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[[Janet Bloomfield]], also known as '''Judgy Bitch''', was a [[honey badger]] that was active within the [[men's rights movement]] from 2013 to 2019. The name Janet Bloomfield is an alias used to protect herself and her family. Janet was [[doxed]] by feminists. Eventually her real name was widely circulated online. In 2019 Janet withdrew from public activism relating to anti-feminism and men's rights following threats against her children.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190120110653/http://judgybitch.com/2019/01/16/going-after-my-children-is-too-much-for-me/</ref>
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{{redirect-distinguish2|Janet Bloomfield (men’s rights activist)|the British peace and disarmament campaigner [[Janet Bloomfield]]}}
  
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Janet Bloomfield (her [[pen name]]) was born {{birth based on age as of date |37|2017|11|16 |noage=1|mos=1}}<ref name="Newsweek"/> in northern [[Ontario, Canada]], into a [[Seventh-day Adventist]] family, with three brothers.<ref name="Walrus">{{cite news |last1=McKeon |first1=Lauren |title=Whose Side Are You On, Anyway? |url=https://thewalrus.ca/whose-side-are-you-on-anyway/ |accessdate=March 12, 2020 |work=[[The Walrus]] |date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> She grew up on a [[hobby farm]] in a fundamentalist Christian enclave in rural [[Alberta, Canada]].<ref name="Walrus"/><ref name="Newsweek">{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael Edison |title=Who are the women of the alt-right movement? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-women-asked-choose-submission-grow-political-movement-705655 |accessdate=February 18, 2020 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=November 16, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was a preteen.<ref name="Walrus"/>
  
   
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Bloomfield went to the [[University of Western Ontario]] to study [[film theory]], but after graduation made the conscious decision to become a wife and mother.<ref name="Walrus"/> She continued to the [[University of Victoria]], both to study for a [[Master of Business Administration]], and to find a husband.<ref name="Walrus"/> She married, had her first child, and became a [[stay-at-home mother]].<ref name="Newsweek"/> In October 2012,{{refn|group=notes|McKeon says Judgy Bitch was launched in April 2013,<ref name="Walrus"/> but since the [[Internet Archive]] has a substantial archive of its content from December 1, 2012,<ref>{{cite web |title=Judgy Bitch (Archive) |url=http://judgybitch.com/ |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate=September 10, 2020 |date=December 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201013829/http://judgybitch.com/ |archive-date=December 1, 2012 }}</ref> we are going with the Brook Lynn date of October 2012.<ref name="Vice"/>}} she started a [[blog]] named JudgyBitch.com with a college friend, writing about how her friends were disdainful of her choice to be a [[homemaker]], and dependent on a man; about how when her parents divorced, her mother was able to win [[child custody]] and turn her and her three brothers against their father; and how even her film theory courses taught students to view movies through a [[feminist]] filter. Bloomfield's views became aligned with the online [[Men's rights movement]] (MRM), and in 2013 some of her work was republished on [[A Voice for Men]].<ref name="Vice">{{cite news |last1=Brook Lynn |first1=Alex|title=The Women of the Men's Rights Movement |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gdd8a/the-women-of-the-mens-rights-movement-804 |accessdate=February 18, 2020 |work=Vice |date=August 4, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
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In October 2012<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121201013829/http://judgybitch.com/</ref> she started a blog named JudgyBitch.com with a college friend, writing about how her friends were disdainful of her choice to be a [[homemaker]], and dependent on a man; about how when her parents divorced, her mother was able to win [[child custody]] and turn her and her three brothers [[parental alienation|against their father]]; and how even her film theory courses taught students to view movies through a [[feminist]] filter.
   
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Janet Bloomfield first became involved with [[A Voice for Men]] in 2013<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gdd8a/the-women-of-the-mens-rights-movement-804</ref> and later held the position of Head of Social Media.
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In 2016, Bloomfield was living in [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario, with her husband, young son, and two daughters. She was the head of social media for A Voice for Men. She supported [[abortion rights]] in the [[first trimester]], and women's right to choose whether to work or stay at home (though believing most would choose to be homemakers). However, she opposed [[women's suffrage|women's right to vote]], writing that women historically made bad decisions, especially on economics, defense, and immigration, while being immune from [[conscription]] and therefore the blood consequences of those decisions. She believed some women could earn the right to vote by having sons, husbands, or serving in the military.<ref name="Walrus"/> Bloomfield was also a prominent supporter of the [[Women Against Feminism]] social media campaign, and said she knew the anonymous founder.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grierson |first1=Jamie |title=Pressure mounts on PM to respond to Philip Davies' 'feminist zealots' comments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/pressure-mounts-on-may-to-respond-to-philip-davies-feminist-zealots-comment |accessdate=September 3, 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mad Men">{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Mariah |title=Mad Men: Inside the men's rights movement—and the army of misogynists and trolls it spawned |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/warren-farrell-mens-rights-movement-feminism-misogyny-trolls/ |accessdate=September 3, 2020 |work=Mother Jones |date=January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Elderkin |first1=Beth |title=Who are the 'Women Against Feminism'? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/women-against-feminism-tumblr/ |accessdate=September 3, 2020 |work=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=3 August 2014}}</ref> She appeared on [[Viceland]], the [[BBC]], the NBC ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' and on the syndicated ''[[The Doctors (talk show)|The Doctors]]''.<ref name="Walrus"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the Woman Opposing Women's Rights to Vote |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2QUk0iESVI |publisher=[[Viceland]] |accessdate=13 March 2020 |date=March 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |title=Meet the 'Women Against Feminism' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-28446617/bbctrending-meet-the-women-against-feminism |accessdate=15 March 2020 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 24, 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Eun Kyung |title=Is feminism still relevant? Some women saying they don't need it |url=https://www.today.com/news/feminism-still-relevant-some-women-saying-they-dont-need-it-1D79996867 |publisher=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |accessdate=13 March 2020 |language=en |date=July 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Female Men's Rights Advocate? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfCfQZFv6E |publisher=[[The Doctors (talk show)|The Doctors]] |accessdate=13 March 2020 |date=July 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mother Jones"/> She received numerous death threats, and promised to defend herself with her [[crossbow]].<ref name="Walrus"/>
  
