Video here. Amanda takes on the motivations around high-status women discouraging other women from having boyfriends, husbands, and children. An interesting take.

A new book aggregating the literature on male victimization in intimate relationships here. Description:

'This handbook provides a timely synthesis of the international literature that investigates men’s experiences of intimate partner violence and help seeking behavior, and considers what the findings mean for research, practice, and policy.

Providing the reader with a synthesis of cutting-edge knowledge, this book draws together a wealth of information from leading international researchers and practitioners working in the field of men’s victimization in intimate relationships. By including chapters that address a diverse range of men’s experiences and needs, it offers an accessible format for the reader to learn about the experiences of underrepresented groups of men across the world and how this knowledge can shape practice, policy, and future research.

Article here. IMO the point that the posters lack ethno-genderal diversity is true. What's wrong is the basis of the criticism of it: that exclusive white male representation necessarily entails "white supremacy" or worse, Nazism. That's utter hogwash. Excerpt:

'But the agency has made a dramatic shift during the Trump administration, launching a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.

Article from last year here. Excerpt:

'Modern feminism has been rooted in securing a woman's guaranteed right to decide whether she wants to bring her pregnancy to term. Devastatingly, in most U.S. states, that right is now denied after countless political, social, and media campaigns have failed on this front.

One problem is that we have refused to embrace our biggest ally group: men, who hold similar views on abortion rights as women, and also benefit when they have agency over their parenthood.

While we fight for women to have the right to decide whether she has the maturity, financial, or emotional resources to bring a pregnancy to term, men are legally responsible to financially support any biological child, yet have never enjoyed the right to decide whether to become a father.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'But as you read on, a familiar pattern emerges. The compassion is there — but it’s conditional. The sympathy comes wrapped in ideology.

And beneath the glossy language of “healthier masculinities” runs an unmistakable undercurrent of misandry.

The piece centers on the claim that men’s suffering largely stems from their “rigid gender norms.” This “man box,” we’re told, traps men in emotional stoicism, dominance, and self-reliance — all of which supposedly lead to loneliness and self-destruction. The solution, according to the experts quoted, is to “deconstruct masculinity” or “redefine” it in more emotionally expressive, prosocial terms.

But this framing quietly does something damaging: it pathologizes masculinity itself. It treats male distress not as the product of a culture that devalues men but as a symptom of how men behave.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'November is Men’s Equality Month, and November 19 marks International Men’s Day — two celebrations that recognize the contributions of men and boys while raising awareness about the areas where they continue to face disadvantage.

These observances are growing fast. International Men’s Day began in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. Building on that success, the International Council for Men and Boys (ICMB) inaugurated Men’s Equality Month (MEM) in 2024 to expand the recognition of men’s issues across the entire month of November.'

File this one under "Forced Paternity". Excerpt:

'MaryBeth Lewis was shopping for groceries at her local Walmart in suburban Buffalo when she got the word: Her surrogate had just been induced. She rushed home and packed a bag for her new twins — a book for baby footprints, matching outfits and beanies and blankets embroidered with their names. Then she jumped back in the car and raced down Interstate 390 to a small hospital 130 miles away in a rural corner of the state.

When MaryBeth arrived at the maternity ward, she found her surrogate in a recovery room, tired but happy after a quick delivery. She asked to see the twins, and a nurse went to go find them. But before she returned, a different woman dressed in scrubs appeared and got in MaryBeth’s face. “What you did was terrible,” the woman said. “You will never see these babies.” MaryBeth tried to talk to her, but the woman refused to listen. A voice over the loudspeaker announced that visiting hours were over. “And that means you,” the woman said.'

A documentary here about a man who after three failed marriages found himself homeless. He decided to go live on a mountain.

Video here. Not the real Elon Musk but nonetheless a really good vid.

Article here. Excerpt:

'On Thursday evening, the lawmaker responded to some of her critics on X, who objected to the TV hits, given that the programs’ hosts are liberals:

"There are pathetic Republican men (mostly paid social media influencers) attacking me for going on Bill Maher’s show and The View.

Here is my voting card and nothing has changed about me, I’m 1,000,000% America ONLY.

Sorry I’m not sorry I don’t obey Republican men’s demands that I, as a woman, don’t remain seen but not heard."

The text was accompanied by a screenshot of her “A” voting grade by the Conservative Review.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The UPR is a unique UN mechanism that examines the human rights situation in every member state every five years. A working group of 47 countries bases its recommendations on three key documents: the National Report submitted by the member state, the Compilation of UN Information, and the Summary of Stakeholder Submissions, which includes relevant contributions from the Ombudsperson and civil society organizations.

The report highlights a warning from the Center for Economic Education (CEE) that the Defense Act discriminates against men by legally obligating them to perform military service solely on the basis of sex. This, the CEE notes, restricts men’s personal liberty and imposes sex-based obligations, while simultaneously disparaging the value of women’s contribution to the armed forces.'

Helen Andrews' essay is as the liberals would say, sparking a "backlash". One such article is here. Excerpt:

'Although interest in “The Great Feminization” has been building for a while, it exploded recently with a viral essay by Helen Andrews, a conservative commentator. In it, Andrews argues that female group dynamics are responsible for “wokeness” and “cancel culture,” which she describes as “simply feminine patterns of behavior applied to institutions where women were few in number until recently.” Andrews argues that corporate cultures often suffer when they become majority female, and she worries particularly about the impact of gender dynamics on law. Too many women lawyers, she suggests, might well bring down the American legal system:

Article here. Excerpt:

'Worldwide, the number of children born to the average family has dropped by more than half since the 1970s, according to the latest United Nations data. Economists say having fewer children is the norm for many families, especially in relatively prosperous countries like the U.S.

The trend is leading to populations that are dramatically older, and beginning to shrink, in many of the world's biggest economies.
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Already, women in the 15 countries that account for 75% of global gross domestic product, including the U.S., are having too few children to maintain a stable population. Many of those nations have fallen into the "very low" category of "total fertility rate" identified by the U.N. as a serious concern.
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Article here. Excerpt:

'Something precious has been lost between men and women. You can feel it in the awkwardness of modern dating, the cold negotiations of marriage, and the way so many couples approach each other with suspicion instead of trust. What used to be a natural partnership—rooted in complementarity and mutual respect—has been reframed through a political lens that sees power, not love, as the central dynamic.

That shift didn’t happen by chance. Feminist ideology, as it evolved from the 1960s onward, carried a moral story about men and women: that men were the oppressors and women their victims. What began as a call for fairness hardened into a worldview that mistrusts men, glorifies grievance, and turns intimacy into an ideological battlefield.'

Article here. Finally, the punishment fits the crime in a female-perp case. Excerpt:

'A woman who raped and murdered 12 year-old Lola Daviet in Paris has been handed a rare whole-life sentence in a case that has shocked France.

Dahbia Benkired, aged 27, must spend at least 30 years in prison after a panel of judges and a jury decided to impose the country's harshest possible penalty.

A whole-life term is extremely rare in France and Benkired is the first woman to receive it.

Those who have been given the sentence include serial killer and rapist Michel Fourniret and jihadist Salah Abdeslam, who took part in the 2015 Paris attacks which killed 130 people.'