This week-end I will be opening up a new CafePress shop, Feminist Farm Online Store, devoted to "... lampooning feminism and exposing feminism's long history of misconceptions, absurdities, distortions, half-truths and outright lies."

The store's headline reads: "The best way to drive out the devil . . . is to jeer and flout her, for she cannot bear scorn." And that's what we plan to do: make fun of feminism, with humorous and (hopefully) pointed illustrations that mock and scorn feminism.

Although the shop will open with only four items, I've hired artists from as far away as India, and have about a dozen additional illustrations now on the drawing board that should be ready for the store in 1 or 2 weeks.

Please check it out! http://www.cafepress.com/feministfarm

Feedback and suggestions are always welcome!

Article here. Excerpt:

"In 2008, Democrats are assembling behind a front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, with singular problems among white males. Polls show her support among this group is approaching the record lows scored by Democrats during the peak of Ronald Reagan’s popularity in the 1980s. Some recent hypothetical matchups — which are highly fluid at this stage of a contest — showed Clinton winning roughly a third of white males in a race against Republican Rudy Giuliani."

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Also from anthony, an interesting contrast: Clinton's team says women will carry win.

Article here. Excerpt:

"Nowhere is female privilege more evident than within the star-chamber like confines of the "Sexual Harassment Industry." In this arena, feminist lobbyists have erected a charnel house to exterminate the expression of random, unscripted male behavior in the workplace. It has even created a ludicrous female right not to be offended…by anything said or done in their proximity. This right can be brandished upon men who accidentally forget to don their automaton costumes before punching the clock."

Article here. Excerpt:

'A jury has convicted a woman of swinging her 4-week-old son at her boyfriend during a fight and fracturing the infant's skull.

Chytoria Graham, 28, fell into the fetal position when the judge told her she faced a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence after she was convicted Wednesday of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, simple assault and child endangerment.

"Oh my God," Graham cried. "Oh my God, Oh my God. No, no, no."'

Why is she so upset? A man would have gotten at least 20 years minimum for the same thing. Oh well, good riddance.

Article here. Excerpt:

"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- The former Duke University men's lacrosse coach who resigned last year amid allegations that three of his players raped a stripper has sued the university."

"Mike Pressler's lawsuit apparently stems from a financial settlement the school reached earlier this year with him.."

In the spirit of covering activism topics, I recently came across this list of 198 nonviolent forms of protest activism authored by Gene Sharp. It's something worth distributing to fellow activists to help inspire ideas for activism projects.

The entire first chapter of comedian Bill Cosby's new book is on-line:

In "Come on People, On the Path From Victims to Victors" Cosby condemns the epidemic of fatherlessness in the black community and in the nation at large that has devastating consequences:

"A house without a father is a challenge. A neighborhood without fathers is a catastrophe, and that’s just about what we have today. ... Why is the problem so grave? A mother can usually teach a daughter how to be a woman. But as much as mothers love their sons, they have difficulty showing a son how to be a man.... We can’t speak honestly of black culture in America unless and until we honestly address the issue of the estrangement of fathers and their children."

There's humor as well, with Cosby taking on the gansta rap culture that too often celebrates the street as real education -

"You can’t land a plane in Rome saying, “Whassup?” to the control tower. You can’t be a doctor telling your nurse, “Dat tumor be nasty.”

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'His divorce did nothing to put him off the fairer sex and he has a long-term partner.

So why is he co-authoring a book called That Bitch (Protect Yourself Against Women With Malicious Intent), a title guaranteed to get a knee-jerk, hackles-rising response in the most placid-natured members of the gender?

"It is a provocative title," he concedes. "We can't use it in America. They can't deal with the directness. It is going to be called Venus: The Dark Side. But the book is aimed at guys and as everybody says guys don't do subtlety we thought we are not going to pussy foot around here.
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The book is a survival guide for men (and women) on how to protect themselves against a (Roy is at pains to stress) small group of vindictive, violent or self-serving women who use and abuse partners, colleagues and even children.'

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

' Apart from the longer overall hours put in by men than women, Warren Farrell, author of ``Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap - and What Women Can Do About It,'' said male workers are more likely to be open toward factors that lead to higher pay.

Relocating or traveling extensively for work, taking on more hazardous assignments, working in the hard sciences, taking jobs requiring greater financial risk and working in unpleasant environments are some of the conditions Farrell mentions in his book.'

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Of course, the cadres of women studies majors and government-sponsored feminist organizations have started ticking away at their keyboards, organizing to artificially inflate the numbers for Feministing.com. But the grassroots movement of equality-seeking men and women are making their voices heard: You'll also find Feministing nominated for Worst Blog of All time, and Most Obnoxious Blogger.

This is a horrendous story, but a positive outcome in that (for once) she isn't seen as the victim and needing help.

The mum was angry because the boy's father hadn't turned up to see him on this particular day - so she boils a kettle, calls him into the kitchen then pours it over the boy, scolding him over 20% of his body.

Excerpt:
'The judge at Cardiff Crown Court told the 36-year-old, who cannot be named, that she had "failed her first and greatest responsibility as a parent". Judge Phillip Richards added the mother had become "the danger" to her son.

The victim had told the court that he was still full of rage over his mother's actions and wanted to make her pay.

He said he did not tell anybody about the incident until the autumn of 2004, because she had told him she would kill herself if he did.'

Like I said, unbelievable she would do it to her own son but so positive that she's facing serious jail time and (at least in this article) nobody is rushing to defend her and make her out to be the victim.

Story here. Oh how the press eats it up! Sexy ex-stripper goads fiance #2 to kill fiance #1 using a Hollywood script and her own "wiles". Has all the makings of not one but five Oprah episodes and dozens of made-for-TV movies.

Body count: 2. Fiance #1 dead, fiance #2 in jail

Meanwhile a sociopath gets all the limelight she can handle. Let's see how much time if any she actually gets. She'll probably make a fortune on book deals and appearances.

Excerpt:

'ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In the 1994 movie “The Last Seduction,” a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end.

Mechele Linehan, 34, is on trial on charges she masterminded the decade-old slaying of her fiancé in hopes of collecting $1 million in insurance.

Life and art were so similar, prosecutors say, that they even sought, unsuccessfully, to have the movie shown to the jury.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'But Clinton is campaigning in large part on her gender; she noted during a swing through the state this week that she couldn't run as anything else. She is making appeals to women and the voters who support them in subtle and direct ways.

She says she's not running because she's a woman, but because she is the most qualified and experienced person for the job. But at every stop, she used her potential to break through the ultimate glass ceiling as part of her closing argument for voters to elect her.'

Every now and then, something is written in the sub-MSM world that just about sums it all up. This reports on a recent exchange between a woman seeking to become a trophy bride and a man who explains why he wouldn't take the deal. Original posting duplicated here. You will enjoy it.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A man who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was freed Tuesday, the third inmate to be released because of problems with the Houston Police Department's crime lab.
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Houston officials have been struggling to fix the crime lab for years. An independent audit in 2002 raised concerns about DNA analysis procedures. In June, a former U.S. Justice Department inspector hired by the city cited hundreds of "serious and pervasive" flaws in forensic cases handled by the lab.'