As we reported in a recent article, during last month’s hugely successful Melbourne meetup, we assembled some great and highly dedicated MHRAs and achieved a great deal. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to meet with them face to face and an enjoyable time was had by all. What we did not report however was that after about half of…
So, what is the Bechdel Test, and why does it seem to be so surprisingly difficult to pass such a seemingly simple set of criteria? To begin with, the Bechdel Test is a simple and easy test to see if a work of fiction, such as a movie, book, video game, or other piece of…
Originally posted on A Voice for Men on September 7, 2011 by Dr. F (Ian Williams) and is republished here in its entirety with permission from the author. Some years back when my graduating film had just wrapped up with it’s shooting I walked out of my house utterly dazed. It had been a grueling ten day shoot which…
Originally posted on A Voice for Men: and is republished here in its entirety with permission from the author on July 6, 2013 By Dr. F (Ian Williams) The dad is in a hospital and almost all of the world will never know he was born. His three children are hunted away from any moment of comfort as…
So, I’ve been thinking again… Lately, the great Feminist comeback to criticism of Feminism has been going through a renaissance, courtesy of #Womenagainstfeminism. It runs like this: “X complaint isn’t really about Feminism,read a dictionary.”. I really had to restrain myself to keep this as neutral sounding as I’ve seen it (all of twice),…
While perusing the Internet’s seedier gutters, as I am sometimes forced to do in fulfilling my duties here at Men’s Rights Sydney, I happened upon this noxious little nugget from what appears to be a feminist flavoured eMag called “Bust” (no, I’d never heard of it before either). Anyway, on this site was a trite little article titled “Men’s Rights…
This is going to be a very short update. The Stop Violence Against Everyone posters are as inoffensive as it is possible to be. They literally say that violence against everyone should be stopped, not just violence against women but including violence against women. By tearing down these posters these people are opposing the statement that reducing…
As regular readers may remember, way back in January we brought you news of the shenanigans going on at Nivea, our reaction to their latest sexist ad campaign, and their misrepresentations to the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) that assisted them in getting away with airing it. It was the last part of this that really stuck in our craw. The ASB rejected…
Spider-Man was wrong. Well, his uncle was, anyway. The maxim “With great power comes great responsibility” isn’t exactly correct. Rather, the reverse is accurate: With personal responsibility comes greatness and personal power. Now, while you ponder that thought for a moment, let me add one more note so you know where I’m coming from. Normally…
Author: Catreece MacLeod Before we begin dissecting the concept of trigger warnings, let us first define trigger warnings. A trigger warning is a warning mentioned at the beginning of a piece of media in much the same way someone would place a spoiler warning, except the spoiler in this case is you might be offended…
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