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Nick Fuentes, an avowed "intel" and white supremacist, speaks to supporters on June 15, 2024.

The right hit peak incel in 2025

Amanda Marcotte
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Dating show, or online incel factory?

Amanda Marcotte
Supporters attend a primary election night event for J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, at Duke Energy Convention Center on May 3, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The year MAGA broke heterosexuality

Amanda Marcotte
Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel in "Joker: Folie A Deux" (Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Joker 2 makes a mockery of Harley Quinn

Nardos Haile
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Ella Emhoff, stepdaughter of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, celebrates during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

MAGA's sexist attacks may backfire

Amanda Marcotte
JD Vance and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Vance's "incel platform" backfires

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the U.S. Capitol October 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

With Mike Johnson, incels seize the GOP

Amanda Marcotte
Social Media Radicalization (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Shutting down the right-wing rabbit hole

Amanda Marcotte
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People visit the memorial set up near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall on May 9, 2023 in Allen, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Texas shooter reads like a typical incel

Amanda Marcotte
Elon Musk | Twitter Checkmarks (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk's idiotic blue check obsession

Amanda Marcotte
Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020. (Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP via Getty Images)

Kanye's on the misogyny-to-fascism path

Amanda Marcotte
Proud Boys are seen in front of the Oregon State Capitol building during a far-right rally on January 8, 2022 in Salem, Oregon. (MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND/AFP via Getty Images)

"Male supremacism" and the far right

Kathryn Joyce
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Bill Maher during a monologue on his weekly HBO show, "Real Time." (HBO)

Maher: "Meta" will create more "incels"

John Wright - Raw Story
Silhouette of a man arguing with a woman (Getty Images)

Incels: diverse and united by hate

Michael Halpin - The Conversation
Regé-Jean Page and Adjoa Andoh in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

"Bridgerton" boss on race, incels & more

Hanh Nguyen
Roy Den Hollander and Judge Esther Salas (Salon/Rutgers University/Roy Den Hollander)

When "men's rights" lead to violence

Amanda Marcotte
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Caution tape closes off this neighborhood in Drew, Miss., Friday, March 11, 2016, as floodwaters have affected areas in the Delta. The flooding has affected the Delta to varying degrees. Additional rain is expected to continue through Saturday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (AP)

How mass murder is white male terrorism

Robyn Bourgeois - The Conversation
Ray Gootz (Alex Valderana)

I lost my virginity at 37

Ray Gootz
Stil from Netflix's "Big Mouth" season 3 (Netflix)

"Big Mouth" grasps childhood politics

Ashlie D. Stevens
JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Arthur Fleck in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “JOKER,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Warner Bros. Entertainment/Niko Tavernise)

"Joker" is a problematic, dangerous mess

Matthew Rozsa
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Ray Gootz (Alex Valderana)

Losing my virginity at 37

Ray Gootz
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What our readers had to say

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Sex workers on why #ThotAudit won't work

Lilly Dancyger - Rolling Stone
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The roots of the "incel" movement

Matthew Rozsa
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