Meet the Patriarchy Party, the latest bid for media attention from Men’s Rights Edmonton
From the Patriarchy Party’s actual pamphlet. Yes, the name of the party is almost impossible to read. I don’t think that’s on purpose.
I sometimes say that the only “activism” that the Men’s Rights Movement is any good at is harassing individual women. But perhaps I’m being a bit too stingy here: following on the heels of the Father’s Rights activists who dress up like superheroes and climb up buildings and bridges to show that, well, I’m not sure what they’re trying to show, Men’s Rightsers seem to be developing a knack for poorly conceived media stunts that make them look like idiots.
The latest incredibly poorly conceived Men’s Rights media stunt come from Men’s Rights Edmonton, the A Voice for Men sister brother group famous for, among other things, chasing women down the street in the middle of the night and claiming that the women they chased were the bullies.
Anyway, the loudest and most obnoxious dude in the group, Nick Reading (a.k.a. “Eric Duckman”) has decided to run for Edmonton City Council on — get this! — the Patriarchy Party ticket! Oh no he didn’t!
Oh, yes he did. I suppose that the Patriarchy Party’s supposed platform — including a pledge “to end antiquated laws regarding women’s sexual consent” and provisions to instruct teachers “to snatch things like toy trucks out of the hands of little girls and replace them with dolls or tea sets” — probably inspired a chuckle or two amongst the folks at A Voice for Men, but the trollery here is really too inane to offend.
Whetever, dudes. You can find their badly designed pamphlet, with traced-photo “artwork” presumably by the noted FeMRA artist TyphonBlue, here.
Posted on September 26, 2013, in a voice for men, antifeminism, are these guys 12 years old?, artistry, creepy, edmonton, grandiosity, gross incompetence, harassment, men who should not ever be with women ever, misogyny, MRA, patriarchy, rape culture, rape jokes, TyphonBlue. Bookmark the permalink. 293 Comments.
Hooray for Halloween decorations! I went shopping with my mom for Halloween stuff once, and we found these GIANT OWL wall hanging things… And then proceeded to sneak them into my sister’s room while she slept. My sister who had recurring nightmares about giant owls carrying her away as a small child.
It was basically the best thing. (As a note, my sister had been over the owl dreams for something like 10 or 12 years by this point, and nothing happened except for loud screams when she woke up to giant owls staring at her. She thought it was hilarious by the time she came down for breakfast.)
Giant Owls of Doom!
I think I’m gonna hit up a proper Halloween store for a skeleton, I’m not risking someone walking off with the one on my door (I have a glow in the dark skeleton on my bedroom door, excellent for finding the doorknob when I’m the only one up and don’t want to risk blinding people with the hall light…$1 in a post-Halloween bin…)
Your owls sound like the sort of thing I’d leave up year round, my display case has ikea toy rats using the various things on display. Put the owls atop the fridge or someplace where they will always be watching you
They were pretty sweet, but not really the kind of thing you put on top of the fridge, since it was just a maybe 3′x4′ plastic poster dealie… Still, they rate well up on my list of best things I ever spent less than $10 on
Unfortunately they stayed with my parents when I moved out, or I’d post a picture.
Ah, I thought you meant 3D owls.
Pecunium — gonna have to retract that offer, apparently metro north is full of fail currently…and I’ll be indefinitely…fuck. Near as I can tell the issue is local to me though, so it may not be a huge deal for next weekend.
Happy birthday, hellkell! You and Sir share the date.
TomBcat, great to see you back again! How’s things?
It would have been even more awesome if they’d been 3D owls. I would pay more than $10 for 3D owls that were that big. It would be totally worth it.
And happy birthday, hellkell!
Ladder holding was done. Ladder is returned, casual flirting with barrista who isn’t in the market for a partner happened (we were talking about yarn, she knits, I spin). A good time was had by all. I have bread, and the house to myself for the weekend.
Time to make bacon, and eggs in brown butter, with tarragon.
@Quackers
HOLY SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT
Then I used the “dry brush” filter, which makes me look like a painting XD. A painting with a suspiciously photo-looking neck.
@Good
congratulations! You got the definition of feminism wrong AGAIN!
What about they’re /neither/ is good. You don’t have to dislike the patriarchy OR capitalism. You can dislike many things at once!
@Athywren
I have a really hard time finding an asshole test. There have got to be some key words you can drop casually that will reveal misogynists. Maybe a spell?
@cloudiah
That photoshop job sounds hilarious…
Exboobiarmus?
Pecunium — you? Casually flirt? Why I never! XD (I missed FedEx kid this morning, I haz a sad, come back from smoking and there’s a missing donut and a pile of boxes, boo)
Glad the ladder issue is solved, if only for today.
And BACON! *points at him like he’s got his hand in huge cookie jar*
Dustydeste — that’d be awesome, and I’d totally put up a shelf for it to perch on!
Kittehs: thank you and Happy Birthday to Sir.
And then there are the “authentic” ones who say they hate the idea of becoming too slick or commercialised. Unless you’re drawing signs for street begging, you really don’t want to look like refugees from the 70s who think photocopiers and fax machines are the very latest thing. Truly, you don’t.
They say it, but really they just don’t want to change ‘what we’ve always done around here’.
@moldybrehd - The Conservative Reform Alliance Party was an actual thing was one of the only bits of joy that movement in Canadian politics ever brought me.