Men! Worried that eveil feminists will destroy your life and your financial future because, apparently, they have that power and love to destroy men’s lives for fun?
Fear no more, because Reddit’s Men’s Rightsers have your back! Mods of Reddit’s RedPill subreddit have started something called the Feminist Victims Fund, which will enable brave freedom fighters to send what will inevitably be a tiny amount of money to that dude who got fired after Adria Richards complained about a sexist joke he made, even though it wasn’t Richards who fired him and indeed she’s said she hopes he gets hired back!
Make sure you donate now, because Reddit’s MRAs will soon grow bored with this bold initiative and it will be completely forgotten, much like the massive Sink Misandry protest in Washington DC last year which actually didn’t even happen, come to think of it.
Here’s the pitch:
Feminism has caused some serious changes to our culture, to our society, and to our lives. We focus on some that are affected more than others, and we give back.
Our goal is to encourage men to speak out, to be men, to not fear oppression and enjoy their freedom of speech. Unfortunately in today’s climate, being a man has become a financial liability. Say the wrong thing in the wrong place and you can find your entire life ruined. Destroyed.
Feminists have fought for equality, but now they’re out for our rights.
They’re destroying us financially. They’re trying to tear apart our families.
We’re saying that enough is enough. No longer should men fear masculinity. No longer should speaking up risk a man his job, career, or family.
It’s time to rise up against the tyranny. It’s time to tell men it’s ok to speak up. We’re here for you. This is the Feminist Victims Fund.
Did I mention that you can donate using BITCOIN? In case you were worried that this thing wasn’t Reddity enough.
As Buzzfeed notes, one of the “board members” of the new fund is pickup guru and predatory douchebag misogynist Roosh V. On his blog yesterday, Roosh happily celebrated the harassment and vilification of Adria Richards in a post with the lovely title “American Feminist Adria Richards Gets Gang Raped By The Internet.”
Speaking of rape, Roosh is also the author of a booklet titled Bang Iceland, in which he admits that, well, he’s kind of a rapist himself. Buzzfeed quotes this rather revealing passage from the book, in which Roosh recalls a “date” he had in Iceland:
While walking to my place, I realized how drunk she was. In America, having sex with her would have been rape, since she legally couldn’t give her consent. It didn’t help matters that I was relatively sober, but I can’t say I cared or even hesitated. I won’t rationalize my actions, but having sex is what I do.
What a humanitarian.
@kittehs
Aw 🙁 I hope you feel better soon.
It’s a fine side effect, imo, as side effects go. I’ve been on them for months and (tmi time here) there’s only been one time when I couldn’t make it to the toilet, and I was home anyway.
Um, in conclusion, antidepressants= good. I would be much unhappier w/o them.
Re: pill timing, there’s an app for that! Seriously though, I use one, my sleep cycle is that fucked up — like, 28? hours ago I woke up and took yesterday’s am pills, yesterday’s pm pills got swallowed 20 hours ago, today’s am pills 12 hours ago, and since I’ve apparently been awake nearly 30 hours, I’ll likely be taking tonight’s pm pills soon (yeah, I’m nuts, I know)
Cannonball — from one whiskey fan to another, let me offer the complementary welcome package consisting of a misandrist hard chair, matching bath towels, SCENTED MOTHERFUCKING CANDLES and cupcakes, delivered by female (whore) penguins in spanx.
@Argenti Aertheri
Yay for pill app! 😀
@Cannonball
Welcome to manboobz! 😀 Feel free to stay, if you want to comment more 🙂 Or go back to lurking if you so desire. Either ways fine. But we won’t bite!
Cannonball, welcome! I missed your comment before. 🙂
I’m lucky with pills, it’s not like I have a battery of ’em to take (you should see all the ones Mum has, for blood thinning, cholesterol and diabetes – oy). I’ve just got my antidepressants, which are pretty mild, although I think it’s got to the point where I’ll feel the difference in mood if I miss one. Other than that it’s fish oil and vitamins, and painkillers or cold pills or Antenex-for-emergencies or anti-diarrhoea pills as required. (There’s a really good brand called GastroStop here, dunno if it’s in the States but I recommend it.)
Hola, Cannonball! De-lurk if you like, I’d certainly like to hear more about your dissertation.
I’m kind of lucky with my pills (I think, given what I remember other people sharing before). I’ve got ibprofen, for back pain, anti depressants, and vitamin D (for joints). Also a random herbal supplement my mom buys for me, which I’m taking in the case that it works.
/pill sharing.
Oh, hellkell, I’m planning to Share the Evil – I’m going to give one of my bffs the Secret Lentil link. I don’t see why I should be the only one subjected to irresistible temptation.
Kitteh’s, that’s excellent. Send a pic when you get your tunic!
My last purchase from there was a flounce in grey with navy linen. The linen she uses machine washes so well, it’s amazing. I do line dry the pieces, though.
