It’s hard to parody Men’s Rights Activists, because no matter how ridiculous your parody is, there’s a good chance that some MRA out there has already said, or written, or sung, something even more ridiculous already.
Not that long ago, a bunch of Man Boobz regulars set out to parody the bizarre, and often inadvertently surrealistic, posters that have been popping up on MRA sites like A Voice for Men and Artistry Against Misandry. It was hard, but I think some of us managed to come up with posters that were even uglier and less coherent than the originals. I especially liked these two, from (respectively) Cliff Pervocracy and Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III.
But alas, we have been outmaneuvered by the all-too-serious poster-makers on A Voice for Men, who have managed to produce posters that make even less sense than our silliest parodies. Take a look at this one, which I believe is the work of an Australian MRA by the name of Roger O. Thornhill.
I mean, really. How can we compete with that?
This is an actual poster that some MRAs think will actually win people over to their cause. How, I’m not exactly sure. What exactly about a cupcake with a tiara is supposed to scream “men’s rights” to random pedestrians who might catch a glimpse of this poster wheatpasted to a hoarding while on their way to work?
For more of Roger’s fine work, see here and here.
Man Boobzers, can you do better?
Or, if you’re not up to that Herculean task, could you at least try to explain just what exactly you think Mr. Thornhill was trying to say with that poster of his?
EDITED TO ADD: I have been asked to contribute a poster myself. So here one is. You can find many more hilarious and incredibly ugly posters at ArtistryForFeminismAndKittens and, of course, in the comments below!
I can’t find it again for some reason but whoever made the one with different battles in it and ended with the Dr Who battle… You are my hero
Not “predictable”, “consistent” is the word you’re looking for. Bigotry/misogyny = bad, every time.
And I give you Tinkerbelle, gold medalist on the parallel bars at the London 2012 Hamster Olympics ….
This creepy fixation that driversuz has with the idea of how much other women ought to want to fuck her son must make Thanksgiving and Christmas a bit awkward. Do they all sit around the table reading each other bits from Oedipus Rex?
http://memegenerator.net/instance/30933603
i don’t think you intended that to be as funny as it was, Varpole.
Really shouldn’t have clicked on Kitteh’s drop bear link. Eeek!
Awww, driversuz thinks we’re all predictable. While “no woman will ever be good enough for my son” is an original and refreshing concept. Yep, definitely never heard that one before.
I think that meme just sealed it. Steele is getting my vote for Troll of the Year.
I miss Trader Joe’s. They finally opened one in Houston, but that’s kind of a haul for a TJ’s run. I really want them to open one right across the street from the Whole Paycheck flagship.
At the risk of being late to the party (damn work and sleeping!), I think I’ve untangled what bothers me most about the whole “financial abortion” thing.
If a child is abandoned, child becomes a ward of the state – state pays for child
If a child is put up for adoption, child becomes ward of state and then of adopting parents – State pays for child until adoption, then adopting parents pay.
In neither situation is either parent of said child responsible for support of the child. (Yes, in abandonment, mom can be held legally and thus financially responsible. Let’s assume mom’s either not caught)
With this whole ‘financial abortion’ thing, the mother is left supporting the child on her own. Which… doesn’t seem quite equitable, especially since the mother might not have wanted the child’s father to do such a thing. She might have chosen to bear the child assuming that the father was going to be around, if not emotionally, at least financially.
And in the first two situations, the child is provided for regardless of what the parents do, therefore will at least not starve to death. In situation # 3 (father gets “financial abortion”, mother is left raising kid alone), if she can’t provide for the kid, kid goes hungry.
MRAs insist on looking at all this through the lens “what’s fair to the father” and they assume we’re looking through the lens “what’s fair to the mother”. In fact most of us are looking through the lens “what’s fair to the child”.
If I did not know what the AVFM site was and I saw that poster, I would seriously think the site was for preteen girls. Or maybe gay male bakery workers.
That cupcake image looks like something a girl would stick on the back of her cell phone.
