The monstrous-feminine in the incel imagination: Investigating the representation of women as “femoids” on /r/Braincels

Swallowing the Black Pill: Involuntary Celibates’ (Incels) Anti Feminism within Digital Society

“…This became a major theme of the study, which I then positioned within an anti-feminist discursive environment that situates and conflates women and feminism as responsible for incels' perceived suffering. This can be observed within other recent studies of incel subculture (Baele, Brace and Coan 2019;Chang 2020;Ging 2017;Witt 2020).…”

Swallowing the Black Pill: Involuntary Celibates’ (Incels) Anti Feminism within Digital Society

“…This became a major theme of the study, which I then positioned within an anti-feminist discursive environment that situates and conflates women and feminism as responsible for incels' perceived suffering. This can be observed within other recent studies of incel subculture (Baele, Brace and Coan 2019;Chang 2020;Ging 2017;Witt 2020).…”

Racialization on incels.is: Racial Status and Status Threat

“…This commenter makes clear that women are the agentive force constructing the perceived racial hierarchy within the incel historic-racial schema. This reinforces Chang's (2020) research, which found that racialized incels often blame (supposedly) racist women for their situation.…”

“…The presence in this sample of discussion about race that was mostly about how hard Indian and Asian men have it also reinforced and expanded their finding that the community felt that Indian incels were the worst off. This research also directly supported Chang's (2020) findings that while users display an awareness of white-centric beauty standards, these lamentations appear alongside (possibly ironic) denigrations of non-white people with racist stereotypes which are used by both white and non-white incels. Users embraced their racial identity while degrading it.…”

A solider and a victim: Masculinity, violence, and incels celebration of Marc Lépine

“…Witt (2020) argues that incels are emblematic of hegemonic masculinity, Nagle (2017) suggests incels are "too beta" (or subordinate) to be hegemonic, and Ging (2019) argues incels are too misogynistic to be subordinate. Incels both frame themselves as subordinate men (Daly & Reed, 2022), while denigrating women and celebrating violence against women (Chang, 2022;Menzie 2020;Prażmo, 2020;Witt, 2020). In this paper, we suggest that all these arguments are coherent, as incels strategically alternate between masculine performances.…”

Swallowing the Black Pill: Involuntary Celibates’ (Incels) Anti Feminism within Digital Society

“…This became a major theme of the study, which I then positioned within an anti-feminist discursive environment that situates and conflates women and feminism as responsible for incels' perceived suffering. This can be observed within other recent studies of incel subculture (Baele, Brace and Coan 2019;Chang 2020;Ging 2017;Witt 2020).…”

Racialization on incels.is: Racial Status and Status Threat

“…This commenter makes clear that women are the agentive force constructing the perceived racial hierarchy within the incel historic-racial schema. This reinforces Chang's (2020) research, which found that racialized incels often blame (supposedly) racist women for their situation.…”

“…The presence in this sample of discussion about race that was mostly about how hard Indian and Asian men have it also reinforced and expanded their finding that the community felt that Indian incels were the worst off. This research also directly supported Chang's (2020) findings that while users display an awareness of white-centric beauty standards, these lamentations appear alongside (possibly ironic) denigrations of non-white people with racist stereotypes which are used by both white and non-white incels. Users embraced their racial identity while degrading it.…”

A solider and a victim: Masculinity, violence, and incels celebration of Marc Lépine

“…Witt (2020) argues that incels are emblematic of hegemonic masculinity, Nagle (2017) suggests incels are "too beta" (or subordinate) to be hegemonic, and Ging (2019) argues incels are too misogynistic to be subordinate. Incels both frame themselves as subordinate men (Daly & Reed, 2022), while denigrating women and celebrating violence against women (Chang, 2022;Menzie 2020;Prażmo, 2020;Witt, 2020). In this paper, we suggest that all these arguments are coherent, as incels strategically alternate between masculine performances.…”

Swallowing the Black Pill: Involuntary Celibates’ (Incels) Anti Feminism within Digital Society

“…This became a major theme of the study, which I then positioned within an anti-feminist discursive environment that situates and conflates women and feminism as responsible for incels' perceived suffering. This can be observed within other recent studies of incel subculture (Baele, Brace and Coan 2019;Chang 2020;Ging 2017;Witt 2020).…”

Racialization on incels.is: Racial Status and Status Threat

“…This commenter makes clear that women are the agentive force constructing the perceived racial hierarchy within the incel historic-racial schema. This reinforces Chang's (2020) research, which found that racialized incels often blame (supposedly) racist women for their situation.…”

“…The presence in this sample of discussion about race that was mostly about how hard Indian and Asian men have it also reinforced and expanded their finding that the community felt that Indian incels were the worst off. This research also directly supported Chang's (2020) findings that while users display an awareness of white-centric beauty standards, these lamentations appear alongside (possibly ironic) denigrations of non-white people with racist stereotypes which are used by both white and non-white incels. Users embraced their racial identity while degrading it.…”

A solider and a victim: Masculinity, violence, and incels celebration of Marc Lépine

“…Witt (2020) argues that incels are emblematic of hegemonic masculinity, Nagle (2017) suggests incels are "too beta" (or subordinate) to be hegemonic, and Ging (2019) argues incels are too misogynistic to be subordinate. Incels both frame themselves as subordinate men (Daly & Reed, 2022), while denigrating women and celebrating violence against women (Chang, 2022;Menzie 2020;Prażmo, 2020;Witt, 2020). In this paper, we suggest that all these arguments are coherent, as incels strategically alternate between masculine performances.…”