Tickets for the second International Conference on Men’s Issues cost £265.00, but until 12:00 GMT on Sunday – just 48 hours away – you can book your ticket for just £225.00 with an Early Bird Discount, or start paying the £265 full ticket price with the first of three monthly instalments of £88.33. You can book your ticket here.

A list of all 20 speakers (including five women, with Erin Pizzey giving the keynote speech) is here. ExCeL London is the largest and most prestigious conferences and events venue in the capital, and their web page on our conference is here.

For your peace of mind, we recommend you book your ticket now, to avoid possible disappointment. We look forward to welcoming you to what will surely be a very memorable event.

Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, failed to respond by the required deadline to our FOI request asking for minutes of meetings she’s had since she took on her role, with organizations advocating for victims of domestic and/or sexual abuse. Her response is now 17 weeks overdue.

Our letter to Ms Saunders is here. We’ll publish a post each week on the delay, and email the Crown Prosecution Service each time, until we get a response.

A short but insightful piece by Walter Preysler, a 24-year-old American man.

Our thanks to Chloe for pointing us to this, a ludicrous article by Dr Rainbow Murray on the Women’s Equality Party, for The Conversation.

Dr Rainbow Murray is a Reader in Politics, based at Queen Mary University of London. Her profile starts with, ‘Dr Rainbow Murray is an expert on gender politics…’ after which I speed-read enough to confirm she’s yet another feminist parasite on taxpayers. An extract:

She is close to completing a third book manuscript exploring the transformative effect of gender quotas on parliamentary representation.

You get the picture. Dr Murray is a strong contender for our next ‘Gormless Feminist of the Month’ award. I invite you to join me in leaving comments on the article at The Conversation. I’ve left the following, and only replicate them here in case they’re removed:

Our thanks to Mark for informing us of this. In the name of all that we hold dear, don’t sign it. But you can add comments on the website page, as I and a couple of others have done, and I invite you to do so. My comments:

Given that feminism is a gender supremacy ideology espoused by intellectually challenged women driven by misandry (the hatred of men) I cannot think of a better fate for the Feminist Library than eviction. A large skip should be placed outside the library, and the contents of the Library hurled into it. Then the library should buy and display all the books on this list.

There is no more justification for a Feminist Library than for a Fascist Library.

Mike Buchanan

ANTI-FEMINISM LEAGUE

[Note added 17.2.16: It’s just been brought to my attention that the original English-language version of this article is available on the site, here. The version auto-translated from the Italian has a higher comedic content, it must be said.]

The title of this piece is from an Italian newspaper, eastonline. I was interviewed by Christopher Lord. If you click on the ‘Translate’ box in the top right corner, you’ll get this title:

Interview with Mike Buchanan defender of men against the man hating

Now Christopher is a fluent English speaker, as you might expect, and I can only assume the poor quality of the translation of the article into English resulted from the paper using some auto-translation software. It certainly adds a refreshingly comic twist to the article, and you’ll soon get the gist (e.g. MPs are ‘deputies’).

At the 2015 general election I stood in Ashfield, the constituency of Gloria De Piero, Shadow Minister for Women & Equalities. In my agreed text with Christopher I referred to her as ‘a leading feminist politician’, which has been auto-translated to ‘a thick feminist’, pleasingly.

Our thanks to Janet for this.

Our thanks to all those who’ve alerted us to a short BBC piece.

Francis wrote:

It’s relentless. Guess the first word in this ridiculous story.

Kevin wrote:

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it. More Duluth, more totalitarianism. More false statistics and assertions. Will it never end?

This petition to the government, created by Charlotte Cornell, really deserves mass support. It has received 2,678 signatures to date, and the government website says this:

At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition

At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament

Given that male circumcision for under-18s on non-medical grounds is already unquestionably illegal, even reaching the first hurdle, of 10,000 signatures, would put the government in a difficult situation. So please join me in signing the petition (you’ll need to be a British citizen or UK resident). It will take you only seconds. Thank you.

There’s a link on the site to a map with the number of signatories per parliamentary constituency, it’s also here. Click on the box under the map, select your constituency, and the number of signatories in your constituency will appear in a box in the top left corner of your screen.

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the online J4MB clothing store. We’re starting with polo shirts and T-shirts, bearing the logo of the London conference on the front:

We’ve just taken delivery of a printed polo shirt, and we’re pleased with the quality of both the garment and the printed logo. A number of points:

– the shirts are available in a wide variety of sizes and colours.
– there are different garment shapes for men and women, reflecting the different shapes of men and women. We’ll have none of that unisex mullarky in the J4MB store.
– we strongly recommend you watch a short video (1:34) on selecting the right size, before ordering.
– polo shirts are available in either 100% cotton or polycotton, T-shirts in 100% cotton only.
– if you order more than one shirt at a time, the postage and packaging costs for shirts after the first one are dramatically reduced, to £0.60 (UK addresses). Orders can consists of a variety of garment types, sizes and colours.
– the shirts are printed to order by clothes2order, a major company in this field, based in Manchester. You will be placing your order with this company, rather than with J4MB.
– in the unlikely event you’re unhappy with your order for any reason, please raise the matter with the company in the first instance. Let us know if you’re unhappy with their proposed resolution.
– shipping is available worldwide.
– the price includes a donation of £1.00 to support our work.

Email me (mike@j4mb.org.uk) if you’d like other products added to the store, e.g.:

– other garments
– other designs e.g. the J4MB party logo, ‘This is what an anti-feminist looks like’…
– logo on the back of the shirt, rather than the front