We're delighted to announce that Bettina Arndt has accepted our invitation to be a Guest of Honour at ICMI21. Her biography is on the conference website, here. Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter … [Read more...]
Ben Bradley MP, Guest of Honour at the next ICMI: What Is the Conservative Answer to the Culture War?
Our thanks to John for this (video, 1:01:12). Ben Bradley (C, Mansfield), 31, is an up-and-coming Conservative MP who's well known in our circles for raising public awareness about the poor educational attainment of working-class boys, and demanding the problem be addressed. He … [Read more...]
Comments functionality
We apologize for the ongoing problem with the comments functionality (i.e. comments don't appear, and we're not notified of them being submitted). We have people working on it, but so far it's proving a tech mystery. Elizabeth and Mike. Our last general election manifesto is … [Read more...]
The sixth International Conference on Men’s Issues (ICMI20) – a review, and the future of ICMIs including ICMI21
It's been four days since International Men's Day (19 November, 2020) and the end of the largest ICMI to date, the five-day-long ICMI20. It was a resounding success on every level, everyone seems to agree, and I thought I'd post a final blog piece on the matter. Firstly, I'd … [Read more...]
Regarding Men with Mike Buchanan – two weekly men-only discussion groups
[Update 28.11.20 - I'm pleased to report that I've just had agreement to host a second Regarding Men meeting, at 5:00pm on Sundays, from 6 December. The meeting will mainly be limited to humourous materials, their creation and enjoyment. All forms of humorous material will be … [Read more...]
Ava Brighton’s documentary, “A VOID”
Ava Brighton, a Dutch graphic designer, should need no introduction. Her YouTube channel is here. Elizabeth Hobson, Paul Elam, Natty Kadifa, Deborah Powney and I are among the people contributing to Ava's forthcoming documentary A VOID. She's just release details of the campaign … [Read more...]
“Domestic Abuse is a Men’s Issue, Too.” Links to videos of the eight presentations at the first National Conference on Men’s Issues (7 June, 2020).
We were very pleased by the strong positive responses we had to the eight videos presented at our first (virtual) National Conference on Men's Issues, Domestic Abuse is a Men's Issue, Too. We've just updated the related document, which covers: speaker photographs, biographies, … [Read more...]
Cambridge University talks – related blog pieces, videos etc.
[Note added 6.6.19: We'll keep adding links to new blog pieces here, so there exists one place with developments from the beginning to the present.] We've posted many blog pieces in relation to the talks, including the assaults (and Natty's video footage of her detention of one … [Read more...]
The J4MB interview of Philip Davies MP
Mike Buchanan, Philip Davies MP (C, Shipley), Elizabeth Hobson We recently contacted Philip Davies MP, asking for an interview, and were pleased when he agreed. He didn't ask for prior sight of the questions, and the video is here (21:41). He was very friendly throughout our … [Read more...]
An invitation to become a party member
In the wake of the highly successful International Conference on Men's Issues (2016), which we hosted in association with A Voice for Men, we invited people concerned about the assaults on men's and boys' human rights to become party members. Subscriptions from party members (and … [Read more...]
Jimmy Page: How “Stairway to Heaven” was written – BBC News (2014)
Enjoy (video, 8:15). The last thing put out by the BBC before it became a full-time lefty propaganda outlet. Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter channel here. If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 … [Read more...]
John Otway: The House of the Rising Sun
John Otway is a musical genius who I had the pleasure of catching many times on folk nights in The Black Horse pub in Leighton Buzzard in the early 1970s, during my sixth form years. He had a manic persona and would at times writhe about on the floor performing his music. It … [Read more...]
Men applying for female-dominated jobs face ‘significant’ discrimination, study finds
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: Men applying for female-dominated jobs like childcare are “significantly” discriminated against, a study has found. Male applicants for jobs involving cleaning and working with children are half as likely to be successful as female applicants, … [Read more...]
SAS soldiers forced to seek brain injury treatment abroad as experts warn trauma is more than just a psychological illness
The treatment of veterans for mental health disorders stemming from their time in the Armed Forces is shamefully under-funded, because the vast majority of veterans are men. Many end up among the street homeless, and they are denied treatment (e.g. for PTSD) if they self-medicate … [Read more...]
