--- title: Fred Armisen Leads Male Feminists Support Group on 'Portlandia' description: Fred Armison leads a male feminists support group in the next 'Portlandia' episode on IFC airing Feb. 19 at 10 p.m. canonical: https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-17T22:18:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:57.034Z og:title: Fred Armisen Leads Male Feminists Support Group on 'Portlandia' og:description: Fred Armisen leads a support group on the next episode of IFC's 'Portlandia.' og:url: https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fred Armisen Leads Male Feminists Support Group on 'Portlandia' twitter:description: Fred Armisen leads a support group on the next episode of IFC's 'Portlandia.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the Perfect Parody of Male Feminists  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 17, 2015 10:18 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 17, 2015 10:18 PM UTC [On the Feb. 19 episode](http://www.ifc.com/shows/portlandia/blog/2015/02/doug-is-a-male-feminist-now) of IFC’s _Portlandia,_ the TV show that parodies hipsters living in Portland, Ore., former _Saturday Night Live_ actor Fred Armisen will lead a support group for male feminists. Sitting in a circle, he tells the guys, “I’ve been saying to ladies on the street, ‘Are you a doctor?’ … Just so that there’s not a feeling \[that\] only men can be doctors.” As one member of the group gets a little too slaphappy with an air horn, Armisen’s character tries to inspire the men, reminding them, “Our job, guys, fellas, people, is to solve feminism.” Right. Fred Armisen Leads Male Feminists Support Group on 'Portlandia' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/"},"headline":"This Is the Perfect Parody of Male Feminists","datePublished":"2015-02-17T22:18:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:57.034Z","description":"Fred Armisen leads a support group on the next episode of IFC's Portlandia","url":"https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3712565/portlandia-all-male-feminist-support-group-by-fred-armisen/","name":"This Is the Perfect Parody of Male Feminists"}}]}] ```