Never let it be said that the men of the MGTOW movement don’t focus on the important issues of our time. For example, over on MGTOWforums, a fellow named Andrew brought up a critical danger faced by today’s men, a danger that the mainstream media is too cowardly to address.
I refer, of course, to the rising danger that an innocent, decent, hard-working, good-looking fellow like Andrew might be forced into a relationship with some ugly fat lady.
You scoff — I can sense your scoffing through the internet — but as Andrew points out, it VERY WELL COULD HAPPEN, by which I mean, no it couldn’t possibly happen, but the MGTOWers do love to get worked up about things, and who am I to rain on their little anger parade?
Here’s Andrew, from the thread “Ugly women forced upon us?? Dangerous precedent for men setting itself up.”
You can’t argue with that!
Seriously, arguing with Andrew would be a bit like debating an angry baby.
EDITED TO ADD: The picture at the top of the post is from a series done by the blogger The Militant Baker in response to statements from the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch suggesting that its clothes were only for “cool, good-looking people” — a designation that evidently doesn’t include larger women, since the chain doesn’t offer XL and XXL sizes for women, just men. For more pics, and her open letter to the company, see here.
I did actually try to grow it out just to see how long it could get at one point and the answer is “not very long”. But dammit I’ll get some beads in there somehow if it’s an effective MRA repellent.
You wouldn’t think MGTOW would be all that hard to repel, but they still seem to be a bit behind on the whole going thing.
I’m just crossing my legs thinking of pulled hair! 😀
I’ve never done any trimming or whatever; mine’s no garden, it’s a natural wilderness. Still doesn’t get very long, though.
Perhaps just a flash-card with “I have pubic hair!” written on it? I’d suggest a tee-shirt but it’d get all sorts of unwanted attention, albeit not from MGTOW types.
It was quite difficult not writing “I have public hair” then.
I’d suggest “go your own way already” on a tshirt, but given prior experience with those guys I’m guessing that would prompt a 3 hour monologue.
Gods, it would, wouldn’t it?
I now have a Fleetwood Mac chorus playing in my head:
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
Another Lonely day
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
I hear Ubermensch is a big Stevie Nicks fan.
Hey, given what a jerk Buckingham seems to be, it works.
Strewth, how embarrassing would it be knowing you had a pillock like that among your fans?
Well, maybe not much, but still.
… wonder if he’s GHOW cos he’d never in a million years have got near her?
Is Buckingham a jerk? I know zip about him, except how drugged out they all were when they made Rumours, and how pretty he was at that time. :/
Pretty indeed, but he does seem to have been a huge pain in the ass. I think all of them were, really.
It’s not just sex. When you’re fat, everything you do is assumed to revolve around your fatness. If you eat a cheeseburger or ice cream, it’s because you don’t respect yourself enough to eat healthy. If you eat salad, it’s because you’re trying to lose weight. If your feet hurt, it’s because they have to carry too much weight. If you have headaches, it must be because *mumble mumble something about weight*. If you’re happy, you’re in denial; if you’re unhappy, it must be because you hate yourself, and no wonder – you’re fat!
And then there’s the “true self” narrative. You know the one: “Inside every fat person is a thin person trying to get out.” Fat people aren’t even considered real people – we’re just shells hiding more admirable thin people from the world.
Not surprising, I s’pose.
Karalora – not to mention “You have torn knee cartilage! You should lose weight!”
“Oh dear, you seem to have been attacked by a shark and you’re bleeding to death. What you need is a diet.”
“But I’ve already lost weight! There’s a few kilos in that shark’s stomach!”
The idiocy of a surgeon telling me to lose weight (when he had no idea what I weigh anyhow) is that there are exercises specifially designed for building the strength of the knee muscles, so they do more of the carrying than the cartilage, and that building up their strength is a damn sight easier than losing weight, even assuming I want to lose weight. All he had to say re exercise was that cycling, walking and swimming are good for knee injuries. Yeah, right – cycling and swimming are out for me and walking’s causing a whole lotta pain, duh! Thank goodness for Dr Google, I’ve had more useful info from that than from that bloke.
Argenti, I’ve made a recipe thread, but now I need help finding the recipes. You’ve got my email. 😀
Everyone else, the “You have ___, you should lose weight” thing is so terrible when you know people with cancer. ‘Cause they lose weight, for sure, but it ain’t helping. 0_o
(I’m not troubled by the posts making fun of that attitude, Kittehs and Cassandra, just to be clear.)
Yeah, it’s partly because I watched my mum waste away due to chemo that I get so angry when doctors act like weight loss is always a good thing.
Been there, too, cloudiah – my BiL had throat cancer a coupla years back. He lost heaps of weight with the chemo. He came through well, though, and I really hope your friend does too!
He also thinks it’s proof you should never throw out clothes, ‘cos he now wears jeans he bought twenty years ago. Õ_ỡ
FUCK CANCER. Just as a reminder. One friend is doing okay, the other … can I say FUCK CANCER again? How many time?
FUCK CANCER
I apparently just spent the better portion of an hour trying to find this for y’all (that’s an expression of amazement, not a request for cookies, though I do like cookies!)
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/
A blog devoted to cataloging doctors being assholes about weight. Warning, there are some real horror stories there.
Also, FUCK CANCER.
Actually, that should be required reading for anyone thinking about saying that the problem with overweight people is always and only their weight. That shit is fucking dangerously wrong.
On the public hair, one could use the clip in beads. And would a swarovski cristal Hello kitty(hehe) add extra misandry? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hello-Kitty-Hair-Clips-Swarovski-Crystal-Cute-Snap-Hair-Clip-Margnet-Hairpin-New-/180879129765
Also, it appears that there are others looking to keep MRAs away with their public hair.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006060220210
Could also try just slipping small beads on and using these.
Sorry about it being a kid’s store, it was all I could find without a brand name or anything. But they’re TINY and hold well (and aren’t like rubber bands, they won’t kill your hair or be impossible to remove)