Rant: trivial hirsute
Kenny Hodgart
Jesus Christ, famously a December birthday boy, declares in Matthew 6:3, "Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth."
In other words, give alms for the sake of it, not so you can tell yourself, and everyone else, that you're an alms-giver. In humility, there is beauty and grace.
Look chaps, I know you're doing it for a good cause - to raise awareness of men's health issues, etc - and if you've badgered me for money you'll get it. But what's to stop us all doing charity without the circus - and the endless selfies?
Movember, now in its 10th year, was just the start of it, unfortunately. Signposting that you are good/ moral/give a stuff - whether via self-defacement (an off-putting Movember tache here, an Ice Bucket Challenge video there) or some small act of self-empowerment (giving up the ciggies for "Stoptober": that's a real thing in Britain) - is where charity is at now.
It's like social media has made little celebrities of us and we're all running our own PR campaign - you only care if you care conspicuously.
Narcissism is at large, unshaven and wearing philanthropy's trousers.
