When did Cracked.com become so feminist?

M4Strings · 2013-09-18T10:48:25+00:00

Noticed it on several occasions. I once go into an argument in their comments where I was basically told that men's rights are a joke, the MHRM is a hate group, and feminism is going to solve all our problems. I try to avoid those articles now.

EDIT* Here's a little picture from Cracked that really relates to this. http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/2/0/1/184201.jpg?v=1

PowerWisdomCourage · 2013-09-18T12:52:17+00:00

3 years ago, Dave Easton had a solid article but, you're right, they are often exactly as you have described.

Here's Dave's article, btw: http://www.cracked.com/article_18760_6-things-everyone-knows-about-women-that-arent-true.html

Miracle_Fruit · 2013-09-18T15:16:26+00:00

If the main argument you have against something is "I'm not sure why it exists," maybe you should try to figure out why it exists instead of complaining that it does.

toblotron · 2013-09-18T10:33:47+00:00

I've noticed it, yes.

I don't think it's strange to make fun of Sean Connery's ideas of "how and when to slap women", since they seem.. pretty out there, but I've noticed a lot of other articles with strong anti-male bias. Can't recall any that make fun of feminism, though.

womblefish · 2013-09-18T11:11:10+00:00

They have different columnists that express different opinions. But you are correct, Cracked quite often leans in a very feminist direction..

The chief editor and if I recall founder of Cracked.com, David Wong is your typical sycophantic male feminist. The type desperate for female approval.

His position means that he filters out any articles or columnists who might express any 'anti-feminist' ideas. And as 'editor' he tend to push columns and ideas that match his ideology.

He also has a couple of pet columnists...

His favourite is Luke McKinney, his attack dog, another self-loathing, man-hating male feminist, who also works as an editor. McKinney takes every opportunity to tell all the young men reading Cracked what horrible human beings they are. McKinney sees misogyny everywhere. Sometimes I can't tell whether he even believes what he's writing (Poe's law) or whether it's deliberate flame bait. Generally I just try to avoid his articles altogether.

His other favourite pet is John Cheese, which you linked to. Cheese is his pet poor person. If you look at the Cracked columnists, they're almost entirely white, middle class, college educated, as such they have very little diversity of viewpoint. Cheese is there because he's the only one that's ever had any real hardship in his life. They hold him up as if to pretend they care about people who aren't white, middle class, college educated. They use him to tell horror stories about being working class, and to just flat out moralize to the readers. But it's incredibly obvious how heavily edited Cheese's articles are. Cheese has been through a divorce, with kids. Yet in all his articles, he's never mentioned anything about his experience in the divorce. I get the impression that Cheese actually has custody of his kids, how this miracle could come about is something of a mystery. It seems particular strange as no other topic in his life seems to be off the table. I get the strong impression Cheese is keeping his head down, writing what he's told to write, happy to have a job.

Soren Bowie is your typical guy who pays lip service to feminist ideals because he thinks it's good for his public image. He's not actually a very good writer and I suspect Wong keeps him on mainly for video work and because he spouts the right ideological catchphrases on command.

The majority of the other columnists seem to not have much of an ideological bent, just willing to tolerate minor editing changes. A few like Swaim are talented enough to be able to write whatever they like, or smart enough to express themselves in a way that conveys their opinion without tripping any alarm bells in the editing office.

About the only one that's ever dared come close to expressing any ideas that conflict feminism would be Gladstone. Gladstone is their token Jew, that's about as close to non-white as you'll get on Cracked, I guess they think that counts as diversity. He's also their token Father/Family man. (AFAIK All the other regular columnists are single/don't have kids). Generally his views tend to be more in line with traditional masculinity, but even that's a refreshing change from the BS Gender Studies Lite that Cracked seems to be drifting towards.

Five years ago Cracked was about being funny, sure they only had one article a day, but it was a good article, and it was funny. The problem with being funny is that it always offends someone. Over the last 5 years Cracked seems to be trying to 'appeal to a larger audience'. Which basically means 'nothing that might offend women'.

The size of the Cracked audience has definitely grown, I remember when a good article would get 100,000 views. Now days even a crap article can get 1 million+. I guess there's less pressure for every article to be great with bigger website, because the last 2-3 years Wong has definitely started using his position to push an ideological agenda.

TL:DR Cracked is edited by two male feminists, and most of the columnists are white, middle class, college educated (arts students) with no children. They've all been through the same feminist academic institutions, and almost all have the exact same outlook on life.. The Cracked offices are probably quite circle-jerky.

Robotclown · 2013-09-18T14:34:09+00:00

I read cracked daily a few years back.

A few months ago they had blazingly negative article on the front page about "bro gamer terms" thats when I deleted the cracked tab from my browser.

That and Swaim was the only one left that was as funny as he was in the site's glory days. I guess femapproval allies dont make good editors for sites that want to retain readers.

Eventually they are going to do a collage humor and write an article shaming men there to see side boob or something.

dalsgaard · 2013-09-18T14:04:16+00:00

What you should be asking is, how did every single newspaper in the western world become so feminist?

Women are addicted to praise to a ridiculous extent, and as soon as you so much as slander them a little, it creates an uproar. Truth is a masculine value. Newspapers don't need to report it to gain readers, they just need to reinforce women's self-esteem and ego while bashing men.

