Caleb Levette and his son Parker have just put on a real life, flesh and blood clinic in self-autonomy and freedom from the tyranny of family courts, as well as the abuse from custodial parents that those courts often foster and enable. AVFM honors and salutes these modern day heroes.
Man up, and other male targeting slogans remain pervasive throughout our culture and indeed appar to be spreading. Neil Westlake notes this, and correctly observes that it constitutes an anti male, violent and stifling climate pretending to humanism, while calculated to perpetuate harm.
Men are the violent sex, right? Women are the more peaceful and thoughtful and emotionally balanced sex, right. If women ran the world there would be no wars, right? The solution to the world’s problems is for men to become more like women, right? Well, maybe when you think about it, not so much.
Francis Shivers, after being stalked, harassed, legally terrorized and falsely accused of numerous horrible acts, has been sentenced to nine months in jail for using his cell phone camera to defend himself. That is what having a vagina, a lot of money and a name like Pauley Perrette will get you.
Dr. Greg Canning is calling on all advocates for men and boys about International Men’s Health Week and to spend some time considering your own health. If you are due for a checkup, or overdue, go get one. Think about lifestyle changes that will add some quality and maybe quantity to your life.
Andy ‘Man’ Thomas has written an open letter to the Camden Center regarding Radfem 2013. In his attempt to contact the Camden Center Andy has run into roadblocks which have prevented him from contacting anyone there. Of course AVfM will help him get the word out out and publish it here for all to see.
Diana Davison asks an incredibly rude question about her fellow women in the workplace: “might we dare to ask ourselves if they are serving the greater good or just fucking with us?” Well that’s certainly going to ruffle some hen-feathers. But maybe they need a little ruffling.
Activism takes many forms: helping get corrupt prosecutors disbarred. Calling incompetent judges to task. Lobbying state legislatures and Governors. Helping get innocent men out of jail. Or sometimes it’s noticing a single call for help, and giving a shit when a man looks like he needs help.
British journalist Melissa Kite, a shopworn maladroit of a wannabe mother is now hearing her shelf-life tick down to reproductive extinction. Men, it seems, especially the ones who get to know her, don’t want to produce children with her. Of course, it has nothing to do with her. It’s all men’s fault.
Fathers 4 Justice veteran and Director at the consultancy Helping Men Glen Poole, having recovered from a bit of a dustup recently, has some great thoughts on where we are today in the men’s movement. We aren’t done yet, there’s a lot to do, but by God we’re going to do it!
