‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) is a conservative German political party, launched last year. Our thanks to the loyal supporter who’s just emailed us a link to a fascinating story about an AfD campaign concerned with gender quotas in corporate boardrooms, which are coming to Germany, and will surely harm Germany’s economy gravely:
http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201404012147-0023610
The Wikipedia page on AfD:
I’m really looking to meeting American ‘Honey Badger’ Janet Bloomfield (‘JudgyBitch’) – and her husband – at the Detroit conference in late June. Her latest piece should explain why:
http://judgybitch.com/2014/04/02/why-this-hit-piece-on-the-mens-rights-movement-is-garbage/
An interesting 11-minute-long video, well worth watching to the end. We think her analysis is questionable in a few areas, but for a young woman to get so much right, and to ‘declare war’ on feminism is VERY encouraging. We look forward to more from her. Enjoy:
Our thanks to a number of regular contributors for pointing us to this story:
There are about 80,000 men in British prisons, and just 4,000 women. The government plans to move the vast majority of those women (the non-violent ones) to rehabilitation centres near their homes, so they can spend their evenings and nights with their families. The prisons they’ve left will then house another 4,000 men.
When you read stories like this one, you can only wonder there are as many as 4,000 women in British prisons. Women have to do something quite extraordinary to be jailed, unlike men. In this case, as in so many cases, the woman is presented unaccountable for her actions, as her boyfriend ‘influenced’ her. Yeah, right. The paper should have run this ironic headline:
Woman, 23, forced by her boyfriend to buy designer clothes, shoes, jeans, sunglasses and other luxuries.
As a single mother, the likelihood of a custodial sentence was close to zero. Do women mysteriously forget they’re mothers when they commit crimes? And if they don’t, but commit those crimes anyway, why should the fact they’re mothers have the slightest bearing on the likelihood – or duration – of a custodial sentence?
Jeff is a longstanding supporter and donor to J4MB, and his input on a number of levels is hugely appreciated. He sends in leads to some wonderful stories, and this is one such. He’s nominated Carole Jones – a woman who’s never been mistaken for a ray of sunshine, I’m guessing wildly – for this month’s ‘Whiny Woman of the Month’ award. When I first read this story, I assumed it must date from yesterday, April Fool’s Day, but no – it was published today.
After you’ve read the story, be sure to dip into the comments sections. There are some gems:
http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/council-withdraws-sexist-cycling-leaflet-11363889608400
Carole Jones is in pole position for the award this month. I’ll hazard a guess she’s one of the 100,000+ followers of The Everyday Sexism Project, which would be appropriate, given Laura Bates won the inaugural ‘Whiny Woman of the Month’ award. Feel free to email me mike@j4mb.org.uk your nominations for ‘Whiny Woman of the Month’ or ‘Lying Woman of the Month’. So many to choose from in each category, I know, but try to pick just one.
An important new piece by Dean Esmay, who’s been a Wikipedia editor for 10 years:
Our thanks to Jeff for pointing us to this story. It would appear both men and women need to be wary of teenage girls at fish counters in supermarkets:
http://home.bt.com/news/oddnews/apology-for-fish-slap-woman-11363889638021
The story inevitably brought to mind a short but priceless Monty Python sketch. Our thanks to George for sending us this link:
A Voice for Men is the most-visited and most influential men’s human rights advocacy website in the world, and our piece on The Whine Club was published there. We’ve been delighted by the number and quality of comments the piece has attracted:
http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/activism/the-whine-club
We invited nominations for our coveted Whiny Woman of the Month award, and we’ve been inundated with suggestions, as you’d expect. More than a few people have suggested we have a Whiny Woman of the Week award, but we’re too busy to add that to our list of things to do. Maybe one day.
The inaugural winner of the Whiny Woman of the Month award, which leads to automatic membership of The Whine Club, was – quelle surprise – Laura Bates of The Everyday Sexism Project. We generally refer to it as The Everyday Whining Project. Her award certificate:
131126 Laura Bates’s ‘Whiny Woman of the Month’ award certificate
Subsequent winners of the award are below, the list will be updated each month:
November 2013: Contributors to http://mumsnet.com. The following should explain why they’ve won the award:
https://j4mbdotorgdotuk.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/mumsnet-contributors-whiny-women-of-the-month/
The award certificate:
131122 Mumsnet contributors’ ‘Whiny Women of the Month’ award certificate
December 2013: Julie Bentley, chief executive of Girlguiding UK
January 2014: Ellie Slee, contributor to the Huffington Post
February 2014: Hannah Betts, journalist
https://j4mbdotorgdotuk.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/hannah-betts-our-new-whiny-woman-of-the-month/
March 2014: Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Please email me mike@j4mb.org.uk with any contenders you’d like considered for future awards. I know it’s difficult to choose just one out of so many, but do your best. Thank you.
A new article from Janet Bloomfield (‘JudgyBitch’) is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Enjoy:
http://judgybitch.com/2014/04/01/middle-school-boys-picket-for-the-right-to-show-off-their-package/
Dead men and heterosexual woman are now officially pariahs, not deemed worthy of sharing an area of a German cemetery with lesbians:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/lesbian-cemetery-inaugurated-berlin-23140615
Justice for Men & Boys 