A plea to Canadian MRAs...

I have to admit, I'm having a bitch of a time trying to find good quality Canadian MRA websites. Either they're not putting their nationality on the blog anywhere, or it's a mishmash of shitty HTML and disjointed ravings, or the commentary is largely about American issues (which I freely admit is also a problem I have with my own writing/videos).

Actually, that's why I want to get a bunch of links..

The MRM is largely seen as an American phenomenon here, and as Canadians, we 'naturally' feel far more sensitive to Social Issues, and therefore 'things aren't as bad here as in the States'.

This bullshit reasoning is damned tough to combat when all the stats and info you have to counter are all U.S. stats...

So please, could anyone who knows of a Canadian website or blog they admire PLEASE leave a link in the comments section?

I think this is, right now, THE most important issue I can tackle personally. I want to raise the silhouette here in my home country as well as Internationally. I also think at some point in time I will have to do a breakdown of the 'top ten', and explain the Editorial thrust, for the general public to consume...

I'd like to have some Canadian stuff in there too...so far, it'd be purely US and UK. And that's not even CLOSE to the real makeup of the MRM...

So please, take 5 seconds, cut n paste a couple of links - ESPECIALLY if you yourself are the blogger - I need your content!

Male Studies survey

Dear Male Studies Supporter,

We are contacting you because you were interested or may have participated in our April 7 symposium on Male Studies: A New Academic Discipline.

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Your participation will be greatly appreciated and beneficial to the Foundation for Male Studies and its endeavors to create programs at colleges and universities.

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OK, I admit it...

I watched American Idol almost religiously. Frankly, I thought the group this year was the closest to actual 'artists', what with all the singer/songwriter/musician combos they had.

And I have to say, although I think it's great that Lee won (he really is a lot better than even HE gave himself credit for), I'm still kinda disappointed that Crystal Bowersox didn't win. She was by far my favourite...mostly because of the type of person she seems to be.

And that's my 2 cents.

FYI

RADAR ALERT: The "Scalping Politicians" Email Is Not From RADAR



It has come to our attention that an email that was neither composed nor approved by RADAR is being circulated over the signature "RADAR." The email states, "When our target politician loses on November 2, we wave around the person's scalp, to send an indelible message to other politicians that they'd better get serious about VAWA reform."

Inflammatory language like this is anathema to RADAR's philosophy. In order for a demoracy to function properly, it is essential that people who hold different opinions be able to talk to each other and try to convince each other with solidly-backed, reasoned arguments. We cannot expect politicians to listen to us unless we respect their right to their own beliefs. RADAR never threatens to "wave around" anyone's scalp.

Was RADAR's name attached to this email by a misguided supporter or by someone who wanted to discredit us? There's no way for us to know. But just in case it's the former, we'd like to ask our supporters to refrain from attaching our name to anything we haven't approved. Any email whose "From" header doesn't contain the domain mediaradar.org is most likely not from RADAR. If you have any doubts, check with us at info@mediaradar.org. Thank you all for your support.

MRm! Magazine - A call for Content

I've been getting a few requests for info regarding contributions to MRm! There's actually a lot more I want to do with this magazine, and frankly it's hard to get noticed these days as an artist of any flavour...

So, here's what I would have at my disposal in an ideal world:

Article Subjects:
DV
Custody/Parental Issues
Crime/Prison Issues (incarceration rates, sentencing disparity, etc)
Journalism/Media Bias
Political Issues/ Politicians selling out men for profit / naming and shaming
Health Issues
Sexuality / Dating / Demonization

Outside of those, anything that's interesting is, er, of interest.

I have to say, looking around for this stuff on the blogosphere has opened my eyes as to how many great writers there are out there.

As to other stuff...

I also want to have a regular one page feature called "Activist Corner", where a worthy project gets a full page article to explain their thing. Issue 5's is already set (FRTF), but I need some in the hopper as I'm already halfway done Issue 6, and I need to keep the monster fed.

If you are a Cartoonist, I REALLY want to speak to you. I hope to have at least one strip in the mag, plus I would love to have one or two people good at one panel cartoons. There have GOT to be a few of you who either do this, or did at one time...so contact me. It could be fun, and more importantly any success MRm! has will be yours as well.

I also want to find a designer or two, AND photographers would be most welcome. I know these careers are Image-conscious, so alias' are fine...of course.

If you've got one of these skills, and you've been sitting around thinking "You know, I should really figure something out to help this cause out"...well, here's a chance.

And the more popular this mag is, the more likely it is that people will follow the links to your website...

The contact email is: mrm.magazine@gmail.com

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