Which is pretty much a sign of terminal cluelessness on the part of the MRAs. With all the rhetoric about punishing the mother for her real or imagined sins makes me wonder if they even realize what kind of care a child needs.
In a odd note: I saw Steele’s baby-meme and thought it was satire, until I went back and realized who posted it. Then it just became a hell of a lot funnier.
They also seem to think that child support is lavish compensation for childcare, when in reality paid child care is much more expensive AND taking on child care duties tends to diminish the earning power of a woman. Typically women get an additional job AND a pay cut. MRAs don’t see domestic work as work- they see it as what women are for. Its hard to think that a toaster is burdened by making toast, I suppose.
I can understand being angry when a neglectful or abusive mother collects child support and doesn’t take care of their kid, but it can hardly be assumed to be the norm and MRAs hardly ever bring it up. It is usually just about how hard their (purely financial) burden is.
Wait, I’m a toster now? I’d hoped I was at least a stove! Or a washing machine!
STEEEEEEELE! I made you a meme on the last page! Didja see it? Didja see it? 😀
Ooooooooh I want to play:
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Thank you, Suzie Homemaker, for awarding me the gold star. Accolades from the International Consortium of Bitter Jealous Passive-Aggressive Housewives always add a special zest to my day. I shall cherish it forever.
At the risk of sounding a bit conceited, I do believe my gold star is probably well-deserved. After all, I do make a concerted effort to think my own thoughts. The fact that, in my overabundance of uppity bitchiness, I had the temerity to become educated and take interest in books instead of devoting myself full-time to janitorial arts, helps me express those thoughts in a manner you find entertaining.
I wish I could say the same thing about you, but alas, you own work is unoriginal, poorly articulated, and consists of nothing more than a regurgitation of misogynistic talking points. “Feminists blah blah blah emasculation blah blah blah my son will fuck you and leave you to your cats blah blah blah cock carousel blah blah blah hamsters.”. It’s not just that everything you say is delusional and overflowing with obvious wish-fulfillment. – though it is, of course, that too – it’s just that it’s so goddamned predictable, stale ans boring. I realize your narrowly defined gender role does not encompass thinking (a woman who thinks is, after all, an emasculating feminists encroaching on male territory), so I suggest you inform your masters of the dire need for new material. No award for you this time, then.
Steele is definitely troll of the year. He employs more hilarious troll tactics in higher density, with more persistence and less self-awareness than any other troll on the site. Consistently funny, A++, would (and will) laugh at again.
YOU GUYS.
I just got a follower on the Twitter whose description lists himself as [emphasis mine] “Individual. Father. Nerd. Red pill popper. Yum.”
WHAT IS EVEN THE HELL.
Uh maybe he’s making a Matrix reference?
Or he’s just really into taking drugs.
I don’t even know. Most of my tweets lately have been about sexism in comic book culture, so I’m assuming he’s not an MRA following. I guess it’s just a very timely coincidence.
Yeah, this part is what gets me. It always seems to come down to cold, hard cash. First Joe had me coming along for the whole “paper abortion” argument; I can understand not wanting child forced upon you. Then he started getting stroppy over Amused’s ideas for how the procedure should unfold. That’s when I realized, ah, of course, this is about the what a kid does to the wallet. When your biological child hits the age of majority, they transform from a burden to a possible liability. And if you need something from them later on – financial aid, care giving, a spare kidney – of course you should be able to contact them! And you don’t need anything to get in the way, like a sworn statement saying you didn’t want the kid.
What’s that thing the MRM always claims they want… ah, yes, personal responsibility in exchange for rights and privileges! You could apply that to this situation. If you want to reap the benefits of a relationship with an independent adult son or daughter, you need to put in the emotional and financial effort of supporting them when they’re young and vulnerable.
@lauralot – That is… unsettling. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use the phrase “take the red pill” unless they were an MRM sympathizer or a teenager in 1999. It’ll be interesting to see what this guys does. 🙂
To clarify the above – I meant that other than MRA’s, I haven’t heard it since 1999, and then only from other teenagers. Blood sugar getting low, think it’s time to look for an early lunch.