I sometimes say that the only “activism” that the Men’s Rights Movement is any good at is harassing individual women. But perhaps I’m being a bit too stingy here: following on the heels of the Father’s Rights activists who dress up like superheroes and climb up buildings and bridges to show that, well, I’m not sure what they’re trying to show, Men’s Rightsers seem to be developing a knack for poorly conceived media stunts that make them look like idiots.
The latest incredibly poorly conceived Men’s Rights media stunt come from Men’s Rights Edmonton, the A Voice for Men sister brother group famous for, among other things, chasing women down the street in the middle of the night and claiming that the women they chased were the bullies.
Anyway, the loudest and most obnoxious dude in the group, Nick Reading (a.k.a. “Eric Duckman”) has decided to run for Edmonton City Council on — get this! — the Patriarchy Party ticket! Oh no he didn’t!
Oh, yes he did. I suppose that the Patriarchy Party’s supposed platform — including a pledge “to end antiquated laws regarding women’s sexual consent” and provisions to instruct teachers “to snatch things like toy trucks out of the hands of little girls and replace them with dolls or tea sets” — probably inspired a chuckle or two amongst the folks at A Voice for Men, but the trollery here is really too inane to offend.
Whetever, dudes. You can find their badly designed pamphlet, with traced-photo “artwork” presumably by the noted FeMRA artist TyphonBlue, here.
RE: Ally
There, there. Think of it this way. You’re headed to LA to visit cool people and get the fuck out of dodge! Dub… upset people on the Internet? Really, who has more right to be proud right now?
RE: hellkell
Honestly, probably not big, just because there would INVARIABLY be some kind of disaster, and also because we’re skinny enough that I don’t think we could find a big bra. (I used to be a 30D. It was AWFUL.) I might stick with Alice’s rag suggestion, because cotton balls is just ASKING for ejection!
RE: Ally
My perspective is of course ill-informed but they just look so uncomfortable.
I personally HATED them, but I’m apparently one of the weirdoes whose chestmeats hurt less WITHOUT bras. I still get my grandmother asking me whether I regretted having surgery and I’m just, “LOLOL U KIDDING?”
Somehow, I doubt that very much.
On BOTH counts.
Seriously. Bras. I could get a shirt for cheaper than what I’d pay for a bra, it’s ridiculous.
Underwires are so freaking pokey! Ughhhhh!
This is my favorite bra:
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Rogan, don’t go using that sort of stuffing for your bra, it’s bound to come out at a crucial moment!
PS: Damn. Commented without reading rest of thread. Missed one helluva meltdown, I see.
Re bra stuffings: Rolled up tube socks work. If you have the ones with terrycloth insides, bonus comfiness.
I actually really like my bras. The pressure on women to wear them is gross, though, and so is the lack of o
neuroticbeagle – Is it bad that I read “bra” as “box”? >_>
That one’s no loss, for sure.
Viscaria – I don’t hate my bras either, but underwires poke. It’s better than nothing though; support feels good.
TBH though, I don’t see what’s bad about nipples?
…ptions for people with larger chests, who are more likely to use bras for support.
Sorry, clumsy fingers hit buttons they aren’t aiming for.
Given whats in it, no.
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b1/62/bf/b162bf4cc9c312854973f7fc3b028bd0.jpg
@Alice
Truth
RE: Bina
Somehow, I doubt that very much. On BOTH counts.
Now, now, I’ve met PLENTY of asshole survivors in my time. Just because Dub is an ass and a houseplant and a chucklefuck doesn’t mean he’s lying about this. It just means he’s an ass, a houseplant, a chucklefuck, and an abuse survivor.
RE: Kittehs
Rogan, don’t go using that sort of stuffing for your bra, it’s bound to come out at a crucial moment!
That is a chance we must take! That or Mac just goes completely flat and hopes nobody notices. He’s in an odd position where he badly wants to take burlesque classes, but isn’t entirely sure what they’d do with him…
Also, Christ, I just realized that if Mac’s going to be dragging, he’s going to get one of those lacey contraptions I could never once bring myself to get. It’s going to be so WEIRD to buy something high femme now that the boobs are GONE!
Nothing bad about nipples at all.
Feeling like half the world sees no other part of you, on the other hand, really sucks ass.
The underwires on most of my bras don’t poke. I think it may be a sizing issue? Also an issue of how long your torso is – bras with a high center gore and high sides tend to get pokey on petite bodies (which is why balconette and plunge styles are all I wear).
CassandraSays – That’s totally possible. I get the feeling that bras were made for people who are like 5’4″ or 5’6″. I’m 5’2″ and petite.
Rogan, I meant the sort of stuffing in the first pic neuroticbeagle posted. 😀
I’m the same height and pretty much all full cup bras are too high at the sides and the top of the center gore for me. Maybe try balconettes and plunges. I’ve also found that either British or Japanese brands work better for a shorter torso, since that’s the body type they were designed for. Most American bras feel like they cover way too much of my torso even if they’re technically the right size.
I’ve been intending to go buy European bras for a long while, except for the fact that I spent over $200 on bras last time (because my original bras disappeared O_o which meant I needed to replace them). I hate the fact that a bra costs at least $20.
Yeah, Alice. Trying to find a 30D bra that was less than $50 was absurd; I was wearing tattered old training bras of my mothers, and I kept bottoming out, but bra-shopping was always such a horrible experience for me that I always dreaded going. (All I wanted was something without lace, flowers, pink, or underwire. WHY WAS THIS SO DIFFICULT?)
Twenty bucks is what you’d pay for a singlet (as in tank top) here. Cheap bras are at least thirty bucks unless they’re on sale somewhere like Target or KMart. Better brands are fifty, sixty bucks, and triple that for high-end European brands.
In the meantime, I’ve had a profitable lunch break:
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