Well, my fellow feminists, we might as well pack it in. For the forces arrayed against us have a devastating, nay brutal, new slogan.
The Counter-Feminist Agent of Change (CFAC) who calls himself Fidelbogen explained in a recent post how this “wicked new slogan” came to him. Also, what the slogan is:
This occurred to me in a flash of inspiration today. I grabbed the first scrap of paper I could find and jotted it down:
Feminism spreads lies like a fly spreads germs.
You like it? I thought you would.
So . . . spread it around, and make it part of the “buzz”!
Get it? Buzz. Like, “buzz” means “what people are excitedly talking about.” But it is also the sound that a fly makes.
See, Fidelbogen is working with TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS at once. It’s like juggling two things at once, only with your brain. No wonder some MRAs regard his as the finest mind in the Men’s Rights movement today.
Several days after The Bogen (that’s what I like to call him) came up with this masterful slogan, one artistically minded MRA took it to a whole nother level – by using the slogan in the graphic above.
As The Bogen explained in his second post about his new slogan:
Memes can take many forms, and what you see here is among the most elemental and effective of those forms.
I am posting this graphic image for anybody on the planet who wants to fly away with it and spread it around.
First with the “buzz” thing, and now “fly away with it.” LIKE FLIES DO! The man is a genius.
Hell man, you could even print it on T-shirts and coffee mugs. Certainly you can post it on your website. Best of all, you can print it on little squares of paper and leave these in all manner of places where all manner of people will happen upon them.
Oh shit. T-shirts? Mugs? Motherfucking SQUARES OF PAPER?! He’s going CROSS-PLATFORM!
This is the sort of thing that will land in people’s brains, and buzz around there, and never leave!
I explained the buzz thing already, didn’t I?
It will find its way into the general buzz of conversation, too!
Just in case you’ve forgotten. Buzz = what people are talking about. ALSO THE SOUND FLIES MAKE.
I still cannot get over how much of a genius move that whole “buzz” thing is. I don’t know how he does it.
I kindly thank St. Estephe, the blog keeper who created this. I am honored to see my words so skillfully combined with pictures, and made ten times more effective by that method.
It’s true. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to find a picture of a fly, and then to put words next to it.
How can we possibly compete with this?
I tried to come up with some slogans of my own. But the best I could do was this:
I hope you guys have some better ideas.
Try QuickMeme if you want to make a little graphic. I’ll post any especially good ones here!
EDITED TO ADD: Some more graphics that are Fidelbogenesque in their brilliance. One from Scar, one from me.
@Joanna
Men who report get laughed out of the police station, if they don’t get charged with rape themselves.
Seriously, Sugar Booger, Ami’s name isn’t hard to spell.
Ami: There’s definitely a culture in a lot of sports (which affects women too) of manning up and toughing it out and playing through injuries… not to mention those terrible articles you always point out when those people are all like “but if we take the fighting out of hockey then it won’t be fun anymore!” >:(
But perhaps it’s not “men are strong and tough so we shouldn’t care if they get hurt”… I think it’s more “men are strong and tough so they CAN’T get hurt.” If they’re in a situation in which they are hurt, we’re sympathetic… but most of the time we don’t believe they are. :/
And I bet you’d wet your pants and run home crying after your first hour of basic training.
This is a fun game! What else have you got?
@Nephrite Would you? It’s not like I’d be a tackle or something. -_- And no, I wouldn’t last against NFL players. I would against you and your amateur buddies.
Also I prefer hockey 😀
Nephrite: Would you PLEASE figure out one of the many ways to separate what you’re saying from what you’re replying to? It’s not all that fucking difficult.
There’s quotation marks, or italics ( less than i greater than, less than slash i greater than) or blockquotes (less than blockquote greater than, less than slash blockquote greater than).
Or putting @Name before the text you’re reply to.
It’s super simple!
Yes, yes, and yes. I have looked up Focus on the Family’s website to see what they support (I’m actually on their mailing list). I’ve read the Spearhead, A Voice for Men, and Roissy, although Roissy’s the most entertaining writer of the lot. I’ve never been an active anti-racist (I tend to concentrate on gender- and sexuality-related activism, as the most interesting to me), but if I did I’d certainly investigate the Neo Nazi’s beliefs themselves.
I really appreciate Paul Elam’s eloquent stance on his own erections.
