In the quiet corners of the internet, an unlikely brotherhood has formed. They call themselves incels—short for “involuntarily celibate”—and their forums hum with the voices of young men who believe ...
In the song, "Eleanor Rigby," The Beatles sing, "All the lonely people / Where do they all come from?" which is a key question when talking about incels, i.e., the involuntarily celibate. The Creation ...
The online incel (“involuntary celibate”) subculture is mostly known for its extreme rhetoric, primarily against women, sometimes erupting into violence. But a growing number of self-identified incels ...
Confusing marginality with insight leaves movements vulnerable to reactionary mimicry. A renewed engagement with Karl Marx’s structural account of exploitation can give feminism a path out of ...
In 2018, 25-year-old Canadian Alex Minassian carried out a deadly rampage that left 10 people dead and injured 16 others. Shortly before carrying out the attack, he posted a message on social media ...