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.
Sugar Booger, no one here mentioned the Olympics. Maybe you should read thoroughly before you rage.
I’m sorry. I’m just sick of this “no one cares about male rape survivors” when they don’t do anything to help themselves.
but if I did I’d certainly investigate the Neo Nazi’s beliefs themselves.
And if they claim that they’re not a hate group?
Do you believe them, or a Jewish group that says they are?
I didn’t mean, reading them. I meant DEFINING them. Try to keep up.
This very site is about defining the MRM. You turn to David for that information, not Paul.
Ozy and Nep: I have access to my uni’s databases and will be glad to do searches, or share research with people who don’t have access (I am all FOR OPEN ACCESS and against the evil profit mongering off academic’s work–esp. since we don’t get any of the evil profit).
I doubt there will be any support for Nep’s stuff, but if zie wants to give me search terms and a discipline, I can check it out. It’s also possible to to Google searches that are limited to USian universities (after your search terms type the phrase: site:edu) which will pull up researchers and some open access peer-reviewed articles and online journals and also bibliographies which many of us post online as a start.
So, Nep, whatya want me to look for?
I am, after all, the Raving Researcher.
Hockey was not part of any Olympics for thousands of years.
Fact.
Not lies.
@Amy Angelwing
Men have played hockey since the 1900s. Women haven’t.
How stupid are you?
I’m just gonna leave that there.
@Ithihlas
Give me your real name and identity, and then maybe I’ll trust you to do research. Otherwise, nice try.
Women never did any physical activity until there was a women’s version in the Olympics!
Facts.
Not lies.
Right, Ami. I definitely agree with all that.
One of the things I enjoy thinking about is spaces that are masculine but not male, and so you end up getting the toxic ideas of masculinity applied to all genders (and even worse to women/FAAB people, because they have to “prove” that they’re Cool and Masculine and stuff). I think it’s very much rooted in femmephobia.
And the importance of nuance is something that really can’t be overstated in gender discussions…
“Give me your real name and identity, and then maybe I’ll trust you to do research. “
Wait…what?
Ami: according to Nephrite, we have lived in a rape-free femmocracy for the last 40 years, therefor only men get raped. No women have been raped since 1972. Not one.
Are we sure Mr. “Give Me Your Personal Info” isn’t Hengist?
“according to Nephrite, we have lived in a rape-free femmocracy for the last 40 years, therefor only men get raped.”
Except no one knows that men get raped cos they don’t tell anyone. So no one has been reportedly raped in the last 40 years.
Asshat: Maybe you want to do a little research before opening your (virtual) gob? Because, seriously, less than a minute with google and wiki netted (heh) me this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey#Women.27s_ice_hockey
which shows that women have, indeed, been playing hockey for a long time. Since at least 1899.
Joanna: But survivors shouldn’t HAVE to “help themselves” for us to care about them. Lots of people don’t want to go through the shitty, triggering process of reporting rape… that doesn’t mean we should shame them. :/
Nephrite: I can look at their positions and be all “yep, that’s a hate group, right there.” And why do you think I’ve never read MRM material? I’VE SAID THAT I HAVE. LIKE THREE TIMES. I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE’S WORD FOR SOMETHING, THAT IS BULLSHIT. I WAS RAISED BY MOTHERFUCKING JOURNALISTS, I KNOW HOW TO CHECK THINGS OUT.
@Amy Angelwing
For the early part of the 20th century, referees in the women’s game were male. When women fell to the ice, the male referee was expected to help them get back on their feet
Women only played hockey because of male chivalry. Notice nobody ever needs to help men up to their feet, because men know how to fucking skate.
Facts.
Not lies.
Nephy, keep up: this site isn’t about defining the MRM, it’s about mocking misogyny. You do know what that means, don’t you?
NOOOOOOO ;-;
Pats lose 🙁
@KathleenB:
LIES!
Fact.
Not lies.
Asshat: You seriously think that ANYONE here is going to give you personal information after the way you’ve treated us? You were offered a way to actually verify the shit you’ve been spouting – unless you’re not 100% certain you’re right, why the hell would you turn that down?
It means that people say misogynistic shit and we mock it! Yay!
…Nephrite has come to the startling realization that lots of people in the early twentieth century were sexist. Imagine that. I know I had no idea. Ami, did you know that? It comes as a complete surprise.
Abigail “Abby” Hoffman, gold medalist in the 880 yard event at the 1966 Commonwealth Games,[7] first made a name for herself in hockey. She cut her hair short and pretended to be a boy in order to play with the St. Catharines Tee Pees, in a boys league.[8] Once it was discovered that Hoffman was masquerading as a boy, the story made headlines around the world. An Ontario Supreme Court decision barred her from participating, although her parents challenged the league’s “boys only” rule, but the league’s policy was upheld by the provincial high court. In later years, Hoffman would help organize a national women’s hockey championship (with representation from each province).[9]
Cats.
Not lies.
And this, children, is what we call back tracking.
And also idiocy.
Men are better than women at things, shut up! Also, not a misogynist.
Facts.
Not lies.