Sirinon · 2013-09-18T13:20:28+00:00

Yes, but honestly Cracked has declined in quality quite alot in the last 4 years.

jkramer17 · 2013-09-18T16:55:45+00:00

When they hired David Wong, mostly. He's funny when he's not being preachy, but ideology has no business in comedy, and he lets far, far, far too much of his show through.

C0CKPUNCHER · 2013-09-18T11:26:44+00:00

Offensive people hate all alternative movements (even if they slur them by calling them the opposite). Cracked insult mensrights just like they insult conspiracy theories (even as they write their own conspiracy theories), or attachment parenting etc. It's the disingenuous version of 'no fat chicks'.

ChaoticParadox · 2013-09-18T19:18:53+00:00

I liked Cracked before it got all preachy. Once upon a time, the site was about being amusing and clever, and teaching you random sometimes useful tidbits of knowledge. I don't read it any longer because now all the articles are written with the tone that I am at fault for all the bad things that happen in my life. Seriously? This shit keeps people reading? Even at my most blue pill state, I would never let myself be subjected to that bullshit.

Another similar site that this happened with was The Escapist Magazine. Use to be a good site at one time, but now it's another feminist shaming site disguised as gaming journalism.

anonlymouse · 2013-09-18T10:13:19+00:00

I don't think it's any more feminist than, say, The Huffington Post. That's the extent that feminism pervades everything.

gwolf100 · 2013-09-18T12:14:22+00:00

Yeah a couple times, particularly stuff by David Wong

2013-09-18T14:12:12+00:00

I'll add it to the list of sites to never visit.

LAMFF · 2013-09-18T15:20:21+00:00

Not sure, stopped reading them ages ago.

wanttoseemycat · 2013-09-18T15:54:44+00:00

As soon as they started only catering to reddit.

Gotgunpowder · 2014-03-11T01:45:16+00:00

So apparently all women are feminists, and I'm automatically 12 years old if I acknowledge that women date a lot of jerks....seems legit

shadowbanned6 · 2013-09-18T16:45:01+00:00

I don't know, maybe I'm just blind to an obvious problem, but I've always thought that a white, heterosexual male in the United States has it easier than every other race, gender and sexual orientation on the entire planet

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-bizarre-outbursts-by-celebrities-you-thought-were-sane/#ixzz2fGOZdBJE

US women don't have it easier.

And maybe, men have created culture, fought wars, worked hard in mines and as trash collectors, invented technology, and law, to get the comfort US men AND WOMEN enjoy now.

rightsbot · 2013-09-18T10:02:18+00:00

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marauding-lunatic · 2013-09-18T19:19:31+00:00

Yeah, I've noticed it too. That's why I never visit their site anymore.

Steampunk_Moustache · 2013-09-18T20:03:49+00:00

When they learned they could bait pageviews thorugh it.

2013-09-19T00:15:59+00:00

David Wong was behind somethingawful.com and that turned into srs lite. So, despite the hilarious content he gave us in the day, and now with cracked... I'm fucking done with him.

mywifeisaninja · 2013-09-18T15:06:49+00:00

This is the sad state of writing today, people often write things to incite flame wars which thus increases time on page and clicks. It's all about those ad dollars. I'm seeing the same garbage right now with several articles from sites talking about how GTA:V is misogynistic while conveniently disregarding all the other morally reprehensible acts depicted in the game.

ozymodeus · 2013-09-18T22:44:28+00:00

I was once an avid cracked fan and also noticed the same thing about them getting more and more feministized over time and finally gave up on them when I came across this article.

http://i.imgur.com/fKOzjZn.jpg?1

I made an image of it because i just dont want to give them any more traffic. It really is a shame... I loved After Hours so much.

EDIT: whoops apparently imgur took a ton of the definition out of that image. oh well if you want to read some asshole hate all over mens rights advocates with the same old tired" but we support some of your causes we just don't like you as people" bullshit then just google: cracked mens rights

Evilmeevilyou · 2013-09-18T13:39:32+00:00

Cracked can be funny, but their messages are all fucked.

knobthis · 2013-09-18T16:53:34+00:00

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sixtysixpixistix · 2013-09-18T18:53:21+00:00

Yeah as a subscriber and reader of cracked I've noticed this happening. Some of the slightly older articles [a month or two?] blatantly and noisily bash the MRM.

smbrickner · 2013-09-18T18:09:32+00:00

As a guy that was banned just yesterday from SRS I have to say something.

You guys whine about some of the stupidest shit sometimes. Seriously, it is CRACKED. A website well known for comedy articles that are supposedly "true", but do not hold up to real fact checks.

Seriously, pick your battles guys, there is no reason this should be near the top of Mens Rights.

2013-09-18T17:10:39+00:00

Won't be clicking Cracked.com links anymore... Shame I used to like that site.

VaginalAssaultRifles · 2013-09-19T02:36:18+00:00

I noticed it over a year ago. Luke mckinney and david wong, especially.

cygne · 2013-09-19T03:31:27+00:00

I don't know, maybe I'm just blind to an obvious problem, but I've always thought that a white, heterosexual male in the United States has it easier than every other race, gender and sexual orientation on the entire planet.

Yes, I'm sure you have always thought that.

Number357 · 2013-09-19T02:47:18+00:00

Honestly, journalism majors tend to be pretty feminist-oriented. MRA's tend to be more STEM or Econ minded, so not a lot of love from the journalist types.

amazothegay · 2013-09-18T15:35:40+00:00

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