Portrayal of men in the media: why there needs to be a reverse Bechdel test
If we test media for sexism that hurts women, why not test for it when men are hurt? New contributor Nikita Coulombe explodes into AVFM.
Art, Entertainment, & Culture
Oppenheimer
I don’t go to the cinema much. I concluded decades ago that Hollywood would only change if they were starved of funds. That was before they went really woke of course. At the time I just wanted them to put out better content. Since then the movies produced by Hollywood have become significantly worse. The …
[SPOILERS] The Drinker recommends… Sound of Freedom
Warning: the following video contains spoilers for the movie Sound of Freedom.
The sex robots are here and they are all you will ever need
Robots are most interesting in that they help us peek under our own hood and look at what makes us tick.
Feminism: Saving the world from evil
Debbie marched into the White House, her fellow feminists at her side. A man greeted her at the door. “May I help you ladies?”
“Wow, they’re insulting me right off the bat,” Debbie thought.
And another man gone, and another man gone
Last month, three men in media lost high-profile positions over a single weekend: on April 23rd and 24th, it was announced that Jeff Shell was out at NBCUniversal, Don Lemon at CNN, and Tucker Carlson at Fox. The reasons for Lemon’s and Carlson’s dismissals have not been released, but transgressions against gender propriety seem to …
Rise of the shield hero: anime men’s issues
It’s fair to say that I don’t like anime. I’m not saying they’re bad, and there are some I’ve enjoyed, but for the most part, I have difficulty getting into them. Some of the things people seem to enjoy about them are elements that I tend to dislike. What I have seen of anime tends …
Hey Kate, how often do you beat your husband?
The trend to make female movie characters tough and abrasive has been proceeding for some time. We can all predict that the new partner in the police procedural, let’s say a petite black woman whose entrance surprises (and thus reveals the bigotry of) the white man she’ll be working with, will turn out to be …
1959: Malvina Reynolds sings an awful song that wouldn’t be out of place in today’s misandric world
Lyrics: It says in Coronet Magazine June nineteen-fifty six, page ten That married women are not as happy As women who have no men Married women are cranky Frustrated and disgusted While single women are bright and gay Creative and well adjusted We don’t need the men We don’t need the men We don’t need …
