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 just assumed it was their way of making fun of women. Like some MRA saw “free recipes” on the food network or taste of home website and thought “those stupid women with their baking and their free stuff. I know! I’ll make a poster for AVfM using their pink, free recipe, baked goods! That’ll show ’em!”
I will of course, await the arrival of an All Knowing Troll to mention how obvious it is that the manboobz readership isn’t all that bright because we can’t see the genius of such a well conveyed message.
@Myoo, short and sweet and to the point. Li’l pink SCENTED FUCKING CANDLE!
@ostara, it is incomprehensible to anyone outside the MRM.
What??? You don’t know Princess Cupcake? Sure you do, just not by that name. Here. This might help:
http://shiningpearlsofsomething.blogspot.com/2012/09/anonymous-letter.html
LOL! Ask and ye shall receive, I suppose. Damn, that was faster than I thought it would be. And yet, surprisingly*, it still explains nothing.
*I am not really surprised at all
What a steaming pile. Written by a woman it says? I call bullshit on that; it screams Angry MRA ebul wimmins done us rong.
@failsuz, I think it’s safe to say only a few of us have read that particular screed.
driversuz, do you think it is good graphic design to make posters that are literally unintelligible to a passerby who is unfamiliar with AVfM and its strawfeminists? Is your goal just to make people go “WTF?” and then continue on with their day? Are you aiming for the “then they laugh at you” part of Gandhi’s quote?
Bonus! It’s suz’s screed. At least our trolls never fail to plug themselves here.
Ostara, 4:20
-driver, 4:24
That was some Nostradamus shit right there.
@Everyone else, these are making me laugh so hard. I heart manboobzers.
Suz? Wow… Just wow. If anyone is actually willing to marry your son, having you for a mother-in-law will sure send them running for the hills.
@Tulgey, wait, driversuz wrote that shit himself? No wonder it stinks of clueless MRA.
It’s basically saying ‘none of you will get to marry my son’ and for that I am quite relieved, as I will have dodged one hell of a mother-in-law bullet at least. Even if the son in question was a total sweetie. I can see it, every Christmas: “Happy Christmas, Theodore, Happy Christmas, Elizabeth and Margaret, wow, I can’t believe you haven’t fucked off yet you hypergamous slut, now get in the kitchen.” And she’d give you one of her old socks as a gift, and it would smell of unwashed feet.
The disturbing part was the “I Support” links. A Voice for Men, Spearhead, Puppies.
“All you tiara wearing entitled princesses who believe you deserve to get everything for free in life, come to our website where we will educate you on what selfish, gold-digging, whorish human beings you really are and why we are superior to you. Especially me – PAUL ELAM -the king of the MRM.” That is his primary goal, is it not? One doesn’t have to read his website for very long to see what truly drives that nutcase.
What can I say? I have a sixth sense when it comes to senseless troll screeds. (say that three times fast!)
I love the description of how “her” son is such a studmuffin awesomely awesome catch who likes to do manly things like motorcycling and is a marine going into a manly professional field. What a catch these slutty mcslutsluts are going to be missing.
Driversuz – Do you live in the same reality I do? Because, as a young man, who would be quite a catch if I weren’t a flaming homosexual, I don’t see girls doing ANY of what you accuse in your screed. I actually see the asshole guys who I know, not getting girlfriends. Not getting sex. The nice blokes are the ones with girlfriends and wives and kids. (And I’m amused that the guys in your reality will be fine at home alone with their fleshlights and their video games. Cos men never want to have a family, amIrite?)
Guys give girls just as many shit tests. Guys demand girls live up to porn standards of sexuality, while never having sex with anyone but that one guy. Guys do some fucking creepy things in the name of infatuation.
And finally – what’s with the hating on medication? I thank God that I was finally medicated at age 14, because I would have been thrown out of school for being violent and disruptive, and by now, almost ten years down the track, I’d be either dead or in jail. ADHD makes you do some fucking stupid things.
I really love not only the slut-shaming language, but also the “muffin tops” and “rolls of fat” while they admire “her” manly-man son’s bulging he-man biceps. Over the top? Naaaaahh. This is real woman-to-woman stuff fer sher.
Myoo, the clip art covering the QR code is a nice touch.
Also, agreed with sentiments of “yeah, thanks Suz, but no thanks on your son”. Yikes on bikes, and I thought my family as potential in-laws were scary.
I’ve only met her once, so I don’t know her well, but I suddenly find myself saddled with a new affinity for my beau’s mom who, at the very least, seems far less inclined to assume horrible things about me and try to make me feel like shit.
@WeeBoy, this is the kind of thing you’d see written by guys with their fleshlights and video games because no girlfriend. This reeks of bitter and frustrated and trying to foist it off onto the women who won’t give them sex.
“You’ll see. When all you mean ol’ feminists are old and lonely and alone with all your cats then you’ll be sorry! Look at the manly man you could have had. He’s imaginary and all that, but still. You. Old and alone with cats. Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin you darned old feminists. It’s what you deserve for rejecting
memy son.”Borked the HTML. Sorry.
Freitag, I think the html worked perfectly that way. After all the MRM spends all its time shouting at women.
Yes, I had the same thoughts when I read Suz’s link. When my MIL gets off the plane in a few weeks, I’ll probably scare the bejeezus out of her with my hugs and my “oh, thank you, thank you”s. I’ve never appreciated her enough before (though “hey, you treat me like a person and judge me on an individual basis!” is setting the bar pretty low).