Involuntarily celibate. It could be fodder for a standup comedian, but these days, self-proclaimed “InCels” and the InCel Movement are no joke – even landing on Secret Service threat lists. Join co-hosts Julie and Charity back in The Escape Pod to wrap up a two-part series on extreme misogyny and an online community that poses a clear and present danger to the women they hate.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :59 Escaping expensive habits
- Topic #2 9:45 Intro to the InCel Movement
- Topic #3 14:14 The young man who inspired the movement
- Topic #5 30:00 Center for Countering Digital Hate’s analyses of online posts
- Topic #6 38:37 OneHeart “Woohoos of the Week”!
Resources & Links
- 8/13/21. Jonathan Griffin. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44053828
- 3/1/24. Phil Helsel. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-incel-plotted-kill-women-college-sentenced-6-years-prison-rcna141473
- 9/23/22. Taylor Lorenz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/
- 12/12/2022. Tim Stelloh. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-incel-plotted-slaughter-women-pleads-guilty-attempted-hate-crime-rcna51812
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