This completely reasonable and not-at-all hysterical cartoon apparently ran on a site called bastardsbible.com, which alas has gone the way of the dodo. I’m not sure if that was the original source. (I don’t think so; the hanged man’s hairstyle looks pretty 197os or 80s to me.) I’m also not sure why the members of “Today’s Lace Curtain Dominated Media” are wearing boxes on their heads. Or carrying what appears to be foliage. Or why the whole thing seems to be taking place on The Little Prince’s tiny planet.
Keep it classy MRAs, as always.
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That is … seriously, that makes no sense.
But I am impressed by the attempt to draw hachures, even though I don’t think they’re quite correct.
That is awful and totally inline with their drama queen ways. Oh, the poor menz opinions.
Fuck, every place is a dudely place, and they really think they’re being silenced? The narcissism is astounding.
cloudiah, is it ok if I email you? I have something I would like to bounce off you, if you don’t mind.
Is it just me, or are their cartoons very 19th-century clunky? Everything labelled, the point laboured, all spelled out, like neither the cartoonist nor the reader are smart enough to do it any other way.
Wonder why that might be …
I suspect Rupert Murdoch et al would be a tad surprised to learn either that their opinions and power are being silenced, or that they’re feminist propaganda agents.
hellkell, Sure, bounce away!
Kittehs’, I think I must be stupid then, because while everything is indeed labelled I am having a hard time figure out what the point is… Box-headed figures that really, REALLY like lace curtains are somehow killing all male opinions? But what about the men who like lace curtains? 😀
The box-heads make me think of the cutesy ghost decorations that a lot of stores sell for Halloween.
cloudiah – but men who like lace curtains must be manginas!
Actually the whole lace curtain bit adds to the 19th century feel – seriously, were lace curtains a thing even in the 70s as far as being some sort of cultural trope goes?
The MRM, inhabiting their own little world … pity they don’t just stay there.
cloudiah: you’ve been bounced.
My great aunt used to make lace coverings for the backs of every chair and sofa in her house, but that’s because she grew up in an era when Brylcreem and other pomades were such a thing for men that unprotected furnishings would soon be coated in grease. MISANDRY! She should have let those manly men with their oiled hair stain her womanly furniture.
cloudiah: that reminds me of the Soul Glow family in “Coming to America.”
Asteroid B-612, we hardly knew ye.
Antimacassars! Those go back a ways.
In our house, they’d be called antimacattars.
I figure they’re going for an “iron curtain” thing but couldn’t figure out the feminist equivalent of iron.
Kittehs’ THANK YOU, I couldn’t for the life of me remember what they were called.
Speaking of iron (what a smooth segue), I just finished Lords and Ladies and want to thank the manboobzers who introduced me to Terry Pratchett.
cloudiah, my pleasure!
Yay for finishing Lords and Ladies! That was the first Pratchett I read, too.
http://historyproject.ucdavis.edu/marchandslides.bak/2831.jpg
I think the lace curtain is another way of saying uppity Irish. Lace curtain Irish were just as poor as shanty Irish but put on airs by hanging lace in the window. Argh!
Also you are supposed to recognize them as blockheads.
Y’all are so young it warms my heart that you are having trouble decoding this.
Please don’t spoil Lords and Ladies, I’m not done yet! Watch one of our troll doofuses come in and do just that.
What part are you at, hellkell?
I’m about 1/4 through–Ridcully just met Cassanunda.
I have a few books going at once, so I treat it like a buffet; a little from this book, a little from that book.
thebewilderness, You think those are Gumby-style blockheads? Or are there other blockheads I don’t know about? I had never heard of lace curtain Irish, but I am Danish so my references are more in line with lutefisk and all-white casseroles.
hellkell, So much laughage is ahead of you. I kept spluttering on the bus in embarassing ways.
Oooh, Casanunda! One of my favourite characters. 🙂
How do you make an all-white casserole? What’s in it? I’m going to guess fish or chicken, potatoes, and milk or cream.
That sounds yummy …