Noa RusnakCorecore: a TikTok Trend as Initiation to Incel Ideology
Read moreIntroduction Corecore is a trend that gained popularity in 2022 on TikTok. Each video in the trend is a montage…
Anda SoleaHiding in Plain Sight: How the ‘Newgen’ Misogynistic Incel Content Creators Escape Moderation on TikTok
Read moreContent warning: This Insight contains mentions of sexual and graphic violence, suicide, and racist language In the past few years,…
Emilia LounelaImagining the Past: Justifications of Ideology in Incel Communities
Read moreIntroduction Incel (‘involuntary celibacy’) online communities have become known for hostile, misogynist ideology and a hopeless, deterministic and self-deprecating worldview.…
Erin StonerSlipping Through the Cracks: Recognising Extremist Misogyny Outside of Inceldom
Read moreIntroduction The ‘manosphere’ is defined as “an umbrella term that refers to a number of interconnected misogynistic communities”. The most well-known…
Allysa CzerwinskyLearning from the Leavers? The Promise (and Perils) of r/IncelExit
Read moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…
Jayden HaworthMen, Masculinities and Memes: The Case of Incels
Read moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…
GNET TeamUnpacking the Incelosphere: In-group Categorisation, Incel Purity, and Competition
Read moreIntroduction In the near-decade since the first publicly recognised act of incel violence in 2014, at the hands of 22-year-old…
Emilia LounelaDiscourses of Violence in Incel Online Discussions After the Plymouth Shooting
Read moreIntroduction In August 2021, a young man attacked and killed his mother in Plymouth, UK. He then left his home,…
Sarah DalyUnderstanding Incels’ Online Behaviour and Perceptions of Hateful Content
Read moreIntroduction Recent years have seen an increase in awareness and concern about incels, or involuntarily celibate men, particularly because of…
Rutger SjoertsIncel PR: The Rebranding of the Incel Community & the Role of Media and Academia
Read moreCertain usernames and names of forums have been removed to avoid amplifying their voices and platforms. In August 2021, Jake…
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