Having landed in Australia to attend ICMI-17, Karen Straughan is making several media appearances, starting with this interview on Sky News Outsiders
About Karen Straughan (aka GirlWritesWhat)
Feminism and the disposable male
As part of AVfM’s history month (October) we are republishing a few classics. This is one of Karen Straughan’s most famous works.
Ogres, onions and men’s issues advocacy
Karen Straughan giving the Keynote Speech at the recent National Conference on Men’s Issues in Ottawa, Canada.
Why MRAs attack feminism
Karen Straughan explains why it is not a waste of time for Men’s Rights Advocates to criticize feminism: because the people who are doing the most to stop men’s human rights being respected need to be answered.
On nerds and “entitlement”: An open letter to The Two Scotts
in December 2014 MIT publicly castigated and shamed physicist Walter Lewin. The bullying and harassment by feminists not just of Lewin, but of anyone who even questioned MIT’s murky reasoning, helps illustrate why an increasing number of people see feminism as a hate movement.
“Ban Bossy?” Or would “Ban Feminist” be more appropriate?
There are some very good reasons people want to ban the word “feminist.” Karen Straughan gives us a few of them.
Email from a new viewer and reader
AVfM Contributing Editor Karen Straughan recently received an email that anyone new to the Men’s movement should read.
On generalizations about women (and men)
Utter a generalization and some people lose their minds. Karen Straughan explores the need for women who care about men’s issues to stop being such delicate flowers.
Karen Straughan: Presentation to the International Conference on Men’s Issues 2014
We continue to present full transcripts of all the presentations at the International Conference on Men’s Issues 2014. Here we bring you Karen Straughan’s speech, the second speech from Day 2, Saturday, June 28, 2014.
How some feminist shaming tactics discredit feminist theory
One of the more astonishing things about common feminist shaming tactics is that they work–and because they work so well, they disprove themselves. Girl Writes What explains how shame works for and against feminists.
Important video for those curious about the Men’s Human Rights Movement
As we work our way up to the International Conference on Men’s Issues, we will be re-running many old classics to help people understand the real Men’s Human Rights Movement. Here we reprint one of Karen Straughan’s most famous works.
Whispers of Dissent Within the Feminist Echo Chamber
Emily Matchar of The New Republic got a lot of things wrong in her article about the Men’s Human Rights Movement, but she got a lot right. Girl Writes What, who was interviewed for the article, has a response, and words of advice.