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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 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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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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Template:Redirect-distinguish2 Janet Bloomfield (her pen name) was born Template:Birth based on age as of date[1] in northern Ontario, Canada, into a Seventh-day Adventist family, with three brothers.[2] She grew up on a hobby farm in a fundamentalist Christian enclave in rural Alberta, Canada.[2][1] Her parents divorced when she was a preteen.[2]

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.[2] She continued to the University of Victoria, both to study for a Master of Business Administration, and to find a husband.[2] She married, had her first child, and became a stay-at-home mother.[1] In October 2012,Template:Refn 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.[3]

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 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.[2] Bloomfield was also a prominent supporter of the Women Against Feminism social media campaign, and said she knew the anonymous founder.[4][5][6] She appeared on Viceland, the BBC, the NBC Today Show and on the syndicated The Doctors.[2][7][8][9][10][11] She received numerous death threats, and promised to defend herself with her crossbow.[2]

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.[12] She allowed many of her articles to be moved to the website FEMoid.[13]


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