Bronies challenge the gender norms for men on several levels and they come in for a lot of shaming, as Typhonblue points out.
When her piece on bronies was posted to the MensRights sub-reddit, it generated a very telling discussion. The nature of that discussion proved Typhonblue’s point.…
Honey Badger Radio: Bronies and the Shame Game
For those who don’t know, Bronies–portmanteau of “bro” plus “pony”–are adult male fans of the children’s show “My little pony, friendship is magic.”
If the title of the show wasn’t a clue, the show is aimed at young girls. It has a lot of colour, it stars an almost all-girl cast and of course, ponies!…
My Tweet to Lena Dunham, Re: Feminism, Ableism
It was Black Friday 2013, and I was depressed. I’m one of those SAD / holiday depression people. When in that mode, I use twitter to vent–nothing terrible, but negative. (It’s a bad habit.)
Lena Dunham had tweeted: “As a girl with serious thighs you dream of looking like Venus or Serena.…
MEN’S MOVEMENT – Feminism is a men’s rights issue, Part II
“And so since feminism is tradcon, it is going to be part of the target package for the MRM.”
A post over at the Mensrights subreddit consisted of this question alone:
What does it mean when feminists say men’s issues are feminist issues?…
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