   
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She publicly opposed [[women's suffrage]], a position rejected by the vast majority of [[MRA]]s. She wrote that women historically made bad decisions, especially on economics, defense, and immigration, while being immune from [[conscription]] and therefore the blood consequences of those decisions. She believed some women could earn the right to vote by having sons, husbands, or serving in the military.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/pressure-mounts-on-may-to-respond-to-philip-davies-feminist-zealots-comment</ref><ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/warren-farrell-mens-rights-movement-feminism-misogyny-trolls/</ref><ref>https://www.dailydot.com/irl/women-against-feminism-tumblr/</ref>
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In January 2019, Bloomfield retired, closing her blog and her Twitter and YouTube accounts; she wrote that she could defend herself, but she could not defend her children who were being stalked and harassed by adults online due to her activism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloomfield |first1=Janet |title=Going after my children is too much for me |url=http://judgybitch.com/2019/01/16/going-after-my-children-is-too-much-for-me/ |website=Judgy Bitch |accessdate=3 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120110653/http://judgybitch.com/2019/01/16/going-after-my-children-is-too-much-for-me/ |archivedate=20 January 2019 |date=16 January 2019}}</ref> She allowed many of her articles to be moved to the website FEMoid.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloomfield |first1=Janet |title=Author: Janet Bloomfield |url=https://femoid.com/author/judgybitch/ |website=FEMoid |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref>
  
   
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Janet Bloomfield appeared on [[Viceland]], the [[BBC]], the [[NBC]] Today Show and on The Doctors.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLFIsv7ATE</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-28446617/bbctrending-meet-the-women-against-feminism</ref><ref>https://www.today.com/news/feminism-still-relevant-some-women-saying-they-dont-need-it-1D79996867</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfCfQZFv6E</ref>
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Before withdrawing from activism she allowed many of her articles to be moved to the website FEMoid.<ref>https://femoid.com/author/judgybitch/</ref> As of March 2024 the site femoid.com redirects to an unrelated site. The status of Janet Bloomfield's articles is unknown. Some of her articles were reproduced on A Voice for Men when originally written.
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== See Also ==
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*[[Lori Alexander]]
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*[[Pearl Davis]]
   
 
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Latest revision as of 07:28, 17 March 2024

Janet Bloomfield, also known as Judgy Bitch, was a honey badger that was active within the men's rights movement from 2013 to 2019. The name Janet Bloomfield is an alias used to protect herself and her family. Janet was doxed by feminists. Eventually her real name was widely circulated online. In 2019 Janet withdrew from public activism relating to anti-feminism and men's rights following threats against her children.[1]

In October 2012[2] she started a blog named JudgyBitch.com with a college friend, writing about how her friends were disdainful of her choice to be a homemaker, and dependent on a man; about how when her parents divorced, her mother was able to win child custody and turn her and her three brothers against their father; and how even her film theory courses taught students to view movies through a feminist filter.

Janet Bloomfield first became involved with A Voice for Men in 2013[3] and later held the position of Head of Social Media.

She publicly opposed women's suffrage, a position rejected by the vast majority of MRAs. She wrote that women historically made bad decisions, especially on economics, defense, and immigration, while being immune from conscription and therefore the blood consequences of those decisions. She believed some women could earn the right to vote by having sons, husbands, or serving in the military.[4][5][6]

Janet Bloomfield appeared on Viceland, the BBC, the NBC Today Show and on The Doctors.[7][8][9][10]

Before withdrawing from activism she allowed many of her articles to be moved to the website FEMoid.[11] As of March 2024 the site femoid.com redirects to an unrelated site. The status of Janet Bloomfield's articles is unknown. Some of her articles were reproduced on A Voice for Men when originally written.

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  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190120110653/http://judgybitch.com/2019/01/16/going-after-my-children-is-too-much-for-me/
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121201013829/http://judgybitch.com/
  3. ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gdd8a/the-women-of-the-mens-rights-movement-804
  4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/pressure-mounts-on-may-to-respond-to-philip-davies-feminist-zealots-comment
  5. ↑ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/warren-farrell-mens-rights-movement-feminism-misogyny-trolls/
  6. ↑ https://www.dailydot.com/irl/women-against-feminism-tumblr/
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLFIsv7ATE
  8. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-28446617/bbctrending-meet-the-women-against-feminism
  9. ↑ https://www.today.com/news/feminism-still-relevant-some-women-saying-they-dont-need-it-1D79996867
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfCfQZFv6E
  11. ↑ https://femoid.com/author/judgybitch/
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