For the past little while, I've been working on a piece about Toronto's relationship to the alt-right, especially the "manosphere." Unfortunately that research has become relevant. I'm going to share as much as I can here for people who may not be familiar with these movements.
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"Incel" refers to "involuntary celibate," essentially meaning that a person can't get laid because of their looks/personality. The incels make up one segment of the broader "manosphere", a collection of online masculinist communities that interplay with one another.
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"Incel" was a term actually coined by a queer Toronto woman in the 90s to give a name to how she was feeling at the time. It morphed into something horrific. "I can't uninvent this word, nor restrict it to the nicer people who need it." https://www.elle.com/culture/news/amp34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ …
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Self-described incels today are almost entirely men who are laser-focused on their inability to have sex & blame women. Of the manosphere communities, incels are the most virulently misogynistic.
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I will admit I had to research what an incel is.... That aside, WTF? The same group of men who are unsuccessful in bedding women form a hate club?! I’m baffled. Truly. It’s defeatist and, obviously, dangerous. Single ladies beware of male virgins 
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