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by Anonymous User on 05:34 PM September 17th, 2004 EST (#1)
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Trudy:
I work at a college that has a women's studies programs. Although the campus has one of the biggest and most modern Libraries in the state, it sadly is very biased toward the feminist perspective in areas like domestic violence, and all other gender issue areas for that matter.
I chatted with the Head Librarian once about donating a book on domestic violence, but was met with a chilly response. I didn't even get to the bias that exists in the selection in all the other gender studies areas. Again, the selections in this and all other college Libraries is largely biased to the feminist perspective.
I would love to see some kind of program set up through NCFM or some other organization to help get some books with some balance in our college Libraries. It seems like the most logical place to start, and could be done on a small scale with minimal resources.
I'd love to see your book get out into the college population as well. Let's face it college students are always looking for something fresh outside the traditional viewpoint, and nothing is more stale these days than the prejudiced, gender feminist perspective on domestic violence.
I am thrilled to see your book, hope to read it soon, and thank you for your care, and your effort in writing the book.
Kindly Thanks,
Ray
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Well, at the moment FTTE is "out of print," so to speak, so the only form it appears in publicly is at the blog. I haven't decided yet whether to re-issue it in another form.
As far as college libraries go, there's another way to go about this that doesn't require donating books. If people start requesting other kinds of titles than those they have, they will eventually need to purchase them for their collection. Might be worth thinking about!
T______
"A woman needs a man like a fish needs the river."
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by Anonymous User on 07:10 AM September 18th, 2004 EST (#7)
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"If people start requesting other kinds of titles than those they have, they will eventually need to purchase them for their collection."
Trudy:
Thanks, I'm a firm believer in problem solving techniques. In solving any problem it is good to start at the source. Therefore Libraries are a place worhty of special attention.
A lot of Libraries are online these days, and you can go and scan through the listing of their inventory. I'm making a list of masculinist books that should be in every Library to counter the radical/gender feminist perspective that is so prevelant in so many books in Libraries.
The plan is simple, and greatly aided by your input. A few huge picket signs in front of the Library would get the public's attention. One sign would say, "WHY ARE THESE BOOKS NOT IN L.A. COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ANYWHERE." A list of those books would be listed under that question. Antoher sign might say, "L.A. COUNTY LIBRARIES ARE SEXIST AND HATEFUL AGAINST MEN."
Everybody that responds to a protest always wants to sign something so a petition requesting the inclusion of those books with a masculinist perspective at the Library would be great to have for people to sign. I'd send signed petitions to elected representatives, newspapers, etc.
Here's a short list, in no particular order, just off the top of my head:
The Myth of Male Power
Abused Men
Professing Feminism
Spreading Misandry
Heterophobia
Insult to Injury
The Twelve Things You Didn't Know About D.V.
Men Freeing Men
The War on Boys
Divorced Dads
Father and Child Reunion
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say
Who Stole Feminism
The Feminist Dilemma: When Success is Not Enough
Ray
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I just searched my local library, of the books listed they are missing 6. To top it off, when I searched for the ones that were missing I came up with other books and videos regarding abused men, that are not on this list.
Good job Calgary Public Library.
I guess I need to get my library card now.
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i've been away form the this site for the summer so hi again ( in case you guys forgoit me i'am the umass dartmouth student who has started a men's org on campus) anyhow i've been looking at my universitie's liberary and found it sorely lacking. thier are about three or four bookcases worth of feminist material ( and that's not counting the numorious books scattered through out the liberary)anyhow there's one or two shelves with books on men, only some of those are of the masculist variety. most of the books where written by feminists you can guess what they are like. and it appears that most of masculiist books where writen by female authors (sommers, daphine patia who i tend to enjoy reading much, much more the sommerswho's a bit right wing for me) rather suspicously the only male author present is farrel with his fminist work the liberated man. now as to what this says about the way my school sees my gender speaks volumes. volumes they have decided not to purchase
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by Anonymous User on 05:46 PM September 17th, 2004 EST (#2)
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"I’m asking everyone to track their local media and keep an eye out for stories on DV shelters and services that promote the well-known myths and bad statistics."
