Build Up Boys Interviews Neil Shyminsky, English Professor and Short-form Video Content Creator

Neil Shyminsky (aka Professor Neil) unpacks the complexities of modern masculinity by challenging cultural assumptions, poking fun at manosphere influencers, and celebrating the value of emotional openness and relational care. Drawing from his experience as a professor, father, and social media creator, Neil illustrates how comic book heroes and flexible gender roles shaped his perspective—showing that being a man is less about rigid categories and more about being a good human, curious, compassionate, and willing to perform care. Bio: Neil Shyminsky is a professor of English, author, and speaker, though he is best known on social media by more than a million followers as “Professor Neil.” At the heart of his online advocacy and academic work is the promotion of diverse and inclusive practices of healthy masculinity and the rejection of restrictive, toxic, and harmful ideologies of masculinity. https://www.neilshyminsky.com/