misogyny
Incel Culture: What We’ve Learned From Investigating Plymouth Attacker’s Digital Footprint
August 9, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Violent Misogyny, Mass Murder and Suicide: It’s Time to Save Incels from Themselves
August 7, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
It’s a male, male world: rise and fall of “the Male State”, a far-right misogynistic organization in Russia
July 31, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Misogyny, Misandry and (Online Cult) Leader: The Daily Emails of Andrew Tate
July 25, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
We research online ‘misogynist radicalisation’. Here’s what parents of boys should know
July 23, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women
September 18, 2023Emerging alongside the progression of women’s rights in the twenty-first century is the development of the men’s rights movement, parts of which have culminated into the contemporary ‘manosphere.’ Consisting of online communities that ascribe to misogynistic ideologies, which objectify, disparage, and dehumanise women, the manosphere also houses those who identify as involuntary celibate (incel). ...
An Exploration of the Involuntary Celibate (Incel) Subculture Online
September 18, 2023Incels, a portmanteau of the term involuntary celibates, operate in online communities to discuss difficulties in attaining sexual relationships. Past reports have found that multiple elements of the incel culture are misogynistic and favorable towards violence. Further, several violent incidents have been linked to this community, which suggests that incel communities may resemble other ideologically ...
Mainstreaming white supremacy: a twitter analysis of the American ‘Alt-Right’
September 18, 2023In this paper, I analyze how the so called ‘alt-right’ is using Twitter to mainstream its politics. Understanding alt-right mainstreaming is important because the movement has embraced a Gramscian view of politics that believes cultural change (e.g. normalizing unpopular ideas) must precede institutional change (e.g. fielding candidates for office). To conduct my analysis I created ...