A new study published in Acta Sociologica has found that online incel communities maintain their coherence and ideological commitment not through the positive emotions usually associated with social ...

The term “incel” is everywhere. What was once a niche piece of internet slang now populates international headlines and is a frequent topic in discussions about gender, misogyny, violence and ...

Incel began as a term for the ache of not being chosen —an ache that, for many young men, has become defining. The birth of 'incel' In the late 1990s, a Canadian woman known only as Alana created ...

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 ...

Jake Davison made YouTube videos for the 'incel' community before shooting five people in Plymouth then turning the gun on himself - PA It should have been a joyful day spent shopping for clothes and ...

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 ...

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” ...

Turkey has blocked access to Discord following revelations of widespread cyberbullying by incel (involuntary celibate) groups, some of which praised recent femicides, according to a decision announced ...

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 ...