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This is a picture of A Voice for Men’s new commemorative coin. No, really, they have a commemorative coin. It was designed by Peter Vinczer, father of A Voice for Men’s Attila Vinczer, possibly — I suspect — with the help of Judy Chicago. The coins cost $58.88, and will be issued in a first edition of 10,000.
In the comments to AVFM’s announcement, six people have proudly announced that they’ve purchased a coin. So get yours quickly, because there are only 9,994 left before the first edition runs out!
The only real question is what exactly is being depicted on the coin:
Is it:
1) An otter in a manhole
2) A man levitating a carrot over a milkshake
3) A vagina
4) A vagina
5) Come on, it’s obviously a vagina
ANSWER: I have no fucking clue. Seriously, I’ve been staring at this for like ten minutes and I have no idea what on earth this could be. What is the round thing? Why is there a tiny hand? If that thing above the circle thing is a raindrop or a teardrop or whatever, why is it upside-down? Why would AVFM issue a goddamn commemorative coin in the first place.
I do know one thing, though: If you can afford to waste $$58.88 on this piece of crap, you are not oppressed in any way. And you should probably have your right to vote stripped from you.
Just kidding about that last bit. You should still be allowed to vote even if you buy vagina coins from a dude named Attila.
There are no well regarded writers and/or academics employed by AVfM. There are no employees at all at AVfM actually, since Paul is the only one getting paid.
The conference did take place in real life, so you’re correct on that one point.
I hear that serious academics write articles to prestigious journals that are laced with “c*nt,” “whore,” and “bitch” all the time. In fact, It is well-known you must attain a minimum threshold of expletives before your submission will be considered for publication. True story.
Woody,
He’s said before that all donations go in his pocket. If that’s what you want to do with your money, you do you. But I’m going to mock your stupidity.
Like, you could send me a bunch of money and I might donate some of it to the United Way but that doesn’t mean that you have issued a donation to the United Way.
If you’d like to send me a bunch of money, let me know. Full disclosure, most of it would go towards new furnishings.
I’m pretty sure the hand is the invisible hand of the market, but I can’t work it into the crying anus symbolism.
Oh, so tell me then, what (legit) human rights movement operates this way? I’m dying to hear. Show me that AVfM is not just the worlds saddest cult.
Although, now that I look at it more closely, the hand looks more like a deformed bird of some sort, flying away from the bolus of toxins ejected by a vomiting, melting, and clearly horrified otter.
Yep, it’s totally a leaky heart-shaped butthole. And literally nothing can convince me otherwise.
It’s definitely upside-down, anyway.
IDK about “in any way”. Oprah Winfrey can certainly spare $60, but she’s still black and female, you know?
Yeah, David, I didn’t notice that earlier, but speaking as someone who used to be middle-class, I find that statement that emilygoddess quoted troubling. I was oppressed long before I stopped having a more comfortable middle-class life in which I could afford many things that costed $60. Hell, if I wanted to, I could choose to live with my dad and be financially dependent on him for ages, and I could be middle-class again. At the expense of my basic safety and mental well-being. So yeah, please watch your words.
I like the otter in a manhole, but I think it’s actually that water-tentacle thing from the movie The Abyss trying to communicate with otters after it’s given up on humans b/c of the whole nuclear weapons thing.
That’s a good point and it plays right into the hands of the MRAs who like to claim that the fact that some men are poor means male privilege isn’t real.
I do think it’s safe to say that if you’re a straight white abled cis man and can afford to waste almost $60 on a fugly coin you probably aren’t oppressed.
Dude it’s obviously Masonic in design. The hand is a symbol of a male creator bringing the universe into existence. The tear drop is being levitated through psionic alchemical powers into a joint to joint communication with a male gaia. And the whirlpool is a symbol of a vagina where this tear was transformed from an innoncent sperm(representing all sperm) while being liberated into a tear for MAN-kind. It pronounces judgement on all women for a future earth inherited by men for men by men. Clearly the man who came up with this is a big fan of the X-men but not Storm. Or any other female X-men for that matter. Seemed pretty clear.
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Massive sarcasm
“Shit, dude, did I say he was spending it all on himself? No. He might be using his money to support all sorts of things. But if you’re sending him a donation, you are not using your money to support anyone or anything other than one Paul Elam.”
Yes, but then I trust that Paul in turn will spend much of the money on AVfM. And this IS NOT blind trust, but a well-founded trust, beause AVfM has consistently delivered as a well-written, high-quality website, and that isn’t cheap.
It looks like an asshole to me. Which is appropriate.
The otter’s face in the center has a perplexedly resigned expression. As in, “oh no, not this again…”
I am fascinated by this creative new MRA definition of the word “academic”, and would love to know which of the AVFM staff supposedly meets said definition.
@Woody
That is a terrible idea but you do go on and enjoy.
What expenses are there besides domain name registration, stock photos, and maybe site hosting?
Since you’re here, Woody, what does the illustration on the coin symbolize?
Dr. Warren Farrell, Erin Pizzey, Dr. Palmatier, need I go on?
You don’t feel ashamed of mentioning Erin Pizzey, who is known for accusing female abuse victims of wanting to be abused and explicitly denying the severity of emotional abuse?
No, Woody, you need not go on.
Of those three Farrell is the only one who could vaguely be described as an academic, and even in his case he’s not well respected by the academic community. Palmatier is a therapist, not an academic, and Erin Pizzey is a writer of rather trashy novels.
I also vote for weeping butthole. Pond ripples don’t have pucker marks.
Maybe it’s a prank. Maybe Peter Viczner hates the MRM and so he designed them a butt-coin, knowing they wouldn’t get it (yes, I thought of the Greendale flag too).