Nephrite: And I bet any of the teeny ladies I fenced with would have kicked your ass up the list and back down. I know that many of the teeny ladies who fight in the Midrealm Unbelted group would send you home crying. And I would point and laugh…
“Men who report get laughed out of the police station, if they don’t get charged with rape themselves.”
That’s only what they think though. It’s not the reality.
KathleenB, no shame in being a Lions fan. They had a great season, it’s amazing what years of great draft picks can do! I’m a Seahawks fan, I know from pain.
Speaking of flies, I found myself reminded of this video:
I have no idea why.
Ah… the kidney stone is a fan of Toysoldier’s. That explains a lot.
Ami: There’s definitely a culture in a lot of sports (which affects women too) of manning up and toughing it out and playing through injuries… not to mention those terrible articles you always point out when those people are all like “but if we take the fighting out of hockey then it won’t be fun anymore!” >:(
But perhaps it’s not “men are strong and tough so we shouldn’t care if they get hurt”… I think it’s more “men are strong and tough so they CAN’T get hurt.” If they’re in a situation in which they are hurt, we’re sympathetic… but most of the time we don’t believe they are. :/
Actually, the culture is worse for women because they’re expected to prove that they’re not just tough enough to play but that they are tougher than men, because people view a lot of things based on what they expect to see. If a woman cries, it’s proof that women are too weak to play. If men cry, it shows just how emotional the game is. Like soccer. Women’s soccer doesn’t have diving, falling down to get penalties, it doesn’t even have women showing their legitimate injuries, b/c then it’s proof that women are too weak to play. Women get right back up from being hurt, they won’t admit being hurt, or they play with broken noses (like Christine Sinclair).
I think sometimes it’s about not thinking men get hurt (“he just got his bell rung”) but that’s changed a lot now, we DO know they’re hurt, but it’s meant to be brave to suck it up. But it’s not just a male thing, it’s a sports thing, it’s just that we see only men as being able to play sports well. I know it’s a bit paradoxical and you could argue that’s only cuz it’s men, but I think we need to be more nuanced when we look at this and not just go into “it’s only cuz the players are men!” :
Also it’s worth noting that the history of sports didn’t start off being all male. In the 1920s and 30s there were a lot of women playing sports, like hockey in Canada, which had a lot of women’s leagues and teams. They all disappeared in the 50s with a re-entrenchment of gender roles after the war, the rise of suburbs (and therefore arena time being limited and distributed to only boys) and television showing only men’s hockey. So it’s not even like sports culture is deeply rooted in only men… >_>
Scar: What was your MOS?
That’s only what they think though. It’s not the reality.
Kinda like slut-shaming, victim blaming, blah blah blah right?
I know this is calling back to something earlier in the thread, but I really wanted to say it.
I am getting really tired of being called lazy for being a woman. Or for being in the working class. I work full time to support myself and my disabled partner. Who is male, if that matters anyone. When I’m not at my day job I am trying to get my dollmaking career off the ground. Actually making them is easy but promotion is hard. And then, on the weekends, for extra fun, my father and I are building a tiny house, to try to reduce the amount of rent I have to pay. And also because tiny houses are cool.
So, full time day job, career that fills up almost all the of the rest of the time that I am not sleeping, and BUILDING a HOUSE. Is that not enough? What else do I have to do to not be lazy?
Sorry, but thanks for playing! Help yourself to a parting gift.
Also it’s worth noting that the history of sports didn’t start off being all male. In the 1920s and 30s there were a lot of women playing sports, like hockey in Canada, which had a lot of women’s leagues and teams. They all disappeared in the 50s with a re-entrenchment of gender roles after the war, the rise of suburbs (and therefore arena time being limited and distributed to only boys) and television showing only men’s hockey. So it’s not even like sports culture is deeply rooted in only men… >_>
How about you actually read real history instead of womyn’s studies. Women’s hockey wasn’t an Olympic sport until the 90s.
Facts.
Not lies.
Signals. 2 Sig Sqn, Linton Camp.
Shortest life expectancy on the battlefield! Wooo!
Dude just admit that you’d feel way to immasculated to report that you were raped.
How about you actually read real history instead of womyn’s studies. Women’s hockey wasn’t an Olympic sport until the 90s.
When did I say it was? o_O
NHL players couldn’t play in the Olympics until the 90s too. So men didn’t play hockey until the 90s?
hellkell: One good season does not cancel out the disappointment of many, many, many bad ones. But I am looking forward to next year.
@Joanna can we back off on attacking him about this? Or assuming that we know how he’d feel…