Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness
by skissane on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:18AM
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> For one thing, we absolutely need to stop conflating the "raging misogynist" meaning of the word "incel" with the "man who's lonely" meaning of the word "incel"
The term "incel" was originally coined in an online community founded by a Canadian woman (Alana B) who identifies as a queer feminist. It is rather ironic that a community founded by a queer feminist woman morphs into "raging misogynist". But maybe reminding people of that history can be helpful in winding back than transformation and bringing the term back to what it originally meant, a useful word to describe a predicament which has the potential to afflict people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
The term "incel" was originally coined in an online community founded by a Canadian woman (Alana B) who identifies as a queer feminist. It is rather ironic that a community founded by a queer feminist woman morphs into "raging misogynist". But maybe reminding people of that history can be helpful in winding back than transformation and bringing the term back to what it originally meant, a useful word to describe a predicament which has the potential to afflict people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.