I found this amazing pic of “Husband Libber” Harry Britton posted to the Blue Pill subreddit; it was taken in 1972 by the father of Blue Piller smileybird.
According to Cape Girardeau History and Photos, which has another pic of him,
New York Magazine wrote that he was a fixture who had been supporting himself wearing placards, carrying signs and selling his leaflets for 25 cents each for several years. “Harry makes only $2,000 a year [roughly $12,000 today –DF]. He’s not in this for the money, though; he says his only goal is reconciliation with his wife, from whom he is, not surprisingly, separated.”
Another account said he was the “president (and probably sole member) of the National Association of Dissatisfied Husbands subsisting on sales of publications extolling ‘Husband Lib.(‘It’s not men’s lib,it’s Husband Lib. The Bachelors are not oppressed yet’).”
Here’s that pic, and a couple of others; thanks to SquashedBananas in the Blue Pill for tracking all this down. (And thanks to the reader who emailed me about all this.)
Anyone consider that many of this guy’s issues could be resolved if he were taught how to cook?
Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and clean the fish, and cook the fish, and maybe he won’t spend all day covered in signs complaining about no one making him dinner.
What a dumbass.
What a maroon.
Or how to dial the phone for takeout. Yet another dude pissed that the women in his life are sick and tired of playing mommy.
It’s the bit about how his only goal is to reconcile with his estranged wife that really gets me.
We want wives that obey
Aw…poor puddin. He can’t find a femslave to mind his every command. So sad.
Clearly, he was a voice for misogyny before AVfM. What a hipster. (She said ironically. 😉 )
In the last picture, is he selling a newspaper? I ask because one of his signs says, “25 cent newspaper.” It just seems really random.
He’s selling one of his own leaflets – it’s mentioned in the stuff David quoted.
I’m amazed his efforts failed. How could anyone not want to be reconciled with a dude wearing “we want wives who obey” signs all over him? What a catch.
Plonker.
Walter:
From the article it says:
So he was selling one of his HRM leaflets.
I know that if I got dumped, I’d take to the streets in a red and green sign suit calling for their obedience and hot meals to win back my lover. Who would’t? Doesn’t that work every time?
What a hipster.
“Hey baby, want to cook for me and obey my commands?” *waggles eyebrows*
Outside of Fetlife, I don’t think that come on gets much traction.
Goddammit, I keep getting modded. Let’s try this ONE MORE TIME.
Man, my head is on weird today. I actually feel kinda sorry for the plonker. (Also perversely envious for making a survivable income on his stuff; even when I had a respectable job, I BARELY edged into $12K a year.)
Er, but anyway… my writeathon is OPEN, everybody! The theme is Dreams and Nightmares! Make me write what you want to read! I’m also throwing a half-price sale on orphaned stories. Hit me, y’all! Help me get my father’s latest awful email out of my head!
How does someone not realize the irony of holding a sign saying “we want out of the kitchen” with the goal of getting women back in to the kitchen? Not the greatest sell in the world.
The “HELP PRESERVE THE MALE SPECIES” line cracks me up. Like, Oh my gosh guys, the “male species” is going going extinct! We Have to save them! Quick, someone call the Fish and Wildlife service to get them on the endangered species list! We can’t just stand by and let this beautiful and majestic species die! We have to save them!
I also love the woman in the second photo standing there like, “what the f*ck are you doing?” O_o
Actually, this guy really must be the precurser to the MRM. I can totally see the precurser to the modern MRM’s design sense.
Oh, LBT.
Nightmares and journeys is a combination I could totally get into reading about.
Yuuuuup.
https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e62764b8c4b18c71737697ff65edc2e4540916e4/687474703a2f2f6d656469612e67697068792e636f6d2f6d656469612f7539705664674e323674704b302f67697068792e676966
Made me LOL.
If anyone hasn’t participated in the wonders of one of LBT’s writeathons, I heartily recommend the experience!
RE: Lea
I encourage elastic interpretations on the theme! And no cash is required to prompt, so don’t be shy!
Damselindtech,
Your avatar is awesome.
LBT,
I don’t livejournal. Is there an other way to reach you?
Nevermind. I can sign in with Google.
You can leave an anon comment, Lea! They should be turned on. Just say you’re Lea and I’ll know it’s you. If you really can’t abide using that, you can also email me or just leave prompts here. (Just make sure I see them! I try to encourage folks to leave it on the LJ just so I have them all in one place and don’t have to chase them all over the web!)
NINJAED!
(Also, if the link to the writeathon ever gets buried, just click my username! It’ll send you to my welcome post, which links to my writeathon post. Hopefully David will approve me so I can start having the direct link without vanishing into modland.)
So he’s complaining about “child abandonment” and “kids unsupervised” because of course he could never be expected to supervise his own children.