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While the social media platform does not allow hateful material on its site, advocates of “incel” ideology are bypassing this rule by continuing to produce their content but via “socially palatable” ...
Jack Peterson once sought out the incel community as a struggling teen. A new BBC documentary is getting a lot of attention for exposing a disturbing part of the “Incel” community, a subculture ...
Some men in the "incel" (involuntary celibate) community want the state to intervene in their dating lives. These sexually frustrated men believe that society is biased against them, so they should be ...
Allysa Czerwinsky, a male-supremacism and online extremism researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, says the manosphere is enticing because it promises to have answers to real ...
The Last Incel is one of those theatre shows that feels so timely it’s like having the conscience of a nation played out in front of you. Taking place at the Pleasance Theatre, it is about three ...
What once described an isolated internet subculture is now used as shorthand for any expression of male resentment. If you’ve been on the internet within the past few years, chances are you’ve ...
Ten years ago, using language from the incel community in regular conversation would land you with a couple of weird looks and an awkward silence. And for good reason: the hyper-online, seemingly ...
A new study carried out by cybercrime and gender experts at the University of Portsmouth has revealed that incel social media accounts are rebranding to bypass bans and appeal to wider audiences on ...
This excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-­day incel is ...
The term “incel” has gained notoriety, sparking debates and discussions across various social and academic spheres. Short for “involuntary celibate,” the incel community represents a subgroup of ...