Christopher Pepper (He/Him)
@mrpepper.bsky.social
Award-winning educator and writer, with bylines in the NY Times, SF Chronicle, and Edutopia. Co-author of the national bestseller "TALK TO YOUR BOYS” (2025 - Workman Publishing).
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So grateful to Priya Parker for recommending my book "Talk To Your Boys" on the Ezra Klein show today, along with great books by Ruth Whippman, Molly Farneth, and Danya Ruttenberg (@theradr.bsky.social)
Listen/watch here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Listen/watch here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
So grateful to Priya Parker for recommending my book "Talk To Your Boys" on the Ezra Klein show today, along with great books by Ruth Whippman, Molly Farneth, and Danya Ruttenberg (@theradr.bsky.social)
Listen/watch here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Listen/watch here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
That’s great, glad it went well. I guess they really are booking a wide variety
of people!
of people!
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 AM
That’s great, glad it went well. I guess they really are booking a wide variety
of people!
of people!
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 AM
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We need a total and complete shutdown of ICE in the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
We need a total and complete shutdown of ICE in the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
The gender takes on that album influenced me so much in the ‘70s
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
December 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The gender takes on that album influenced me so much in the ‘70s
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
Hello from my aunt’s basement/museum
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Hello from my aunt’s basement/museum
Hi! “Talk To Your Boys,” the new book from me and @jfschroeder.bsky.social, makes a great gift and it is on sale! Use code BEST25 for 25% off at tinyurl.com/talkboys
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hi! “Talk To Your Boys,” the new book from me and @jfschroeder.bsky.social, makes a great gift and it is on sale! Use code BEST25 for 25% off at tinyurl.com/talkboys
@jfschroeder.bsky.social and I wrote “Talk To Your Boys” in large part because we saw so many parents opting out of necessary conversations with tween and teen boys. It’s meant to be a “no, you’re not done here!” push.
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@jfschroeder.bsky.social and I wrote “Talk To Your Boys” in large part because we saw so many parents opting out of necessary conversations with tween and teen boys. It’s meant to be a “no, you’re not done here!” push.
Sam Smith and Norah Jones taking it in an unexpected direction
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Sam Smith and Norah Jones taking it in an unexpected direction
Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
Hi @themountaingoats.bsky.social - I saw these classic posters (shared by @susiebright.bsky.social) and wondered if they inspired the cover of your new album.
Article on the posters: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Article on the posters: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi @themountaingoats.bsky.social - I saw these classic posters (shared by @susiebright.bsky.social) and wondered if they inspired the cover of your new album.
Article on the posters: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Article on the posters: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
School meals should be FREE, and no children should be going hungry. Here’s my take: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
School meals should be FREE, and no children should be going hungry. Here’s my take: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
I’m a much bigger fan of the “motivate people who don’t always vote to get out there” strategy than the “become more conservative to win undecided voters” strategy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’m a much bigger fan of the “motivate people who don’t always vote to get out there” strategy than the “become more conservative to win undecided voters” strategy.
It is very hard to convince young men to be teachers or social workers when they are seeing ads like this.
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It is very hard to convince young men to be teachers or social workers when they are seeing ads like this.
An updated guide to this issue is included in “Talk To Your Boys,” the new book that Joanna and I wrote together.
September 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
An updated guide to this issue is included in “Talk To Your Boys,” the new book that Joanna and I wrote together.
Please come to our book launch in San Francisco! www.bookpassage.com/event/joanna...
September 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Please come to our book launch in San Francisco! www.bookpassage.com/event/joanna...
The recent documentary film Every Body includes this story as well
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The recent documentary film Every Body includes this story as well
A look inside “Talk To Your Boys” the new book from me and @jfschroeder.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A look inside “Talk To Your Boys” the new book from me and @jfschroeder.bsky.social
Really proud of this one, which comes out in September.
Info: talktoyourboys.com
Info: talktoyourboys.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Really proud of this one, which comes out in September.
Info: talktoyourboys.com
Info: talktoyourboys.com
Oh, come on. The US is pushing hard to deport people but then imports this guy?!?
February 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Oh, come on. The US is pushing hard to deport people but then imports this guy?!?
This made me think of the Beth Lisick interview that most influenced my life - I remember hearing you on the radio and deciding to get a lot more ambitious with writing and speaking.
February 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This made me think of the Beth Lisick interview that most influenced my life - I remember hearing you on the radio and deciding to get a lot more ambitious with writing and speaking.
Really hard to have a little “let’s see what’s going on the world while I have a snack” break right now. OMG.
February 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Really hard to have a little “let’s see what’s going on the world while I have a snack” break right now. OMG.