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Mx Verda<p>Collated list of web links, esp if cut off on mastodon servers with shorter post limits: </p><p>1. Mens Lib subreddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/r/MensLib/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>2. Beyond Equality homepage <a href="https://www.beyondequality.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">beyondequality.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>3. UK Anti-Suicide / Anti-Miserable Life charity focused on men, boys, and masc people, Campaign Against Living Miserably <a href="https://www.thecalmzone.net/our-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thecalmzone.net/our-story</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>MüneCat's ... 4. Nebula Video, "I Debunked the Entire Manosphere" <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/munecat-i-debunked-the-entire-manosphere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nebula.tv/videos/munecat-i-deb</span><span class="invisible">unked-the-entire-manosphere/</span></a><br>5. Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/munecat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/munecat</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>6. reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/munecat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/r/munecat/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>7. Instagram profile <a href="https://www.instagram.com/munecatmusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/munecatmusic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>8. twXtter profile <a href="https://www.twitter.com/munecatmusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitter.com/munecatmusic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>9. BandCamp page <a href="https://munecat.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">munecat.bandcamp.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>10. Works cited / Video sources <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n2VawDpszhhOsGxhhve5F8u4yig2g4cdyBd-8v9ui5k/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1n2</span><span class="invisible">VawDpszhhOsGxhhve5F8u4yig2g4cdyBd-8v9ui5k/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p>I'd group "Men's Rights Activists" as disinGenderous, from the word disingenuous. <br>It means doing an act to be *observed* doing it ('Activism' to center anti-misogyny on men's feelings), not its expected intent (upholding Men's human Rights).</p><p>I use MRAs to mean anyone using misogyny to sell shit, not "ACTUALLY trying to improve life for men and masculine people". <a href="https://www.thecalmzone.net/our-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thecalmzone.net/our-story</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>e.g. The UK has a charity called Campaign Against Living Miserably focused on dudes' mental health. They're not MRAs. <br>Like 'scientology' could be useful to describe the meta analysis of how we apply scientific methods more broadly, -- like historiography --- but instead just means a SciFi writer's post-death ponzi scheme. </p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/disinGenderous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinGenderous</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/masculine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculine</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransMasc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransMasc</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransMan</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Manly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manly</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manliness</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/boy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boy</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/boys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boys</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Guys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guys</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendering</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MagicWandWishList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicWandWishList</span></a></p>
Mx Verda<p>"Some links to men's organisations that are actually helping men:<br>Men’s Lib Subreddit: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/r/MensLib/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Beyond Equality: <a href="https://www.beyondequality.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">beyondequality.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>My links:<br>Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/munecat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/munecat</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/munecat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/r/munecat/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/munecatmusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/munecatmusic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/munecatmusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitter.com/munecatmusic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Bandcamp <a href="https://munecat.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">munecat.bandcamp.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Well this time I decided to investigate the Manosphere. The cult mentality of Red Pill think, how they monetise it, the narrative they are selling to their followers, and how this can result in some young men being funnelled into the alt-right pipeline.</p><p>I looked into influencers like Fresh and Fit, Kevin Samuels, Rich Cooper, Anthony Dream Johnson of the 21 Convention, Donovan Sharpe, Roosh V, Owen Cook and Julien Blanc to weave together how they are selling the ‘alpha male’ dream to their followers - some of whom will end up classing themselves as incels, after realising that the ‘foolproof’ pickup artist game techniques don’t work for them.</p><p>And they’re all having their misogynistic ideas backed up by the one and only Jordan B Peterson, of course.</p><p>Sources:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n2VawDpszhhOsGxhhve5F8u4yig2g4cdyBd-8v9ui5k/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1n2</span><span class="invisible">VawDpszhhOsGxhhve5F8u4yig2g4cdyBd-8v9ui5k/edit?usp=sharing</span></a> " description of MüneCat's video, "I Debunked the Entire Manosphere"."</p><p>ok I finally got around to finishing it. I'm just including the whole damn description cuz why tf not. <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/munecat-i-debunked-the-entire-manosphere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nebula.tv/videos/munecat-i-deb</span><span class="invisible">unked-the-entire-manosphere/</span></a> </p><p>not relevant to this but I just thought of what to group "Men's Rights Activists" as: <br>disingenderous. <br>(MRAs here being "anyone using misogyny to sell shit", not "people who are ACTUALLY trying to make life less shit for men and masculine people". <a href="https://www.thecalmzone.net/our-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thecalmzone.net/our-story</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>e.g. In the UK, Campaign Against Living Miserably is a mental health charity focused on dudes. I wouldn't count them as MRAs. <br>A bit like how 'scientology' as a word could have been useful to describe the meta analysis of how we apply scientific methods more broadly, like historiography for history, but instead just means a SF writer's post-death ponzi scheme.)</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/masculine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculine</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransMasc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransMasc</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransMan</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Manly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manly</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manliness</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/boy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boy</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/boys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boys</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Guys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guys</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendering</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MagicWandWishList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicWandWishList</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>, and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/gendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendering</span></a> of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/interests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interests</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Fascinating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> suggests there is no such thing as a "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>male</span></a>" or "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>female</span></a>" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a></p><p>It's a great reminder that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activities</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/behaviors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behaviors</span></a> is a bunch of bunk.</p><p><a href="https://www.upworthy.com/men-and-women-are-different-but-not-because-of-whats-inside-our-brains-a-new-study-explains-why-ex1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upworthy.com/men-and-women-are</span><span class="invisible">-different-but-not-because-of-whats-inside-our-brains-a-new-study-explains-why-ex1</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>A phone service's referral program with rewards only when men are referred. 🙄 </p><p><a href="https://tello.com/referral_program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tello.com/referral_program</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendering</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tello</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/referrals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>referrals</span></a></p>