Falling sperm counts ‘threaten human survival’, expert warns
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: Sperm counts are falling at a rate that threatens the long-term survival of the human race, a leading epidemiologist has warned. In a new book, Shanna Swan, a leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine in … [Read more...]
Women in the US Army allowed to wear lipstick, nail polish and breastfeed openly to boost recruitment
A piece in today's Telegraph: Female soldiers in the US Army can now breastfeed openly, tie their hair in a ponytail and even wear lipstick after new guidelines designed to make the career more appealing to women came into force. There are currently 127,000 women serving in the … [Read more...]
Sturgeon is unfit to lead Scotland, Salmond tells inquiry
A piece published by the Times online less than two hours ago: Alex Salmond launched an extraordinary attack on Nicola Sturgeon today, claiming that the current SNP leadership is unfit to lead the country to independence. The former first minister described a collective failure … [Read more...]
SNP divisions grow as Sturgeon enrages former deputy leader by ‘questioning Salmond trial verdict’
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: Nicola Sturgeon was on Thursday struggling to contain a growing SNP rebellion after she was accused of using “weasel words” to question the innocence of Alex Salmond. Jim Sillars, a former deputy leader of the party, lodged a formal complaint … [Read more...]
Mr Potato Head goes gender-neutral
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: With his luxuriant moustache, there was little doubt that Mr Potato Head was the head of the household. With his wife, Mrs Potato Head, and two children, Spud and Yam, he was the traditional father figure loved by children across the world for … [Read more...]
First upskirting, now downblousing
No, it's not April Fools' Day. You couldn't make this s*** up. A piece in today's Times, Sharing deepfake images ‘must be made a crime’: Sharing “deepfake” images should be a crime, according to experts who fear that the law is not keeping pace with technology and behaviour … [Read more...]
Predicted grades – the triumph of teachers over truth
A piece by Chris McGovern in today's TCW. Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter channel here. If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the … [Read more...]
Women and cars – comedy gold
Maybe 30 years ago, I was refuelling my car in Bracknell, where I was working, when I noticed a 30-something blonde woman struggling to refuel her own car at the next pump, the nozzle of the petrol pump not fitting into the opening of her fuel tank (probably because of a design … [Read more...]
Women bosses told me to man up, claims lab worker
A piece in today's Times: A scientist claims that his female boss told him to “man up” and that the “toxic” working atmosphere at his laboratory involved “extreme discrimination” against men. Daniel Price has started legal proceedings, claiming that he suffered routine bullying … [Read more...]
Jane Garvey grew tired of people criticising BBC ‘imbalance’. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
A piece in today's Telegraph: Jane Garvey has revealed that she is glad to have left Woman's Hour because she was tired of getting complaints about BBC balance. [J4MB: So the issue isn't BBC (im)balance, it's this woman's emotional response to complaints about it.] The former … [Read more...]
BBC sets target to recruit more working class employees
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: Corporation will collate data on how many staff went to private school, were eligible for school meals or had a parent in manual work The BBC is to set targets for the proportion of working class employees within its ranks, following … [Read more...]
Feminising French puts language ‘in mortal danger’, says Académie Française
A piece in today's Times: A cultural war over an unwieldy gender-inclusive form of French has reached a new level after 60 MPs tabled a law to ban its use in the country’s vast public administration. Drafted by François Jolivet, an MP from President Macron’s La République En … [Read more...]
Woman: “That’s why women can’t go out in the world by themselves, it’s guys like you!”
Our thanks to Tom for this. Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter channel here. If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 … [Read more...]
Vera Baird, Toxic Feminist of the Month: State should provide rape victims with lawyers to prevent police making ‘intrusive’ demands
A piece in today's Telegraph on outrageous demands being made by Vera Baird, a particularly odious radical feminist. To feminists, alleged rape victims are ALWAYS rape victims, and their alleged rapists ALWAYS rapists. In June 2016 we presented her with our Toxic Feminist of the … [Read more...]
Alex Salmond pulls out of Holyrood appearance after evidence redacted
A piece in yesterday's Telegraph: The credibility of the Scottish Parliament is in 'crisis' after it caves to Crown Office and pulls evidence after 16 hours Alex Salmond has cancelled his testimony to a Holyrood inquiry after a dossier of claims he made against Nicola Sturgeon … [Read more...]
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