Trudy:
I'm a novice blogger so maybe you already have this covered. In my opinion, one of the worst papers in America, presenting the biased gender feminist outlook on domestic violence, is the Los Angeles Times.
A while back a policeman in an outlying area of the county was gunned down by a girl friend who laid in wait for him to park his car. Never once was the word domestic violence used in the story. I could probably still dig up the story, but I'm sure it would be in archive, and even if it isn't on-line viewers need to register with the Times just to read it. I was wondering if you are able to provide the story without each individual needing to register at the respective paper?
Ray
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Unfortunately I won't be able to reprint entire stories from newspapers. I could in some cases summarize, but that's about all. Otherwise I could run into charges of copyright infringement, and I need to be squeaky clean on this campaign.
T______
"A woman needs a man like a fish needs the river."
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BUGMENOT.COM has generic passwords and userids to most news websites that require you to register.
I hate to register because I know that is where most of the spam comes from.
Use Bugmenot.com and you can avoid this.
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Thanks, Trudy, for your effort to help raise public awareness of male victims of DV. The daily newspaper in the city where I live always presents domestic violence stories from the standard feminist viewpoint -- prominent dramatic coverage of stories about female victims at the hands of violent abusive men. But when females commit the violence, the story is played down and/ or excuses are made for the violent women.
I'll keep my eyes open for stories that might be useful for your project. Thanks again for the good work that you do here.
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Your help will be much appreciated -- THX!
T______
"A woman needs a man like a fish needs the river."
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Just the other day we had a piece on the misandy printed in the "Cornell Sun" which prompted me to write to the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, and to which I recieved the following response:
Clearly, men are an endangered species and deserve all the protections they can get.
Stop wasting The Sun’s time — and pass this message on to all of your cronies in Nashville.
Sincerely,
Andy Guess
(a male)
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Andy Guess
Editor-in-Chief
The Cornell Daily Sun
http://www.cornelldailysun.com
guess@cornell.edu | editor@cornelldailysun.com
Evidently, the Cornell Sun is a newspaper to watch - or not !
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Hello Gang-banged. Please consider sending a carefully reasoned email to the president of Cornell, Jeffrey Lehman, at president@cornell.edu .
In fact, since the editor of the Sun seems to think that he can just blow us off, I encourage everyone to write to president Lehman. I've posted this elsewhere, but my note to him (complete with a misspelling of the word "humor") is:
Dear President Lehman:
I am not sure of the connection between Cornell University and the Cornell Daily Sun, but there was a piece published by the Sun on May 6, 2004, that may well violate university hate-speech codes. The piece,
The End of Mankind" by Anna Weiss, can be seen here, http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004 /05/06/4099f23890634?in_archive=1.
I understand that the editor of the Sun claims that the article is a piece of humor, but I doubt that such "homor" would be tolerated if it attacked any group of people other than men. In light of the collapse of male-education in the US, and throughout the developed world for that matter, I think that university tolerance and, in fact, assistance (through publication) of such hate-speech is far out of order.
I look forward to your response.
Thomas
-- Creating hostile environments for feminazis since the 1970s.
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by Anonymous User on 03:57 PM September 18th, 2004 EST (#11)
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"I understand that the editor of the Sun claims that the article is a piece of humor, but I doubt that such "homor" would be tolerated if it attacked any group of people other than men. In light of the collapse of male-education in the US, and throughout the developed world for that matter, I think that university tolerance and, in fact, assistance (through publication) of such hate-speech is far out of order."
Thomas:
Your whole letter was beautifully written. Colleges and Universities across America have become nothing more than purveyors of hate (misandry) and disseminaters of organized hate movements (women's studies). Time to picket the bigoted halls of academia with the same fervor that 60's radicals picketed the perceived "corrupt establishment" of that era. Isn't it kind of ironic how many of those 60's feminists have morphed into the most "corrupt and evil establishment" in the history of America?
Ray
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by Anonymous User on 12:05 AM October 6th, 2004 EST (#15)
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Hi guys,
The Sun is independent from the University. Your efforts with the administration are a waste of time. I'm sure they delete your messages just like we do.
Have a nice day!
Andy Guess
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