Not to even mention the sad fact that domestic violence against men isn't seen as a problem even though it accounts for almost 50% of DV incidents, nor that men still only get physical custody of their children in about 10% of divorce cases. So, for most of us, it isn't about the battle of the sexes or hating feminism or some want to bring back the sexism of the past, but is rather just about the humanity of knowing how many men suffer in silence and trying to do something about it.
Basically, a disproportionate number of men in the bottom 30% of our society are forgotten and are seriously struggling, which is something that I feel needs to be addressed. So I'm not so sure why Men's Rights, outside of the fringe assholes that populate any group, are so derided and despised. It's rather disheartening to be honest.
OK, so anyway, remember that play up in NYC that was using my material as dialogue? Well, they had their first showing this past Monday. Are You There God? It's Me, Blogologues Apparently it went rather well, and what was even cooler was that Tricycle magazine went out to see the play. They wrote a review about it today on their blog here. They wrote:
"And I certainly didn't think that I would be the one to get offended. But during the show, as the actor portraying Lovett started to caress his face with a Buddha statue, almost licking it, I found myself feeling a bit...proprietary."Well, I admit that I laughed out loud when I read this, but I do feel a bit concerned that if I am reading her reactions right, Buddhism may have been mocked rather than just shown in an irreverent light. I don't know, but I'm going to try to get up to NYC next month to check it out for myself. I know I wouldn't be offended, because well, fuck I wrote the damn stuff. We'll see!
That's about it for now.
