#MensRightsMovies

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Overview

#MensRightsMovies is a Twitter hashtag associated with parodies of famous movie titles that are intended to poke fun at the Mens Rights Movement, an online social phenomenon which can be seen as a backlash against feminism.

Background

On October 22nd, 2013, Australian college student Aaminah Khan^[1] tweeted a sarcastic jab at the Brony fandom using the hashtag #mensrightsmovies.

my little ho-ny: friendship is worthless #mensrightsmovies
— jay, white-hater (@jaythenerdkid) October 22, 2013

Notable Developments

Khan's friends quickly chimed in on the jokey hashtag and within hours of Khan's tweet, #mensrightsmovies^[3] began spreading across the rest of Twitter. In the following 24 hours, the hashtag garnered more than 6,300 mentions, according to Topsy.^[6]

Eternal Sunshine of the Misandrist Mind #mensrightsmovies
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) October 22, 2013

You've Got Male Privilege #mensrightsmovies

— Karen Pickering (@ThatPickering) October 22, 2013

Fifty First Dates, No Second Dates #mensrightsmovies

— Ann Boobus (@a_girl_irl) October 22, 2013

Girl, Interrupted By A Man Who Knows Better. #mensrightsmovies

— Drew Bowie (@Drew_Bowie) October 22, 2013

Indiana Jones and the Last Fedora #mensrightsmovies

— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) October 22, 2013

Les Misandry. #MensRightsMovies

— Mike Nicholson (@Mikey_Nicholson) October 22, 2013

News Media Coverage

That same day, The Daily Dot^[2] reported on the trending hashtag in an article titled "#MensRightsMovies are coming soon to a friendzone near you," followed by similar round-up compilations on The Huffington Post^[5], Slate^[7], Jezebel^[8] and The Frisky.^[9]