Groan. A comment that would be deemed funny if made by a lesbian such as Ellen DeGeneres would (according to FemiNazis) be unfunny – and represent sexual harassment – if made by a heterosexual male. The said male would be forced to grovel and apologize. We can be sure DeGeneres won’t apologize, because vagina. Let’s not forget the golden rule:

Being a woman means never having to say you’re sorry.

I had the pleasure of meeting Gary Orsum, a talented Australian video maker, at the Gold Coast conference a few months ago. My thanks to John for pointing me to this (video, 4:48).

A piece on the BBC website. I despair of prominent figures – and prominent politicians in particular – apologizing in response to criticisms from odious feminists (I know, the word ‘odious’ is implied in the word ‘feminist’) such as (in this case) Jess Phillips, Jo Swinson, and Nicola Sturgeon.

Maria Miller MP (C, Basingstoke), chair of the Women & Equalities Committee, owns an eight-month-old male Cockapoo, above. The poor thing has already adopted her customary doleful expression. There’s a Kennel Club piece in which she answers silly questions – here. In response to the question, ‘Why should your dog be crowned Westminster Dog of the Year 2017?’, Ms Miller replies:

A Westminster dog has to love the world of politics! Ted is a great fan of General Elections as it gives him the opportunity to meet lots of people and visit new gardens when leafleting or knocking on doors. He loves his role as a key Paw-liamentary Companion.

Kate Smurfwit has a challenger…

Kathleen Richardson is the founder and leader of the Campaign Against Sex Robots. She’s the Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI at De Montfort University, and as a feminist academic, by definition a taxpayer-funded parasite. On the ‘Team’ page of the campaign website, we learn:

The Campaign Against Sex Robots is a group of activists, writers and academics developing sorely needed feminist and abolitionist perspectives of robots and AI.

… because the world sorely needs feminist perspectives.

In response to a number of supporters who wish to use the ICMI18 graphic (above) as a screensaver, and for other purposes, the link is here.

If you plan to attend the conference in Birmingham next July, but haven’t yet paid a deposit to guarantee you a ticket, we urge you to do so today. You can do so through this link.

In March 2016 we organized the largest-ever protest against MGM in the UK, held outside the Thornhill Clinic, Luton. A photograph of some of the protesters that day is above. A video (9:19) of the protest is here.

In April of this year we organized another protest outside the clinic, the story is here. Videos of the protests are here (taken by my bodycam) and here.

We’d like to organize a series of protests outside the clinic, and we’ll arrive unannounced. If you would be willing to attend these protests, or any other anti-MGM protests – including at Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, on Sundays – please contact us (info@j4mb.org.uk) and we’ll add you to our register. Thank you.

A tip of the hat to Vanessa Lussier and her colleagues for this.

Revealing.

A piece in The Sun, possibly the only paper in the world to use the word ‘romp’ regularly. An extract:

What are sex robots?

Robots already build our cars, clean our houses and make our food – now manufacturers are on the verge of offering life-like, moving dolls for “private fun”.

Sex robots are essentially realistic dolls that have sophisticated movements that closely mimic humans so that they can romp.