TheMaganator Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 ...and the Newstatesman has reached a new low http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/11/why-movember-isnt-all-its-cracked-be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaganator Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 *Movember sorry Mods. On my phone - can you edit title plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm all for raising money for cancer research etc (done my fair share of events for this over the years) but Movember as a means for doing this jumped the shark a while back. I kind of agree with the article that sponsored events need a shock or extreme element and Movember doesn't have this anymore. To call it racist though is pretty ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm struggling to see how it's racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EreWeG0.. Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rasing money for cancer, but hey ho lets take a dig at it anyway. Journalists can be complete welts sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm all for raising money for cancer research etc (done my fair share of events for this over the years) but Movember as a means for doing this jumped the shark a while back. I kind of agree with the article that sponsored events need a shock or extreme element and Movember doesn't have this anymore. To call it racist though is pretty ridiculous! How can a charitable effort jump shark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 They've got us all clicking links to their site, I'll give them that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Root Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Written by a woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 *Movember sorry Mods. On my phone - can you edit title plz Sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Jersey_HMFC Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 the author is prob right in that it doesnt actually raise much awareness of mens health issues but it raises cash for charities so dont see what the problem is racism though jesus wept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 These people are not mentally competent. This article represents a tiny branch of a virus that will one day be shouted down - when people stop allowing themselves to be emotionally blackmailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rasing money for cancer, but hey ho lets take a dig at it anyway. Journalists can be complete welts sometimes. I don't think she's a journalist. An academic at the American University in Beirut. http://aub.academia.edu/ArianneShahvisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 that was more painful than 90 minutes against celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 How can a charitable effort jump shark? In the sense that to get people to sponsor you where they wouldn't normally donate to a charity it has to be something out of the ordinary. Movember has just become something everybody does now. I'm all for the money it raises, but I'd be interested to know what the cash raised per person doing it looks like compared to the first year or two it ran. I know a lot of people who just grow a 'tache to "raise awareness" they don't even get any sponsorship at all! Edit - I am not knocking the idea of raising money, I just think this way of doing it has had its time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Paul's Ray Bans Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well done the New Statesman I say. There aren't many publications brave enough to publish an article like this. They'll be reaping the rewards with the amount of traffic they'll get. I don't agree with the article though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 It's tripe like that that gives us wishy-washy liberal lefties a bad name..... What an ill-considered, stupid piece. Some good responses below it though, unpicking it and highlighting the fatuousness of the author's arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Lurker Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The article is spot on. Well done to the writer for having the courage to express these views. I too have always found Movember very offensive. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The article is spot on. Well done to the writer for having the courage to express these views. I too have always found Movember very offensive. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The article is spot on. Well done to the writer for having the courage to express these views. I too have always found Movember very offensive. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. And I find Moonwalks offensive since I don't have boobs or Michael Jackson's dancing skills. Oh...wait, no, no I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Lurker Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 This went well. And I find Moonwalks offensive since I don't have boobs or Michael Jackson's dancing skills. Oh...wait, no, no I don't. Well, I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Links to racism are a bit loose but overall a sensible article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 All this means is that Octsober must offend someone too so that is that idea canned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabthejambo Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I'd hate to read what she thinks of Fannuary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Top trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djf Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I don't agree with you regarding "reaching a new low" as I think the New Statesman shits all over most reporting in terms of investigative journalism. However I don't agree with anything in that article beyond the fact that "movember" is pretty much the most prominent example of slacktivism there is. This is pretty much what the Daily Mail online does 10 to 20 times a day but it's still disappointing to see. I would argue that articles like this will only lead to people dismissing genuine trans* and gender rights issues that ARE worth discussing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I liked the first comment about lefties below the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I mean it's banal and unconvincing, but you can't get out much if you really think that's a new low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's not racist. I do think there is something about a 'look at me' that exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I raised over 700 quid for charity. Look at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 There is something depressing that newspapers are creating articles to annoy people just so people they will visit their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barasa Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I struggle to see how Movember could be construed as anything other than harmless. Add in to the fact men's health charities benefit greatly from donations throughout the month and I can't see a problem with it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barasa Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I raised over 700 quid for charity. Look at me. That's mental, good going mate. I only managed 40-something, but still, better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I raised over 700 quid for charity. Look at me. Very well done. It was not efforts like yours I was referring to though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Lurker Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I raised over 700 quid for charity. Look at me. Suarez fan does Movember. Quelle surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Suarez fan does Movember. Quelle surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've also now realised my post does smack a bit of look at me now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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