing content on social media for many years now. I've been asked few times to produce a podcast. It's been a pleasure to make them. Podcasts have the capability to host a longer, more in-depth conversation than our videos on youtube. It also allows you to work or the gym, and you don't have to worry about visual elements of the show being missing, which allows you to passively partake in our conversations. It gives me a chance to mold and edit the conversations in ways that make our points clear.
The M3 Bearcast from Male Media Mind
The Bare-Minimum Myth
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Malcolm Travers
When does a “quick text back” morph from courtesy into handcuffs? In this unfiltered round-table, Malcolm Traverse and the M3 crew probe the slippery world of bare minimums—those unspoken yardsticks that can make or break our sense of care. From birthday-gift price tags to the dread of a left-on-read bubble, we ask why modern love so often feels like an endless terms-and-conditions screen.
Inside the Episode
- Generation Ping: How constant connectivity rewired our expectations of instant replies—and why older and younger daters clash over it.
- Unspoken ≠ Universal: Why assuming everyone shares your “obvious” basics sets the stage for resentment.
- Neurodivergence & Mind-Reading Myths: What happens when partners literally process social cues differently.
- Sacrifice vs. Boundaries: The fine line between healthy compromise and soul-sucking people-pleasing.
- Friendship Contracts: Texting etiquette, “hey stranger” faux pas, and the three F’s (feeding, financing, or… well, you know).
- The Bare-Minimum Checklist: blunt questions to ask early—before silence starts shouting neglect.
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