Re “the unforgivable sin”: It’s not actually defined. Blasphemy is actually really hard to do. It’s a very specific sin, and not one that a person can commit by accident. One has to (with intent) Curse God with the Name of God; which is pretty recursive (may God damn Himself for all eternity, or some such complicated formulation).
Since that’s what blasphemy is, and The Holy Spirit is ill-defined, it’s not clear just how one commits the offense. This is in keeping with the Jewish Idea that to be apikoros (what protestant refer to as, “apostate”) requires an intimate knowledge of both Torah and Talmud; because one must, consciously reject all of both.
The inference is that one who actually knows God, is aware of His existence, and then denies Him, and abjures him, is thus damned; and by the words of their mouth and the actions of their life. It’s not a casual, “God sucks”, sort of thing; if it were then The Book of Job wouldn’t be in the Bible.
@Pecunium
I don’t know if the (orthodox christian) church has an “official” unforgivable sin, I was just sharing what the priest said.
And if it actually was that complicated, he didn’t mention any of it. His words were something along the lines of”saying there’s no god and can never be a god”. Which is why it made me do a double take.
hellkell – I will! D’you think Helen would like a wearer’s shot as well?
re the “gender” of God. In Hebrew it flops about. Elohim is a feminine plural, but Hebrew doesn’t have a neuter gender, neither singular, nor plural. Modern Judaism still doesn’t deny the existence of other gods (though this may be rabbinic), which is why wine has to be kept Kosher: if it’s been dedicated to other gods it’s no longer fit for ritual purposes, and lots of religions dedicate wine to their deity.
It doesn’t matter for things like sake (which is almost always got various Shinto rites connected to the manufacture), because it’s not religiously relevant to Jews.
pecunium: That reminds me of a funny story. I was on a forum once where some Christian basically told me that I really do believe in and fear his God (I’m an atheist), but I’m just pretending that I don’t. Very annoying and presumptuous (though a great trolling techniques). I tried to prove him wrong by committing the unforgivable sin and blaspheming the Holy Spirit in the forum, the reasoning being that I wouldn’t do such a reckless thing if I had some hint of belief. But they got around that by saying that I couldn’t properly commit the sin because I didn’t fully understand what it was that I was saying. Theists: so frustrating! 😀
Kitteh’s, she’d probably love a wearer shot from Down Under!
Well, I’m learning more about the church here 🙂 Thanks for the info, pencunium.
(most of my info is from a couple years ago, and going back to when I went regularly…gosh I don’t know. Maybe 6 years?)
hellkell – cool! I’ll have to take a shot in front of some recognisable place in town.
pecunium – “re the “gender” of God. In Hebrew it flops about.”
snicker, snicker, snicker
/twelve-year-old
Forgot to add – Nerdypants: some theists! We aren’t all like that, thank Ceiling Cat. 😉
@Nerdypants
Now you can understand it to do it properly 😉 Probably something that would make me uncomfy (I still get uncomfy with some things about dissing the church as I used to be christian, but the church, in america, at least, is super squidgy). Though if they’re trying tell you what your beliefs are, it’s like ‘bwuh…’ Not gonna cry if you hurt the feelings of someone like that.
Idk I’m rambling XD
Fade: What do you mean when you say, “orthodox christian”? There are several churches (in the catholic family of christian religions) which are, Orthodox: Greek, Russian, Armenian, Macedonian, etc. They have paralells (as they do with Roman Catholics and the various churches in the Anglican Communion”, but there is no universal orthodoxy among them; much less among the Protestant faiths.
So I’m confused. I am assuming you are referring to a specific church (and it sounds as if it might be the theological musings of a single priest/minister).
@Kitteh’s: Yes, you’re right 🙂
@pencunium
can’t speak for fade, but when I say orthodox christian I normally mean either greek orthodox, the churches I grew up around, or the last one I went to, which was a combination of some of them, if I remember correctly. Just assume greek orthodox for me 🙂
It is the musings of a single priest. I guess I didn’t clarify that well at first.
As for the definition, it flopped around. I can’t remember whether the first one was greek or middle eastern, but the second church (and the one with the priest who said it) was a greek orthodox church.
Marie: Probably something that would make me uncomfy…
Fair enough. I too admit a bit of nervousness in that way, even say doing something like playing the “Bloody Mary” game (mirrors in the dark are spooky!). But I’ve found it’s also very liberating to just do it and face down those kinds of fears.
LBT – I logged in to Live Journal but it’s not about to let me send messages, and there doesn’t seem to be a reply box on the page you linked to. 🙁
So, took the weekend off of mocking misogyny so’s I could go to a friend’s b-day party. It was at this place that’s a flat-fee, play-all-day video arcade (machines are either set to free mode, or have a button you can press for free credits). They also have a side-room where people can play various console games–a lot of us spent time watching other people play that zombie-killer game where you get all kinds of weird outfits. Watching the dude run around in his heart-boxers killing zombies and having serious conversations with other survivors was highly amusing.
And, for those who have kept up the good fight all weekend, I gives you… ALL THE CUTES: