If you’re still looking for last-minute Halloween costumes — play along with me here, huh? — might I suggest what might possibly be the scariest one of all? Dress up like a (gasp!) Men’s Rights Activist, like the fellow above, a real-life MRA cosplayer I found on STFU Assholes.
If you’re looking for more MRA costume ideas, I suggest perusing the pictures here. (Warning: these are actual MRAs.)
@Good
find ones that aren’t from a voice for men. (yeah, I linked to manboobz, but it links back to the mras saying that shit. I seriously doubt avfm has citations.
The jezebel one skeeves my out with the title, the whole piece was a little unclear, but you missed the big thing:
And talking about men being overlooked as victims of domestic violence isn’t really a bad thing? Not the best article, the tone was kind of off even though it was talking about an informal survey about who’s committed domestic abuse against men. So…I’m not seeing your point.
Ps: gonna respond to how any of the links I gave you? about how they’re actually activism? Or, better yet, find something the mrm has done that’s actually activism. Your pick.
Factchecking that list of “feminist quotes.” (Note that triplanetary has written two additional posts checking more of those “facts” which are linked to in David’s post.)
Good, go away, read those three posts, and then come back here and apologize for showing your ass. Again.
I refuse to deal with Not So Good.
My hearing went…okay? Well, my lawyer said it went well, so I guess it did? The judge was nice, and other than a few questions that he couldn’t have realized I’d gotten in circumstances that made my brain default to defensive mood, not too awkward.
ON THE OTHER HAND! I got to see the form my psych sent the lawyer. No mention of a mood disorder, but “patient reports periods of being blue” (oh yeah, so that’s what we’re calling it now?). Dx’s listed? PTSD (yeah not news) and *drum roll* personality disorder NOS with borderline symptoms. Also, a side dose of “is patient a malingerer?” “Unsure”
I fucking knew they didn’t believe me. Meanwhile, last time I complained to pecunium about this, he was quite clearly frustrated by their refusal to see what’s plainly in front of them.
For the bonus round! Am I hostile or irritable? Yep, as displayed by my sarcasm.
As for the personality disorder crap (this is not meant as a crack against people with personality disorders, it’s just that I may be a lot of things, but that ain’t one of ’em) — TW: suicide and self-harm. Want to know what few criteria for BPD that I meet? Self-injury, which remains nearly a defacto BPD diagnosis (criteria strengthened by suicide attempts), in asshole land my non-binary gender probably counts as instability in self-image (that is its own rant), “affective instability” which, um, maybe that’d be THE FUCKING MOOD DISORDER YOU FAILED TO MENTION, and, if you twist it, you can claim I meet the one for impulsive sex and drug use. Except a poly relationship with boundaries and condoms and standing partners isn’t impulsive, and my drug use was always carefully planned (one does not go on an acid trip on an impulse if one wants to enjoy it)
So, we have, at most, four, and two require twisting and assholery, and the other two…what part of mood disorder is difficult?!
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In better things, idk if Man Boobz: The Magazining is still floating around, but I’ve been working on a WP theme, if only to keep myself busy. I should have the PHP done today or tomorrow, then to the CSS. Anybody who has ideas // interest // whatever should either drop by the forum or email me (sorry but with Not So Good here I’m not giving out my email [Athywren, cloudiah, Katz, Cassandra, LBT, and pecunium all have it, as does David of course — any of the non-trolls ask for it privately, you have permission to give it to them])
Urk! Well, I’m glad you’re lawyer thought it went well, and may that psych step on all the LEGOs.
@argenti
Yay? Hopefully it went well if the lawyer thought it did. Sorry about your psych being such a jerk though 🙁 Internet hugs from me, if you want them.
@Argenti
Have some hugs, beagle kisses and….fishies!
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*gasps* who’s a pretty mandrian’s fish? Yes you are!
(The blue and yellow/orange one)
Thanks guys, and thanks for all the fish 🙂
You’re welcome. Just Don’t Panic and carry a towel; everything will be 42. 🙂
@good, here’s my citation re women being fat-shamed.
SUCH beautiful fishies!
I, um, wasn’t going to mention it, but before everyone falls in love with the school of rainbow fish…they’re dye injected, they come in shades from red to yellow naturally (usually orange). Even in their natural state it’s a questionable breed — they’re a hybrid cichlid, inbred to the point for feeding issues, infertility in the males, spinal deformity and swim bladder problems (this is how fish stay upright).
So yeah, blood parrot cichlids are a bit of an ethical nightmare.
That purple betta though? That beauty is almost certainly the result of careful breeding and luck.
(Sorry to ruin your rainbow fish…)
Argenti: glad your hearing wasn’t a total bust, and your psych can just go straight to hell. I hope they get something itchy.
emilygoddess:
I was thinking those rainbow fish looked a little, er, fishy.
Firstly, much as I hate to dismiss any source out of hand… the daily mail is not a source to be used by reasonable people. If the daily mail criticsed the MRM tomorrow, I would take it as a sign that it had become a rational movement and join immediately.
Secondly, do you remember, it was a long, long time ago, when you pointed out that the same thing (MRA =/= man) could be said about feminism (feminist =/= woman)? Because… yeah, not all women are feminists, not all feminists are women.
More importantly, even with the daily mail’s crap reporting, if you’d even bothered to read past the headline to the bullet points at the very top of the article, you’d notice this sentence: “The more entitled a woman feels, the more likely she is to accept it.” Not “the more inclined toward feminism a woman is,” but “the more entitled a woman feels.” The study tells us that entitled people don’t mind being treated like children if it means they’re taken care of. Ultimately, entitled people are entitled. Wow. Stop the pressses.
Also, “true equality”? Have you read a single thing any MRA has ever said? I mean, seriously?
What fantasy world do you live in?
Don’t get me wrong, fantasy worlds are great – I spend most of my life in one – but if you’re going to talk about the real world, you need to pay attention to it.
@Argenti
How do they say PTSD, then go on to suggest malingering? I mean… is it some extra mild form of PTSD that you can just walk off? oO
Seriously, psych, wtf?
My pyrokinetic powahs are at your command, if you wish them! As are hugs. Still, tentative hoorays for ok.
@Argenti: May your psych’s every step be filled with Legos, may xie sleep on a bed of nails, and may hir office chair be reconstructed out of an Erector set.
Feckin’ “malingerer.” What is this, Patton’s army?
Well see, I don’t look anxious when I’m in their office apparently (*channels pecunium* do they have eyes?)
And I’m on the highest dose of the anti-PTSD-nightmare drug and still report having nightmares and that just can’t be right.
And a bunch of stupid fucking shit that sums to I AM A PERSON NOT A CASE STUDY!
You mean removing the subject from hir usual environment could alter the subject’s behavior? Bollocks!
… I think I am going to go off and play with my funny shaped dice before I have any more thoughts about hurting anyone.
I am sorry, Argenti.
D10? Cuz I’ll dig out oWoD combat rules. (Oh, Athywren, I have very nearly ALL the books in PDF form if you need any)
And thanks. Go give a baby or two one of those bounces that makes babies giggle? I could use a baby giggle.
Sorry about the rainbow fish. I just saw pretty colors. I don’t know much about fish- especially when just looking at pictures.
Here is another Mandarin:
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and entertained cat:
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@Argenti-
Random curious thought that is hopefully not inappropriate: have you ever been snorkeling? It just seems like something you would enjoy.
Nawh, that’s not inappropriate. I haven’t, though I would love to go scuba diving. All I’d see around here though are fucking bluefish and those buggers are nasty tempered.
Oh and I figured didn’t know that breed is ethically questionable. Hell, I’m guessing most people who buy them don’t know.
I wish I had enough money to send you to the Grand Cayman. There is a place called Sting Ray City- you take a boat out and snorkel around the coral, then around pretty fishies who love being fed squid, then you get to play with people (ok, mostly people with squid) liking sting rays.
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I do remember you saying/typing something about the breed before- I just didn’t realize it was a picture of those fish.
Ooohhh rays…they are gorgeous. The fish store I spent lots of time in while avoiding the bubble campus of my freshman year had a tank of them.
When I win the lottery (that I don’t play, it’s a tax on people who can’t do math 🙂 ) a freshwater ray tank is on my list. And a 100g+ clown loach species tank. And, by all the gods, plumbing my tanks so I don’t have to lug around water!
I always say that my chances of winning the lottery are roughly the same whether or not I buy a ticket. 😉
If you do win that lottery, I would also recommend snorkeling in the Galapagos. We had a hammerhead shark swimming with us! So cool.